How to Organize Furniture in a Home Office
2. On the chart take note where the wall sockets are as well as phone jacks, doorways that open into the room, light switches or ceiling fan. Jot down the positions and height of every window and the short wall distances between them.
3. Next create a scaled-down model of all furniture inside a room--making certain that you draw them at the appropriate proportion so they will later fit your model. Next, name or label them so you know which piece of furniture is which. Then rearrange them until you find a furniture arrangement to your liking.
4. Consider the amount of lighting you get from every window in your room so you can be certain you have decent light to work with in your work location. This goes for any area of the room in which you will be handling work tasks.
5. Organize all items that you use regularly in acquirable areas. This includes printers, fax machines and any other work space items that may need to be at an arms-length away.
6. Place or rearrange each piece of furniture in the exact same manner so that there are no work interruptions or obstacles, thereby allowing you to perform principal jobs with no problems.
7. If your chair is on wheels be sure that you have plenty of space for mobility without hitting into furniture.
8. If you have the room, also consider making an area for customers that come by your home office. Consider a meeting area and sitting spot for all visitors. Ordinarily a table and chairs will solve the problem.
9. Set Up shelves and make the most out of storage areas to keep the area organized. Rarely used and unused items should be stored to some other storage spot if storage is at a premium.
The result of your work area should in the long run be both user-friendly and snug.
