So, you have a choice between the two following options, here is the first: Getting up early in the morning, putting on your business clothes, grab a quick breakfast, a commute, then spend a day enjoying the company of your boss until it’s time to go home and go to bed. Or, the second option: Getting up a bit later in the morning, putting on your bathrobe, enjoy a long, relaxing breakfast, watch a bit of TV, have a second breakfast, then spending the day in your home office working until your kids come home and you can enjoy their company, then eventually go to bed. We are going to bet that the second option gets chosen more often!
Setting up a home office is a fairly easy process these days thanks to all the amazing advances in digital technology! We are going to have a quick look at how to set up this nerve centre of useful activity in your home, it’s all pretty simple but you might need to invest in some useful things like mobile shelving and cable ties, so you can make the corner of your home that you stake out as your home office usable as a professional workplace
The Room – No, it’s not going to be in the kitchen! We know, that nowadays the kitchen is everybody’s favourite spot to set up their laptop on the kitchen table and drink coffee while they check emails and watch funny videos, but the only thing that really recommends it as a home office is its proximity to the coffee pot! The kitchen is way too busy and messy to serve as a professional home office, you need to find a dedicated space to call your own and expect not to be bothered too much while you are working! This is the time to clean out that cluttered store room, or that guest room that only Aunty Margaret sleeps in, she can have the sofa next time, maybe she won’t stay as long! The main thing is you have some privacy so you can focus on what matters, your work. Once you close the door nobody will know if you check emails and watch funny videos, they will think you are working, which you are, just getting warmed up, that’s all!
The Furnishings – This is the fun part, you get to commandeer whatever old desks, tables, and comfy chairs you prefer in the house and place them in your office! If there are any complaints that you took the desk the kids do homework on refer them to the kitchen table, and tell them to start a pot of coffee for you while they are at it! This is where mobile shelving comes into play because most rooms in a house do not have adequate shelving to hold all the tech gear a home office requires, like printer, scanners, phone chargers, coffee pots, and power cords -time for those cable ties! Plus, if it’s mobile it’s easy to move it around where you want it, just make sure it’s safe and presents no fire hazard.
Now you are all set up and can get to work! Oh, it’s time to check emails! More coffee?
