Learn how to choose the best furniture for your home office.
Unlike offices in a commercial building, the design of your home office is completely up to you. You can design the space to encourage more productivity while fitting in well with the overall flow of your home. The colors, layout, accessories, and office design are completely up to you. For some direction, here are three tips to choosing furniture for your home office.
Assess the Space
Before you get started on your design, you should consider how much space you have to work with. If you are converting a spare bedroom into an office, it’s likely one of the smaller rooms. You’ll need to be creative and purposeful about your use of the space and how you situate your desks, shelving, and chairs. Make sure that you choose home office furniture that won’t overwhelm the space but will allow you to still move around freely. On the other hand, if you have a spacious room, it’s easy to let the design take on a mind of its own and fill the space with a lot of furnishings and accessories. Try to achieve the perfect balance and only include what you’ll need to be productive in the space.
Sharing the Space
Is the room designated as your home office used for anything else? For example, during work hours you may use the space as your office, but when the kids get home from school, it turns into the space where they do their homework or play games. In that case, you should make clear the space in the office that’s designated for your work and the rest that goes toward other activities. This will ensure that you’ll always stay organized maintaining the multipurpose function of the room. In cases like these, storage options go a long way toward keeping the room harmonious. Get creative and come up with a system that allows you to easily access your office accessories while being able to file or store them away when other people use the room.
Determine Your Style
Consult some fun and inspirational magazines or use an interior designer to help you determine your style for the space. This isn’t just about function, but it’s more about how you want the room to look. You’ll choose your favorite paint colors, textures, and prints for the furniture. Think of options that will encourage productivity and energy.
Office Furniture from Glover Furniture Group
Glover Furniture and Design Group is a woman-owned and operated business that serves the Delmarva region with educational, institutional, and commercial furniture and design services. For information on how we can optimize your classroom or office design, give us a call at 1-800-966-9016 or contact us online. To see examples of our work and stay in touch, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and Pinterest.