Designing Your Home Office? Read This.

Designing Your Home Office_Chispa Magazine
In today’s world of growing reliance on computer technology, more and more households are creating office space. It might be used to enable work from home, or to encourage your children to study. Either way, the need for a home office is becoming an increasingly common scenario.

Creating a home office can bring great benefits to your family and can also add huge value to your property. First, though, you must ensure it looks good. Whether you’re about to turn an old room into a new office, or simply giving your existing space a makeover, these tips can really help you through the process.

Choose Colors Wisely
Color is a powerful tool that can emit instant vibes as soon as we enter a room. Choosing the right shade can really set the mood and forms the foundation for building the whole aesthetic.

This advice on using the color red as a decorating tool for the bedroom illustrates how important the choice of color is. Obviously, the home office won’t want the same feeling as the bedroom but you should consider your decision wisely.

In most cases, a more neutral color will be best. If that feels a little boring, paint one feature wall. Either way, you should be aiming for an inviting yet work-friendly environment.

Keep Storage To The Essentials
If you are turning an old room into an office than it can be very tempting to double it up as storage. Be warned, this is usually not a good idea.

Likewise, there’s no point in cluttering the room with excess filing facilities that will largely go unused. That serves no purpose and is simply a waste of both time and money. It will only make the room look worse too.

One high-quality cabinet with telescopic drawer slides will more than meet your needs. Leave the rest of the room free to make you feel comfortable.

Think About Heat
If you’re decorating in summer then it’s quite easy to forget about the colder winter months. Believe us, you must take this into consideration.

No one enjoys freezing temps, especially in the comfort of their own home, and a cold study room will inevitably put you off throughout the colder season.

If the room is hard flooring, you may want to consider a rug too. Unfortunately, that does mean no sliding around on that wheelie chair. Sorry.

Don’t Forget The Power
Another mistake many people make when designing home offices is to forget about power sockets. Make sure you don’t suffer the same fate.

If you don’t install enough sockets in the room you will be left with two options. The first is to use loads of extension cables, thus making the room look cluttered and uninviting. The other is to sacrifice some of the equipment that you obviously need. Neither is a good solution.

Work out how many sockets you need before starting any work and then add two more. Also, be sure to test your existing ones. There’s nothing more annoying than finding out they don’t work in the midst of a deadline.

Photo by Leeroy

 

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Milo Senalle

Milo Senalle

Managing Editor at Chispa Magazine
As one of the managing editors of Chispa Magazine, Milo Senalle is the go-to man for all things technology, ethical, and financial concerns. Providing laughs with his style of writing and problem-solving techniques, Milo is a voice of reason among the girly staff at Chispa. Married with children, living in Atlanta, he works 24/7 on becoming a man of courage and believes honor begins at home.

Milo Senalle

As one of the managing editors of Chispa Magazine, Milo Senalle is the go-to man for all things technology, ethical, and financial concerns. Providing laughs with his style of writing and problem-solving techniques, Milo is a voice of reason among the girly staff at Chispa. Married with children, living in Atlanta, he works 24/7 on becoming a man of courage and believes honor begins at home.