Home Office Design Ideas

Get tips and ideas on how to set-up and design your home office for productivity, comfort and style. Here you will find the best choices for you, your work life and your work space.

Home Office Reflecting Space, Thinking Chair, Resting Area: Your Place to Think, Imagine, Plan

Problem solving and creating are two sides of the same coin. If you work, you are doing one or the other. Feeding words and data into a home office computer is neither one of these. In the book Work, Life, Tools by artist and graphic designer Milton Glaser, fifty innovators, creators and artists describe their…There’s more. Click here.

Home Office Design – 10 Tips to Avoid Video Conference Bloopers

Many people think decorating a home office is un-necessary. All you need is a desk, a chair and a computer, period. Your home office needs to function and look like a professional office. Why? The video conference.  If you aren’t video conferencing now, you will be, soon. On a WallStreetJournal.com video interview about doodling to…There’s more. Click here.

Home Office Tip: Doodle to Jumpstart Ideas and Communicate Better

The Wall Street Journal “Doodling for Dollars” is about how major corporations are encouraging doodling to prevent boredom during meetings, better conceptualize ideas and help employees remember better.  One WSJ commentator called this “Pictionary gone wild.”  This technique can be used in the home office as well. In the home office you can doodle: during…There’s more. Click here.

Staples Corp Survey: Ergonomics Ignored in Telecommuter Home Office Set-up

At a recent presentation of The Smarter Home Office ergonomics generated the most questions and comments. This was sharply contrasted with a survey done by Staples Corporation in 2011: only 1% of remote worker/telecommuter respondents received help from their companies on the ergonomic set-up of their home offices. And if you are self-employed or a…There’s more. Click here.

The Focused Home Office: A Room Without a View

I am always learning from my clients. A recent home office client showed me that positioning a desk by the window does not always work for everyone. My client explained she wasn’t working in her home office and instead found herself working at her kitchen counter. This set-up – or lack of one – meant…There’s more. Click here.