A Cozy Home Office Makes Your Job Easier
Brightening Up Your Home Office with Accessories and Flowers
Whether you work at home or in an office, a job is still a job. Everyone needs to work and make money to support their lifestyle. In a perfect world, we could do whatever we wanted with our time and spend our days doing only what we enjoy.
Working is an inevitable part of living. But just because we cannot avoid these money-making activities does not mean that we can't make that time more pleasant and enjoyable. One of the ways to make working more fun, convenient, and comfortable is to work from home.
Working from home is an ideal work arrangement for many professionals. Whether you dream of walking across the hall to your office and trading in your dress shoes for a pair of bunny slippers or staying home with your family, a home office can successfully fuse work with real life. But even when you work from home, it's important to establish a pleasant space to do that work that reflects your personal style.
Decorate The Home Office
Decorating your home office is an important part of establishing any home-based business or work-from-home arrangement. You want this room to be low-maintenance, a reflection of you, and place where you can focus and be productive. How do you set up a great home office?
First, you need to pick a room or location in the house for your office. If you have a spare room in the house, designating it as your home office is a good idea. Not only can you have privacy while you work when you close the door, but a separate room will also make it easier to shift your mindset when it's time to work. When you're in that room, it's work time. When you're in the rest of the house, you're off the clock.
But not everyone has a spare room that they can devote to their home office. If not, find a nook, corner, or small space to create a designated office. Small spaces may require some creativity in order to create a functional workspace, but it's doable. You won't mind the limited space if you decorate it and make it your own.
Decorating your home office is really important to a successful work-from-home arrangement. At home, there are lots of distractions-children, television, bills, housework, chores-and if your home office is a place you don't want to be, it's easy to find every reason in the world not to work. If you space is exciting and inspiring, finding the discipline to get to work is just that much easier. A pleasing work space can also help reduce stress and improve focus and production.
How To Design?
How do you design a great home office? The great thing about designing a home office is that you can really express your personal style. It can be as feminine, masculine, or a quirky as you want it to be because it's yours. But there are a few ways to design your office to optimize your productivity.
First of all, choose a color palette that is calming and pleasing for you. If you hate brown, and your whole house is brown because your spouse loves brown, choose a different color for your office. The space needs to be pleasing for you. Silk flower arrrangements can also introduce your favorite colors and create a calming atmosphere.
Lighting is another important factor when designing your home office. You'll need good lighting so that you can see what you're doing and stay focused. Many people prefer natural light; it helps them stay awake and brings the outside in. Others prefer lamp lighting because they feel it's warmer and cozier. Choose a space that is conducive to the type of lighting you want-by a big window-or furnish your space with a great lamp that fits your design scheme.
Sometimes, you're fairly limited by the small space of your home office. But that doesn't mean you can't brighten it up and make it more inviting. Silk flower arrangements are a great way to achieve this. Silk flowers bring in color, they're low maintenance, and they remind you that you're in the comfort of your home, instead of a cold cubicle in a high rise. Silk flower arrangements are essential to any home office.
No home office is too small to make it your own. Take the time to make it cheerful, inviting, and unique. You'll love working from home that much more.
About the Author: Leigh LaCava, publisher of FreshSilkFlowers.com, appreciates the longevity that eye-pleasing silk flowers and plants offer and displays a variety of the beauties in her own home. She shares her Los Angeles, CA home with her husband, Jeff, and their 14-year-old daughter, Ava.