It has been two years since you started working from home. Now that your company has made hybrid-remote the norm, isn’t it time to give your home office furnishings some serious thought?
You can make your work-from-home experience more enjoyable with a home office makeover, and by following these tips when choosing your home office furniture.
1. Prioritize function.
Function beats style every time. What’s the use of an office table that looks incredibly beautiful but is too delicate to carry the weight of your monitor or a showpiece office chair that scratches so easily you can’t even sit on it?
Make a sturdy office table and chair a priority. Choose only furniture (and furnishings) that serve their purpose.
2. Pick the right height, size, capacity, and configuration for your office table and chair.
When choosing your office table and chair, you must consider height, size, capacity, and configuration.
Height
You want a chair that will give you the correct sitting posture. That is to say, your feet must be planted firmly on the ground and your knees bent at a 90-degree angle.
Likewise, choose a table that complements your correctly seated height. Ideally, it should let you work with your elbow bent at a 90-degree angle and your forearms lying flat on the surface.
Size and Configuration
The table should be large enough to accommodate everything you need to put on it. Of course, you should also evaluate your current setup. How can you improve your current workspace so you can work more efficiently?
Considering your improved workspace plan, choose a table with sufficient surface area for everything you need and a design that will work well with your workspace configuration.
Do you need to put multiple computer monitors, a laptop, a keyboard, and a mouse on it? Perhaps you need an L-shaped table to hold everything. However, you can get a smaller table if all you need to put on it is a laptop and a paperweight.
One other consideration is the available space. What if you have a small office but require a table with a large surface area? Here, you can use risers and monitor wall mounts to maximize a small office table’s functional area.
For your office chair, choose an ergonomic one. Of course, it should be comfortable to sit on. However, ideally, it should encourage good posture and provide superior neck and back support.
Capacity
You want a table and chair that will give you many years of excellent use, so get a table and chair strong enough to bear all the weight you need to put on them.
1. Go for style.
Function may be a priority, but you shouldn’t let style go by the wayside.
While all bookshelves will hold your books, some lamps and shelves look better than others. Therefore, choose furniture that looks better — i.e., the ones you like and will suit your office interior best.
In other words, you want usable furniture, but you want them to be stylish as well. Therefore, given a choice between two functional office tables, pick the one that will inspire you to work and make you feel excited about using it.
Perhaps Get It Customized?
Great office furniture is both functional and stylish. Your office table and chair, in particular, should have the correct height, size, capacity, and configuration.
Given all the things you must consider — function, available space, workspace configuration, and office interior design — it can be challenging to find the office furniture that will tick all the right boxes.
Here, you may find it easier to have office furniture built to your requirements at a custom-made furniture UAE shop, so don’t hesitate to take this direction if it’s a viable alternative for you.
