Home office: practical tips for creating a personalized and inspiring work station
Working from home is an increasingly widespread reality for many these days - and this also means having to set up a home office (aka home workstation).
Whatever your budget, you can create a pleasant and stimulating working environment at home and it doesn't have to take much effort or planning.
Here are some practical tips for setting up and decorating your home office, which will help make your working hours at home more pleasurable.
1. Maximize space and reduce distractions
Setting up a workstation properly in your home will help you maintain a separation between your work and private lives, as well as ensuring your work area promotes concentration and productivity. Organize your workstation with cabinets and shelves so that you always have everything you need to hand and perhaps just a few simple decorative elements. Choose furniture that complements the rest of your decor, making for a more harmonious and balanced whole.
2. Keep it light and airy
Promote creativity and productivity by creating a light and airy environment: suspended shelves, a floating desk with a customised design that "creates" movement and a practical, ergonomic chair which will be comfortable to sit in even after hours sitting in front of your PC.
3. Clear and bright
The positioning of your workstation is also essential for your productivity: choose a corner that is brightly lit - preferably under a window - so you can take advantage of the daylight. Furnish the office with furniture and accessories in different shades of white to help reflect and amplify the incoming, natural light. Complete the ensemble with a comfortable chair for your desk.
4. Classic and elegant
If you love the elegant sophistication of classic offices, choose furniture in this style for your home office; furnish it soberly with just a few paintings in neutral tones for the walls, and add a lively note with an elegant, ceramic vase for fresh flowers.
5. Lively minimalism
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A minimalistically-styled workstation with a linear and basic design promotes concentration by reducing potential sources of distraction. Stimulate creativity by adding a single splash color (for example, by installing a brightly-colored a piece of furniture like the one shown in the photo).
6. Warm up the environment with plants
A desk loaded down with only hi-tech gadgets and appliances could create an cold and impersonal environment. Warm up the atmosphere by placing pots of bright green plants on the desk and on the surrouding shelving.
7. A maximalist office
And who says that a productive work environment must necessarily be minimalistic and monotone? Don't sacrifice your passion for maximalism - it will help you stimulate your creative side! Choose furnishings in bright colors, lay down richly decorated, designer rugs, decorate the walls with works of art set in colorful frames and don't forget to use a few green, potted plants.
