The arrival of the coronavirus also meant the arrival of the home workplace in our lives. And although covid-19 should not keep us at home forever, the home office is here to stay. Therefore, you should also consider a good workroom in your home design.

How do you furnish a home office?

Whether you have a small space in a corner or a whole room for your home office, you should consider what kind of furnishing your home workspace should have. It should be practical, comfortable, and give you the opportunity to focus on your work. Think smart and functional when furnishing your home office.

We have found a handful of ideas for your home office. Find inspiration for the furnishing here.

1. Find the good spot

Forget the kitchen table. You won’t sit well there, and it’s impossible to ignore clutter and dishes. To be able to concentrate on your work, you need to find a place dedicated to just that. Then you are also free from having to pack away your computer and papers when it’s mealtime. And it becomes easier to take a break when your work is not right next to the dinner and calling you.

If you don’t have a room you can use as an office, find a corner of the living room where you can, for example, have a small wall-mounted desk. It may be tempting to move the home office into the bedroom – but that is a bad idea: Your bedroom should first and foremost be a place where you sleep.

Also think about the light: Good working light is needed to carry out the day’s tasks. You can of course manage this with a good work lamp, but if you can find a spot with daylight, that will be good.

2. Think about good storage

Accessories at the home workplace are crucial. Papers, notebooks, writing tools, and a holder for pens and pencils must of course have a place. Here you also have the opportunity to give the home office a personal touch and a sprinkle of humour and colour: Add small details that both have a practical function and make you want to spend time at your desk. Think of small boxes and containers in the furnishing. This could, for example, be our popular folding boxes from Aykasa.

Explore our selection of accessories for the home workplace.

3. Create energy with colours

Add colours to keep motivation and energy high throughout the workday. You can paint the wall behind your desk in an uplifting colour – or you can just paint a single, defined area that marks the space for your home office to separate it from the rest of the living room. If you are used to sitting in an anonymous office landscape with grey and white colours, you can really make your home workplace your own by choosing a colour you love.

If it’s not an option to get out the big paintbrush, you can also include colours on ring binders, notebooks, and storage boxes.

4. Remember the coziness too

It should be pleasant to go to work. Create coziness with, for example, a lit wax candle on your desk. Or make the home office cozy with a vase of flowers. If you don’t buy fresh flowers every week, you can follow the current trend and place a bouquet of artificial ones in a beautiful vase. On our webshop you will find several beautiful artificial flowers in a wealth of colours and varieties. They look quite lifelike and won’t wilt if you forget to change their water.

5. Don’t forget ergonomics

You will spend many hours at your home workplace, so you need to sit well. If you don’t want or have space to move a large height-adjustable table and a bulky ergonomic office chair into your living room, there are other ways to manage it.

For example, make sure your desk has the correct height. Choose a chair that can be raised and lowered. And buy a stand for your laptop or prop it up on some thick books so the screen is at an ergonomically correct height in relation to your eyes, so you don’t get back and neck pain. You can also buy an external keyboard so you can place your laptop high while still being able to type on the keys.

6. Ensure good lighting

When you start furnishing a home office, you should also think about lighting. The most effective work is done with good light. It is optimal if you can place your home workplace by a window with daylight, but it is also necessary to have light from an electric source. A good work lamp is essential.

Explore our selection of lamps.

7. Decorate the walls

Whether you have a small home office in the corner of the living room or a room dedicated to nothing else, remember to also put a mark on the walls. Hang beautiful pictures, postcards, or children’s drawings. It can also be a notice board where there is room for art, the day’s to-do lists, and a calendar. All this helps create a kind of space you can step into when you mentally put on your work clothes – even if you are just sitting at home in your own living room.

Find plenty of ideas for beautiful decoration for the home office among our frames and prints.

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