Home Office Design and Tips
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Designing a Home Office
Designing a productive, safe and comfortable work at home office is critical to your home business success.
According to Builder Magazine:
In 1999, 46 million Americans owned a home office based business at least part-time. 54 percent of households say they have home offices. 70 percent of households with home offices have personal computers.
Here is a list of guidelines to help design an effective home office.
Adequate lighting is critically important in establishing a healthy if not serious work environment. If using flourescent fixtures, opt for parabolic grilles to reduce glare.
If you will need a conference table or sitting area to meet with clients or coworkers add those items to the list of typical furniture of desk, chairs and bookshelves.
Lay out your basic office design, taking into consideration the importance of lighting throughout.
Fireproof Filing Cabinets for storing your important business documents.
Remember that when it becomes time to resell the home, the office can be presented as a guest bedroom to potential buyers. Therefore, include a full bath in an adjacent location that can be used by clients.
If the office is on ground level a seperate client entry can be designed to provide privacy. Conversly, with a second floor location client interaction is detered.
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