The recent situation linked to the lockdown that we have recently experienced has led us to rethink our work habits, adapting them, sometimes hastily, to domestic environments.
Today working from home has become, for many, the new newspaper, a newspaper that will probably be less and less a parenthesis and more and more the norm, or in any case something we should live with and get used to. Therefore, thinking in a less extemporaneous way on creating a corner or a real area at home to be dedicated to smart working is a real need to live and work in serenity without creating confusion and creating uncomfortable overlaps.
If you have a large house, it will not be difficult to remodel the rooms and create a studio, but if there is little space
Here are some useful tips to better organize yourself when working from home and to create a workstation that is efficient and functional. Whether it is a desk or a dining table, the watchword is only one: organization
Focusing on a work space that is clear and predetermined and working on a surface dedicated only to this use, whether or not it is a desk, is always the best option, but if you do not have such a solution and you are the advice is “forced” to place the PC on the dining table in the living room / kitchen and to arrange the area trying to minimize objects only when needed and to keep everything you need close at hand. At the end of the day, it will be fundamental to put everything that was used inside a box or on a shelf of the library specially freed next to the table, both two useful tricks to quickly change configuration and to put everything in place in a practical way. it’s fast. Minimal solitions
A table or, better still, a desk always represent the ideal condition to concentrate and work, especially if you need a computer and various writing tools.
It is good to know that you want to insert a small desk in your home you do not necessarily need large spaces, the market offers XS solutions that can be easily placed anywhere, in a corner of the hall, under a window and even in the bedroom. For those who love flexible and informal solutions and want to be more comfortable, it is possible to organize an excellent smart working corner even on the sofa. How
By recalibrating the space according to new needs with auxiliary elements such as small tables, bases and / or small seats on which to place everything you need.The importance of sitting well and enjoying the right light As
little or a lot of space, more than the surface on which you work, what matters is the seat that must be comfortable, but above all ergonomic so as to allow correct posture (considering that you will have to spend a few hours on it).
Working from home, and especially in a small space, focus on a model that is not only comfortable, but also aesthetically pleasing (it will inevitably stay at home) is an investment to be evaluated. Comfortable, adjustable in height, if possible minimal in design and compact in size are the features to keep in mind when purchasing. Another fundamental element in addition to the seat will be the light, when choosing the place in which to organize your workstation, thinking about the lighting system, whether natural and / or artificial, will be very important. Studying the workstation so that it is perpendicular or frontal with respect to a window or a French door will always be a winning idea to avoid reflections, but also to enjoy the advantages (not a few) of thenatural light .
Alternatively, and for the evening hours, thinking about buying a good table lamp that illuminates without creating too many reflections and shadows will be, as for the chair, an investment that you will not regret over time. Even for the lamp, if there is little space and the table must be left clear at the end of the day, it will not be difficult to organize a small table or shelf on which to store it, in this way the lamp will be useful for creating, for example, a new reading corner in the living room. A few more ideas
Working from home will certainly have cons, but it can also have its pros and it is important, even at home, to work within a space that is functional, but also welcoming, therefore embellishing it with some decorative element (always without exaggerating) such as candles, a scented incense, small succulents, a vase with flowers or in any case something green that can give harmony to the whole. Creating a workstation that is cozy – as the Anglo-Saxons would say – at home as in the office, stimulates optimism and therefore creativity. Solved the space, which is fundamental, give yourself precise rules and try not to transgress them. If you work from home, have clear (start and end) times and create daily, or weekly,
Organization of space and working times, management of autonomy, clarity of deadlines and objectives are the basic ingredients for the success of correct smart working. A perfect work solution for the times we are living in, but also interesting and valid for the future (if work allows it), a new way to think carefully, but which opens up interesting perspectives to give yourself a new autonomy and give life to an unprecedented approach to the world of work that is less rigid, more open and flexible and certainly contemporary.
Claudia Schiera

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