Comments on: Planning a Home Office in a Small Space

By: seatcleaning

seatcleaning — Wed, 12 May 2010 08:48:41 +0000

Thanks to your advice, I finally was able to organize my workplace

By: Christopher

Christopher — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:06:33 +0000

Nice article thanks. I have an office area in my basement and I need to re-organize the space. I have 12 ft x 12 ft to work with, but there’s a 2 ft x 3 ft area in the middle of the house (of the 12 x 12 area) taken up by an oil furnace and a clothes dryer on one wall. The clothes also get hung up every once and a while down here. I made 2-3ft x 4ft bookshelves filled to the max and another 2.5ft by 7ft shelf unit filled to the max as well. I also have a small 1.5 ft by 4 ft bookshelf I made for more school textbooks and it’s all filled up. Also another 3.5ft tall 6ft wide bookshelf to fit under the electrical panel side on the other side of the dryer overflowing with books and magazines. I have a computer desk and luckily a small desk from my early years I can use but sadly overflowing. First thing I need to do is organize then possibly add a hanging corner cabinet to remove a lot of the clutter. I have a 1ft by 2ft area right in the corner between a bookcase and computer desk being unused (wasted) I’ll need to move the bookshelf and shove the desk over or think of a corner desk as well.

Thanks for letting me talk it out, now I have a plan and can act on it. I agree with the first poster, don’t be shy on shelling out a hundred or so for a nice office chair – well worth it, I spent $180 cdn on mine from the office depot, don’t skimp on a crappy spindly thing get one with a full back and some arm rests, you’ll thank me later. You don’t have to break the bank with a leather chair, shop around maybe someone’s giving one away in the classifieds.

My home is less than 900 sq ft. with a useable basement, thank god, or we wouldn’t have anywhere to put anything. Someday I’ll get organized if I can take advantage of some vertical space I’ll be in business.

By: Does having an Office Increase Sales? | Increase Sales Coach

Does having an Office Increase Sales? | Increase Sales Coach — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:09:41 +0000

[...] you paying for an office space? Recently, Celine Rogue wrote a good post about planning a home office in a small space. She had some good suggestions. [...]

By: IncreaseSalesCoach

IncreaseSalesCoach — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:56:06 +0000

Great information Celine. Whether you’re office is large or small there’s something to be gleaned from your tips. Your work space must be organized so you can access what you need when you need and avoid wasting time searching.

Organizing what you have really helps reduce both the clutter and the search time.

Thinking multipurpose when making your purchases is important too. If you only need a full color laser printer on occasion it’s probably better to pay to use one rather than owning one yourself.

As I read your post it also occurred to me that many small business owners and independent sales professionals you pay to maintain an outside office may rethink that decision as they scour their overheads costs for potential savings.

The way we work today most people do not need the extra expense and inconvenience required to maintain an outside office.

By: Darrell Etherington

Darrell Etherington — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:32:32 +0000

I’ve got a corner of the living room sectioned off, and it works well, but sometimes I’m too tempted to go and work on the couch, which is far less productive.

Also, rob is totally spot-on with the chair suggestion. Possibly the most important part of my setup. :)

By: Celes | CelestineChua.com

Celes | CelestineChua.com — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 08:30:14 +0000

Hi Celine! I think these are really great tips. I have a home office myself (I’m a life coach and full-time blogger, so half of the times I’m working from my own home), so it’s important my office is conducive. It’s actually in my bedroom since my house isn’t all that big, but I turned my room into a cosy haven for work + leisure last year. I wrote about it in one my blog posts which has since been very popular among readers. Here are pictures and how to’s if anyone is interested: http://celestinechua.com/blog/2009/03/does-your-room-inspire-you/

By: Justin Levy

Justin Levy — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:52:25 +0000

This is some great advice. The other thing I’d recommend, similar to your tip about purging, is to keep the space clean and organized. I have a small space for my home office and the minute a couple days worth of mail piles up or a couple things are thrown on it, it looks like a mess. A mess is distracting and can cause you to not want to work from that space.

By: rob

rob — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:41:23 +0000

Great post!
It’s too important to know that you also need space for a printer, pencils, documents, not just the computer and we forget about this stuff sometimes.
One little advice: get yourself a GOOD chair! Seriously…