May 1, 2007

5 Tips For A Productive Home Office Interior Design

Filed under: Home Office Design, Home Interior Design Idea — smvpune @ 10:44 am

Setting up a home office can be real fun if you follow a simple blueprint and some key points that can greatly improve your productivity in your newly set up office. Here are some of the key points you should look for.

1) Home Office Interior Design: Home Office Furniture

Furniture is an integral part of an office. Depending upon the nature of your profession you will require various kinds of furniture pieces.

For example if yours is a business that creates graphics and arts related stuff then you will require drawing boards and a whole set of other kinds of “special” furniture. Make a list of all such special types of furniture you may require.

2) Home Office Interior Design: Indoor lighting

Pay special attention to this factor. Lighting is a MUST for good working environment. Your first priority must be to allow good natural sunlight in the office space. So while selecting the location of your office in your home, make it a point to achieve good quality natural sunlight.

Artificial lighting will also be required for the home office space. The best practice is to use diffused or indirect lighting. In this type the actual light source is not directly visible. The light is emitted on a glossy and bright surface which then gets reflected to create an even diffused light in the surrounding are. This method works great for offices because it does not create glare that might cause discomfort in the office space.

3) Home Office Interior Design: Use plants

Plants at selected locations and of selected type can greatly add “life” in your home office. The best suggestion would be shade loving medium side plants that require less water and maintenance.

Also shade loving flowering plants can be used for this purpose. The biggest benefit of flowering plants is that the plant changes its appearance depending upon the flower bearing season, thus giving your office a “new look”  without any effort on your part.

4) Home Office Interior Design: Color Schemes

Just like lighting, color schemes for office will have a major impact on your working mindset. Avoid using dull colors such a gray and any shades of black. Also avoid using too much brightness in the office.

The best option would be white and blue. White is a balanced color and the blue creates a cool ting to the entire office environment.

5) Home Office Interior Design: Services

Services include the provision electricity points, water supply etc. Since we are talking about home office it is not necessary to provide any extra services by spending a lot of money. But it is important to think about it NOW because the lack of these can cause a great nuisance. If you expand your office in near future and add more employees then it will a great asset as far as functionality of your office in concerned.

I have tried to chalk out some of the features here. I am sure these will help you to generate more home office interior design ideas for designing your own dream office

Copyright Shrinivas Vaidya

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April 25, 2007

Home Office Design Ideas, 3 Factors Before You Start!

Filed under: Home Design, Home Office Design — smvpune @ 11:52 am

More and more individuals are quitting their jobs and are deciding to work from home, due to the burst of internet business opportunities. There are many reasons that a person can think of working from home and plan a home office. Here are 3 essentials that are necessary so that your home office functions well and you are able to give your best in your business.

1) The location of your home office.

This is the most important aspect of any home office. The primary thing that happens when you shift your office in your home or plan an altogether new home office is “privacy”. Think about other family members and their needs/habits as well.

For example if you have a teenager son/daughter and if he throws a party at your home what happens to the space that is occupied as an office and the environment as well. This gives rise to a primary question as far as location is concerned. Is the office going to be a part some other room such as living room/family room or a master bedroom or is it going to be in an entirely separate room with neatly designed furniture and color schemes.

2) The future growth of your business

You start a home business and it works out really well for you, the money starts rolling in and you decide to expand. What happens after you expand needs to be decided from the very first day before you start a home business? Also what’s going to be the nature of expansion?

For example are there going to be more number of employees or you alone with more number of (or bigger) computers. Thinking about future expansion is a great design strategy for a home office design.

3) The home office design theme.

It is quite clear that since you are going to setup your office in your home, should you go with the design theme of your rest of home or an altogether opposite theme that stands out. The answer to this entirely depends on you and what you like in the working environment.

For example you home might be in a very oriental design style but the office looks like an inside of a mini space ship. Nobody but you can define what works best.

There are many factors apart from these 3 that form a successful home office design. I have just tried to help you come up with more ideas that finally define your home office.

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