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Make Your Home Of ce Conducive to Work

One thing you’ll want to keep in mind as you design and decorate your home o ce is to make sure you

design it with work in mind. Now, this may seem silly at rst glance but I’ve known people who put

together a fantastic home o ce and then never work in it. There are various reasons for this. A writer

friend has a terri c home o ce but always works at the kitchen table because she feels isolated in the

back of her house. Of course, she lives alone and wouldn’t be able to do this if she had a houseful of

people. Still, you don’t want to go to all of the trouble to design and decorate a home o ce if you won’t

really be working in there. Not everyone can pick and choose which room to use for their home o ce;

most of us are lucky if we have one spare room we can convert into an o ce. Still, if that room is too

close to a noisy area of the house or if there are other issues, you may not be happy with it in the end.

If Noise is an Issue

If your home o ce is right next to the playroom or a room where the TV blares, you may have di culty

concentrating and end up working in another area of the house. There are things you can do, though,

to minimize the noise, such as installing sound proof insulation in the walls and/or the ceilings. There

are also other products on the market you can use to help insulate your o ce from outside noise. Also,

be aware of what you are bringing into your o ce. While a small television set will keep you company, it

may also keep you from doing your work so it is best to leave it out of the o ce. You might opt for a

small desk radio instead or listen to your favorite tunes on a digital music player if you have to have

some type of noise.

Make Your Home Of ce Conducive to Work