How to Create Productive Workspace for Your Home Office

For some people, organizing work from home is more complicated than working in an office. It is connected with many factors. The most crucial factor is the improper organization of your workspace.

Thus, the very first thing you need to do arrange your home office to provide you with a top comfort level. For that, some elements are needed.

A Height Adjustable Desk – the Main Part of Your Home Office

The most important part of your home office is your desk. If it is not comfortable enough, you can forget about all the pleasure that work might bring. Moreover, you can forget about any productivity. If the desk is poorly made or not adjusted, very soon, you will notice issues with your health such as constant migraines, pains and stiffness in the back, neck, hands, and similar.

We would recommend getting a motorized desk. This item is not cheap but with time, you will see that such a desk is worth every cent you spend on it. Now, there are many models available. Thus, you can choose the shape, size, colour, etc. Accessories also are available. You can either continue using the accessories you have or buy new ones.

Don’t forget that just buying the item isn’t enough. You need to adjust it. It is especially important to find out what is the perfect height for you in the standing and the sitting position.

In the sitting position, your elbows shall be bent at a 90-degree angle. The hands shall conveniently rest on the keyboard. The monitor center shall be at the level of your eyes. The feet shall rest on the floor.

In the standing position, all the above rules are valid. Also, make sure that your legs aren’t straight. They shall be slightly bent in the knees. It will allow you to shift from one leg to another and thus, get less tired.

A Comfortable Chair Is a Must

A desk alone will not be of much use if your chair isn`t comfortable. A perfect chair is the one in which you can spend the entire day working. Usually, it is:

• An ergonomic item that supports your back and neck in their natural positions;

• Height-adjustable: you shall be able to adjust it to feel comfortable while working;

• Equipped with a head-rest and arm-rests. It will allow you to relax for a while when you get tired.

Don`t forget that the chair shall be also properly adjusted. Your feet shall rest on the floor. The back shall be in its natural position. The hands shall rest on the keyboard.

What about Some Accessories?

The basic accessories can help you to save a lot of time. Let us check some examples. They will demonstrate that the right accessories in the right places are indispensable for a comfortable working place.

A bookcase or a shelf for papers (if you work with them) shall be not far from the desk. If you store the documents far from your desk, you need to spend at least several minutes to go and take them. If you do it several times a day, the time wasted on it increases. Thus, in the end, you might waste around 1 hour just getting the needed papers and placing them back. This time can be used more efficiently though.

It happens that the space where you work is small indeed. You might not be able to install shelves in proximity. In such a case, we recommend paying attention to a special drawer. There are models that can be fixed directly under the desk top of your adjustable table. Usually, such a drawer is sufficient to accommodate at least the most needed things.

Even if you don’t like organizers for desks, you might consider one. You can choose an automated model – one of those rotatable organizers that can be moved with a push of a button. It will allow you to use the available space in the most efficient way.

Finally, Some Details That Are Usually Ignored

We would agree that some elements were not needed when you used to work at a usual desk. But with your new furniture piece, when you will be interchanging the sitting and standing positions, one more item will help you to be fine while working.

An ergonomic carpet distributes the load evenly on your feet. It means that you will not get tired too fast even if you aren’t used to standing. Thus, we recommend purchasing an ergonomic carpet together with the height-adjustable desk. Otherwise, working in a standing position might be not so convenient.

If you don’t use monitor support, it might be the right time to get it. As long as you have decided to rearrange your working space to make it more convenient, this item might become very handy. It will help you to keep the monitor at the needed height. The needed tilt can be also achieved easier.

Finally, you might consider one more element – a clip to fix papers at the level of your eyes. This small item might be not needed though if you don’t work with papers or work just occasionally. However, if papers are an inseparable part of your working process, this small and not expensive item will save you a lot of time. Instead of looking down constantly to find the needed place in the document, you can keep the paper at the level of your eyes. Thus, your eyes will not get tired fast. Also, this will speed up the entire working process.

Final Thoughts

While arranging a proper working place might look like a lot of time and money, it for sure will pay off within a very short time. You will not only boost the efficiency of work but you will improve your general health condition. Just make sure you make all the needed adjustments and set up everything as required.

Also, don’t forget that a height-adjustable desk can be perfect support for you to do some exercises. There are many exercises that you can do by using a height-adjustable table. Don’t ignore them, and the effect will not let you wait for too long.