Your office space is where your work personality meets your individual personality. It is an area in which you can bring in traces of your individuality, as well as present a professional image.
All the important professional decisions you make will take place in this environment and therefore it is vital that you consider how to furnish it best.
Working in a beautiful environment will not only impress those around you, but will also heighten your focus, productivity, and improve your long-term wellbeing. Here are 5 furniture ideas for you to ponder over!
Ergonomic Chair
Ergonomic chairs can provide enhanced comfort - as well as a whole bunch of added health benefits that regular chairs cannot match. Ergonomic chairs, like the BS1 from Flexispot, support the natural curve of our bodies and can conform to each user’s natural height, pitch and support positions.
The chairs often come with lumbar sports to support our backs and therefore reduce the risk of back pain. Furthermore, ergonomic chairs can support your neck and provide it with a natural angle that aligns comfortably with your workstation and monitor, thus also reducing neck pain.
These chairs also come with the added benefit of looking attractive and professional. Your office space needs to conform to the image you want to present and therefore any run-of-the-mill chair from a casual supplier won’t do the trick.
An ergonomic chair brings style, modernity and a health-conscious attitude to your office environment – exactly the image you should want to present.
Conference Furniture
Free thinking and free-flowing ideas are essential to a successful work environment. More and more office spaces are investing in open-plan workspaces, hot-desking and collaborative workspaces to encourage these attitudes.
Conference furniture allows you to bring these benefits of communal working into your personal space, as well as giving you the chance to break out from meetings and get straight into collaboration.
A communal sitting space will also allow you to host impromptu meetings, make your guests or colleagues comfortable and provide a space for you to move between working and relaxing.
Standing Desk
Perhaps the most important investment of all is a standing desk. We’ve all seen them around our office spaces and you might think they’re a new fad - but they truly are game-changers for your office set-up.
Standing desks, such as the E1 from Flexispot, can have major health benefits as well as contribute to an increase in your productivity and concentration levels.
First of all, they can improve your posture by allowing you to rotate between a seated and standing position. This can assist you in correcting your bad posture whilst slouched in front of the monitor, as well as give you the time to stretch.
Standing desks also prove blood circulation. A seated desk position can result in a heightened chance of oedemas as well as blood clots in the lower legs. A standing position prevents this from happening and also encourages the user to move around and stay active in their workspace.
Finally, but not definitively, standing desks enhance calorie burning! Humans naturally burn calories but certain positions provide heightened calorie burning when compared to others. In comparison to sitting down, a standing position might burn between 100-200 calories more per hour.
That may not seem like it’s too much - but over time those extra calories add up and can really assist in your overall workouts.
Storage
Storage, storage, storage. It is always the case that we think we’ve bought enough but we never have. Getting ample storage space for your office environment can really help those of us that have an unhealthy habit of stacking documents.
Office spaces are all too familiar with rows of filing cabinets, and although they do serve a purpose in your workspace, they aren’t exactly joy-inducing or actually that efficient.
You should be thinking about bookshelves, credenzas and cabinets that provide a variety of different storing and filing options. These allow you to organise documents better, whilst also creating a much more vibrant and varied workspace.
A beautifully designed sideboard is also a great way to present your image and improve the stature of your office space. They’re exceedingly practical but are also far more elegant and inviting than rows of filing cabinets.
Guest Sofas or Chairs
Accommodating guests is a natural part of having your own office space, but the type of chairs you have says a lot to your guests. If you want to present a more casual approach - then lounge chairs or ottomans are the answer for you.
These kinds of chairs and sofas allow for longer, more casual and impromptu meetings, while also presenting an openness to your office to make it more inviting for potential guests.
You might also think about chairs that encourage quicker and more decisive actions – i.e. chairs that don’t allow the guests to slouch down and get too comfortable.
Closing Thoughts
There are a lot more options for you to think about, such as whiteboards to help collaborate, or how you are going to organise your stationery.
However, this article has sought to highlight 5 big furniture decisions you should be making about your office space. Consider using them if you’re looking to re-do your office. Best of luck!
