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Much has been written and talked about the ideal work-life balance, work-life balance and people who spend too little time at home. And a lot has happened: home office is almost normal. Due to the current situation in 2020, many employers are - also necessarily - more open to the home office than before. But not everyone can concentrate and work productively at home. The separation from the private area must succeed. We have put together the most important tips for a meaningful and work-promoting room design for you.
Not everyone has the option of having a separate study in the apartment. Therefore, the desk is often in the hallway, sometimes in the bedroom or in the living room. Is your computer hiding in a corner between a clothes horse, ironing board or model train, as is the case with so many? This is not optimal, because here the boundaries between private life and gainful employment are blurred. Concentrated work just as seldom works when you are sitting at the kitchen table, in bed or on the sofa with your laptop.
It is better if you optically create a workplace at home. Set up a workspace with a permanent desk, your folders and documents, the printer and perhaps a coffee machine. Please note: The room design is decisive for the fact that you perceive your home office as an office space. For a productive work environment, your workplace can also be in the middle of the living room!
How is a room ideally designed so that you can work well in it? It should definitely be light. Natural daylight is important to ensure concentration and performance. Brightly wallpapered walls and ceilings reflect the natural sunlight that comes in through the window. You always reinforce the impression of a sunny day and wake you up.
Now separate your home office even more clearly from the rest of the living room: Design the wall directly in front of or around the desk differently. One Rugsthat corresponds to the rest of the room but shows no pattern is one possibility. A something darker ones or lighter Rugs patterned with the same pattern or a smaller section Rugs In an otherwise monochrome room, you can also set accents and show that work is going on here!
In the home office, it should usually be serious. Most of them therefore opt for a room design that is kept simple and discreet! Because not only video conferencing requires clear structures and a calm working atmosphere. You can concentrate much better on your tasks when your room exudes calm and serenity. Anything that offers distraction is unfavorable.
Do you need additional motivation? Then you should think about whether you want to give your home office a personal touch after all! For the “wild” component, for example, a photo wallpaper with the Amazon rainforest ... Your favorite motifs and patterns ensure that you like to sit in your home office and feel right at home at your desk. An accentuated, but still halfway reserved Rugs creates the professional framework for your work.
It doesn't always have to be Rugs be. In rented apartments in particular, it is often not allowed to simply wallpaper. Painting work are another way of optically separating your home office from the rest of the apartment. Room design is first and foremost the use of light, colors and patterns - and painting work can certainly do that. Set colored accents around your desk! A calm, harmonious color is ideal, but of course contrasting colors are also suitable. It is important that the contrast is not too strong. The overall impression of the room design should still remain harmonious and calm.
But even more is possible in the condominium. Simply separate your home office into Drywall away! Drywall walls can be easily installed in large rooms such as a living room. The building fabric is not affected. So the one, large living space is preserved. Your home office is given a slightly distinguished niche and becomes visible. And drywall offers even more options: You can build in shelves and recesses if you need storage space around your home office anyway. High-quality painting work takes care of the rest of the room design: living room and home office flow into one another, but there is still a clear separation. Incidentally, some landlords also allow this drywall work in the rented apartment - just talk to your landlord if you can imagine this solution for your home office!
If the landlord does not approve such drywall, you can also mark the boundary between home office and living space with simple room dividers: bookshelves that are filled with work material on one side and your private literature on the other are a good option. The so-called Spanish wall, a paravent or a stand are slimmer solutions.
Some people don't mind background noise much, others need absolute silence to concentrate on their work. Then a home office situation can even be advantageous. In the past, living rooms were lined with thick carpets and curtains for soundproofing purposes. Today it is possible to install acoustic ceilings in your own apartment or house. This special form of ceiling design is called acoustic ceilings because they have a positive effect on the acoustics of the room. For example, if children are playing in the next room or the neighbor is mowing the lawn, it can be quite loud. Normally, smooth ceilings and walls reflect sound waves and amplify them. If partitions are created in drywall construction and good acoustic ceilings are used, it will be much quieter in the home office.
Acoustic ceilings not only guarantee better concentration in the home office, but also enable undisturbed phone calls and video conferences. Because the quiet environment in the home office improves the overall quality of the transmission of acoustic signals - your business partners and bosses will also benefit from the acoustic ceilings in the home office. If you are one of the creative types, your neighbors will thank you for furnishing them with acoustic ceilings! Because of course musicians and film producers, sound engineers and other creative people also work from home every now and then. Acoustic ceilings ensure the perfect spatial sound in the artistic home office.
Of course, this has nothing to do with painting, wallpaper, drywall and acoustic ceilings. Or is it? The room design actually has an impact on how you handle sensitive information in the home office. If the sound is absorbed by acoustic ceilings, the internals of the business actually stay with you. Partitions and niches created using drywall also help.
Of course, no one can expect you to completely redesign your apartment overnight, put in walls, have painting work done and also put new wallpaper on the wall! For most people, only one or two measures make sense, never all of them. Can you imagine how you can integrate your home office into your existing living space? We're here to help! Which of the measures presented makes sense depends on your living situation. We are happy to be at your disposal as a contact person and advisor during planning, implementation and renovation. Just contact us! We can clarify everything from A for acoustic ceiling to M for painting work to Z for zebra pattern (on the wallpaper) in a consultation. Make an appointment now!
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