A growing trend can be seen around the key search Furniture Home Office where more than ever people are working from home. We therefore have created a list of what we believe are key points to assist our customers in this consideration:-
- Location
- Lighting Natural/ Artificial
- Quality of Light is very important, if working for longer periods, natural daylight improves your wellbeing.
- Acoustics
- Having your work station in a place where you are acoustically isolated from the rest of the family can reduce unnecessary stress, leaving you to focus on the task in hand.
- Electrical Power points
- Don’t underestimate the number of power points for all your needs, and the associated cable management. Work stations with shelf’s will help to remove some electrical items from you valued workspace while they are charging.
- Desk
- Having enough surface area to walk away and leave your work in progress behind is a luxury, If you don’t have this room available then you may wish to consider some of the hide away workstations that can give you visual privacy.
- Chair
- Your chair along with your desk is probably the most important item to give you ergonomic comfort. If you are at your workstation for significant time periods then investing in a good quality chair is a must, remember your office chair at work probably cost >£100.
- Storage
- Physical
- If you don’t have a designated area for storage then you will be compromising your workstation and work space.
- Cloud
- Ensure good electronic file management to ensure you are always working on the Top Copy.
- Telephone
- Land Line
- Always the best Acoustic Quality, Free up both your hands by getting a headset for either your Land line of Mobile, (Also saves getting a crick in your neck)
- / Broadband
- You will really depend on your connection now, how many time do you lose your connection at work? Your expectation will be similar now that you are intending to work from Home.
- Computer
- Will you benefit from 2 screens? ( Do you have the room? On your Desk?)
- Desktop or Laptop? Productivity Vs. Portability?
So what else can you suggest that may be a key consideration on your setting up?
So what does your workstation area look like?
Here are a variety of Computer Workstation examples;-
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=what+does+my+home+workstation+look+like&client=firefox-a&hs=Eo3&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=fflb&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=fS0TUq6ILeiX0AWXo4HABA&ved=0CDEQsAQ&biw=1920&bih=951
Looking for any further assistance please feel free to contact us at http://www.121officefurniture.co.uk/furniture/home-workstations
Or call us on 01236 614797.
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