Useful tips for furnishing your home office

Work­ing from home is becom­ing increas­ingly pop­u­lar. But to work pro­duct­ively and effi­ciently from home, cer­tain require­ments must be met. Our expert explains how to prop­erly set up your home office. In addi­tion to a func­tion­al com­puter work­sta­tion, this also includes suit­able fur­niture and – very import­ant – a robust floor cov­er­ing.

Tip 1: As few distractions as possible and good lighting

Nat­ur­ally, a sep­ar­ate room is ideal for the home office so that you’re not dis­trac­ted. If pos­sible, your desk should be at right angles to the win­dow. This will provide nat­ur­al light but avoid glare from the sun­light. If you don’t have a spare room, you can set up your home office in a corner, niche or unused space in the hall­way. Work­ing at a desk requires a good lamp with a min­im­um illu­min­a­tion level of 500 lux as pre­scribed for office work­sta­tions. Choose an ergo­nom­ic office chair to pro­mote an upright pos­ture. For the sake of your health, make sure the win­dows are prop­erly sealed to keep out drafts and mois­ture. The recom­men­ded wall col­ors are light or muted shades of blue and green as they have a calm­ing and relax­ing effect. But also a com­bin­a­tion of neut­ral and strong col­ors is pos­sible.

Tip 2: Bonded floor coverings are the most hard-wearing

The require­ments for floor­ing in a home office are some­what high­er than for liv­ing or bed­rooms. You should there­fore choose a floor­ing mater­i­al that is as hard-wear­ing, easy to clean and dur­able as pos­sible. Par­quet floor­ing is well suited for your study: it cre­ates a pleas­ant and at the same time eleg­ant atmo­sphere in the room. Take care, how­ever, to choose a hard and res­ist­ant type of wood such as oak since chair castors and mobile ped­es­tals can be quite aggress­ive and cause dam­age. If your mobile office fur­niture is equipped with rub­ber castors, you don’t need to worry about scratches and scuff marks. A floor mat under your swiv­el chair provides extra pro­tec­tion for the par­quet. Also vinyl is a good choice of floor­ing: it is robust and both water- and dirt-repel­lent. At the same time, vinyl scores with a great vari­ety of decors. No mat­ter which floor­ing comes out on top, it should always be glued to the entire sub­strate sur­face to make sure it firmly stays in place and looks good for many years to come.