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Due to the COVID-19 crisis, many employees were forced to work from home. We have now learned to deal with it and have learned to love the advantages. There is no commuting to work, you avoid overcrowded public transport or traffic jams and you can work in a familiar environment. What sounds like a blessing has its downsides. Working from home brings some difficulties, which is why it is essential that the home office becomes a little haven of peace.

In order to also feel comfortable in your own 4 walls, which should also serve as an office, you should consider some important points that concern the furnishing of your own workplace.

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Here’s what you should pay attention to in the home office

  1. Your own room or niche

The universal rule of thumb for setting up a home office is: find a separate work area. Working from the dining table may go well for a while, but it doesn’t make much sense in the long run. Your own room or a small niche delimit the work space. This turns this corner into a work area and the rest remains living space. It would also be a hack to hide the desk in a closet or behind a curtain, true to the motto: Out of sight, out of mind!

  1. It should be homely

Even if the home office is your office, it still remains your home. Therefore, the workplace should match the rest of the interior and look cozy. This can be a special desk or a stylish rug underneath. The nice thing is: the choice is yours!

  1. The seating comfort

Since the home office is integrated into the apartment, an appealing look makes sense. Nevertheless, it must be ensured that the armchair promotes a healthy posture. This is where the 90/90 rule comes into play: If you are sitting upright, your feet are standing next to each other and your forearms are loosely resting on the table top, the angles in your knees and elbows should be 90 degrees.

The furnishing of your home office should match your style!

  1. Order and storage space

Paperwork and chaos are undesirable – a clear workplace requires order. A shelf or a simple chest of drawers provides the necessary space to store paperwork and documents. It should not only be functional, but also beautiful.

  1. The right lighting

The right light is crucial for a good workplace. Daylight would be ideal, but this is not always an option. If you can’t set up your desk on the sunny side, you need additional lights that provide good light. Subtle ambient light combined with the glare-free work light of a desk lamp is best.

  1. The right look

Yes, you can work from home in your pajamas, but that shouldn’t become normal. For the right mindset, you should also dress in the home office as in the office. Wearing work clothes prepares you mentally for work and in the evening you feel more relieved when you can slip back into comfortable sweatpants.

The mixture of home office and office days brings variety to everyday working life.

Working from home has advantages and disadvantages

The home office is not the best solution for everyone, as you are often confronted with your own time management and many distractions. A mixture of everyday office life and home office could perhaps be an exciting change for many after the crisis, which encourages the creativity of working people.

Working from home also opens up many opportunities to organize your own time flexibly and to gain more time by eliminating the long commute. The perfect solution for this is a home office in which you feel comfortable, which looks good and in which ideas are just bubbling up.