The next step of bulding a home office that works is spending some time on home office design. If you’re like me, you just take all your home office equipment to your designated home office space, take everything out of its box, hook it up, and spend the next decade of your life tripping over cords and moving things to get to the things you need, but there is a better way. Ideally, a home office should enhance your work, not hinder it, so time spent on home office design is time well spent.
The Basics of Small or Home Office Design will show you how to plan your office design around the power, lighting and ventilation needs of your office space.
Office Design On The Cheap explains how to create a functional home office without spending a bundle; it provides tips for saving money on office furniture and equipment such as office desks, filing cabinets, computers and printers.
Home Office Safety, by About Mobile Office Technology Guide Catherine Roseberry, explains how to ensure that your children or pets will not be harmed by anything in your home office.
If you’re interested in marrying function and design, you might enjoy these articles that explain how to make your home office attractive and efficient.
5 Home Office Design Tips for Better Productivity. Darrell Zahorsky shows you how a few simple changes in your home office design can boost your business productivity (About Small Business Information).
Feng Shui In Your Home Office Design. Tips from About About Feng Shui Guide Rodika Tchi for using the Feng Shui principles to design a home office that will bring wealth and success.
Setting Up Your Home Office. Tips on organizing your home office and your time from HomeBasedWork.com.
Create a Home Office Design That Matches Your Work Style. Guidelines for designing a home office that's functional and attractive from Home Decorating Made Easy.
Conquering Your Space: Stellar Home Office Furnishings Fuse Practicality and Pizazz. Suzanne Martin. A guide to designing the kind of office space that you'll actually love to work in (National Association for the Self-Employed).
Nine Steps Toward the Home Office of Your Dreams. Debra Cash. Specific advice for planning and using your ideal office space (Inc.com).
Don't let your home office work space work against you! These articles will provide you with plenty of ideas for home office design that will give you productivity... and pleasure.
