Make Your Home Office More Professional

Working from home —whether through self employment or as part of remote work arrangement with an employer— has never been more popular than it is today. Millions of Americans have set up home offices where they conduct their business on a daily basis. The advantages of doing so include eliminating the daily commute, flexibility, the ability to look after sick kids and a cut to the work wardrobe budget. Mind you, most experts recommend that people who work from home not relax the dress code too much. Clients and bosses don’t like the idea of dealing with someone who is wearing pajamas (even on a conference call) and going too casual can have the effect of making the worker take their duties less seriously.

Speaking of going too casual, one of the biggest mistakes someone who works from home can make is to simply plop themselves down and attempt to work with the furniture they have on hand.

Not only is it difficult to be productive when sitting on a sofa with a laptop, it doesn’t look good either. If there is any possibility of clients or colleagues popping by, or if the home office might be visible in the background of a video conference, it needs to look professional. Working in professional surroundings also has the effect of improving focus and keeping things neat and tidy. Many people don’t bother investing in proper office furnishings because they’re concerned about cost, but they won’t balk at spending 00 or more on a notebook computer. A suite of decent quality home office furniture can be picked up for significantly less.

What should be part of a home office setup? At the minimum, home offices should include a good quality chair and a desk. Choose a computer or task chair that’s adjustable, provides support and is rated for extended use. A desk can be as simple as a flat work surface with cable management, or as fancy as a workstation with drawers, keyboard tray and storage. For added functionality, consider a filing cabinet (even a small under desk unit will help) and a bookshelf.

Even if looking like a professional —albeit small scale— operation isn’t a priority, there’s another reason to upgrade any home office with real Office Furniture. Sitting all day in a chair that’s designed for occasional use, trying to type on a computer that’s perched on a dining room table requiring an extended reach for the keyboard, all while balancing a telephone handset between shoulder and neck, is an ergonomic nightmare. Furniture designed for office use is designed to provide support where it’s needed and to position arms and hands correctly. For the minor expense a decent task chair and computer desk represents, it’s a big investment in personal health and wellbeing.


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