These days many people not only need a home office as a place to take care of personal items but also to telecommute or even run a business. A recent article in business week highlighted the popularity of the homepreneur and how many people are running successful businesses out of their homes. In fact I am one of those homepreneurs and it can be very rewarding.
If you are considering in becoming a homepreneur or need an office for personal use there are many ways to achieve a productive working environment. The first step is to plan a location for the home office:
- Spare Bedroom
- Unused living room
- Attic Space
- Basement
- Office Addition
- A closet
- Part of another room
- Take up space from the garage
These are all great ways to find some room to construct a dedicated home office space. Once the space is defined it in important to think about functionality.
- Storage
- Desk area
- Computer area
- Drawing Area
- Work surface
- Computer Area
- Will you need to meet clients?
- Will you have multiple people working in the office?
- File storage
- Book cases