By Modern-Shed General Manager Tim Vack
Just started or want to start working from home? Check out the first part in our series about Working From Home or read on for tips on preparing your physical surroundings for working from home.
Choosing a physical location at home to set up shop for your “office:”
Typical choices often are:
- Dining room table
- Kitchen nook
- Garage
- Attic
- Basement
- Corner of family room
- Backyard tool shed
- Spare room
- Detached home office space, such as our Modern-Sheds
- Home addition
The chosen space should:
- Allow you to focus without major distractions
- Allow for video conferencing and private phone conversations
- Have access to natural light
- Have enough space for your desk/chair/cabinets or shelves as necessary
- Be customizable to create your space
- Allow you to “leave” work
Leave work whenever you want, and make it home in seconds!
Over the 30-plus years that I have worked from home on and off, I have had my office in my bedroom (twice), in a spare room (twice), in the dining room (twice), in an insulated garage, in an RV and in a basement (obviously I have lived in numerous locations during the past 30 years!). Continue reading