Office interior in the house and apartment

An office in a house or apartment should be no less functional than at work, and no less comfortable in comparison with other rooms. The task is not the easiest, but solvable. When developing the design of the office, you will have to take into account several key points regarding the arrangement of furniture, you choose the style of decoration yourself.

Furniture for the office in the house is selected taking into account the style of the rest of the premises

Home office furniture

Office design begins with the selection of furniture. In this case, these are working tools and they will be the main ones here. The set of furniture depends on the available space, but a table, a chair and several wardrobes, this is a mandatory set, without which it is impossible to fully organize a workplace.

Table. What and where to put

Since few people today can do without a computer at work, and many work at home via the Internet, most often a computer table is chosen for work in the office. There are many variations - with or without pedestals, with or without a monitor stand, with a dedicated compartment for the system unit. The shape of the table top can be different - even, angular - in the form of the letter "G". The specific configuration depends on the type of office equipment: if you work on a laptop or MacBook, then the listed amenities are useless, as well as a sliding pad for the keyboard. And its shape is determined by the place where the table will stand.

The table with the letter "L" is comfortable. You can place a large number of necessary equipment or documents

The location of the table in the office is selected based on several rules. The most popular thing is to put it so that the light from the window falls on the table - today it is irrelevant and even harmful. Sunlight is harmful to modern monitors, and it gives serious glare, and this interferes with work. Therefore, the desktop is positioned so that it is convenient, and the location of the window is unimportant. There is a backlight, table lamps, which help to create the necessary degree of illumination and direct the light so that there is no glare on the screen.

The unusual shape of the table sets the tone for the entire design of the study

Psychologists give such advice, to put the table so that sitting behind it you can see the doors. This makes it possible to work calmly and focused, from the back no one will approach unnoticed. This reflex, to keep track of what is happening, is at the genetic level. Try to factor this into your planning and see how much calmer you will feel.

Chair selection

The choice of a chair or work chair is a whole science. Working at the table usually takes many hours and how comfortable and correctly fitted the chair will be is very important. Performance and health depend on this.

Modern chairs or armchairs for work have casters. For the structure to be stable, the base must be five-pointed. Each of the beams ends with wheels that provide mobility of the chair. Here, without discrepancy, only five supports provide a sufficient degree of stability.

It is easier to choose a chair model for several hours at the table

With the rest of the parameters for choosing a chair in the office, you can proceed from how much time you spend at the table. If not for long, then you can put a simple model. There should be armrests and seat height adjustment, which should have a rounded edge. All other adjustments are optional. In principle, just a comfortable chair might do.

If four to five hours pass at the table, a more complete adjustment to the parameters of your body is required. More serious individual adjustments are needed:

• seat height;
• seat depth and angle of inclination;
• backrest angle and height.

When choosing a chair, sit in it. The depth is preferably at least 40 cm, and the width is such that you can safely sit on it, without feeling pinched. The outer edge of the seat is necessarily rounded and should not press.

Necessary adjustments for comfortable working in a sitting position

Besides the seat, pay attention to the backrest. It is important that it fits snugly and completely against the back, following its curves. So, the load on the spine will be less. Some models have a movable cushion under the lower back, with which you choose the most comfortable position for you.

Chairs for an office in the house with a long working day at the table

But the most important thing is the seat and backrest adjustment mechanism. When changing the position of the body, it automatically or manually changes the inclination of the seat and backrest. The force required to change the position is also regulated so that, leaning back a little, you do not find yourself in a lying position.

Several years ago, knee chairs began to appear in our country. These are chairs for long-term work at the computer, which allow you to change the position to almost vertical.

Knee chair with many individual adjustments

Their disadvantage is a solid price. The option with a varied number of adjustments has a price of $ 500, cheaper individual buildings almost do not have, which is why it is not very easy to get used to sitting on them, as a result, not everyone uses them.

Selection and arrangement of cabinets

Traditionally, the study should have bookcases and shelves. There is no news in this area. Everything is standard. As for the design, you will have to select shelves and cabinets for the table, chair. Everything should obey the general style and depends on which one you have chosen - classic, modern, etc.

If the table is against a wall, it is logical to place shelves on it. If it is located in the middle of the room, bookcases with open or closed shelves are placed behind. This interior is typical for the classic design of the office, it looks respectable and inspires confidence. This arrangement of furniture is preferred by representatives of the image professions - lawyers, top managers, who are forced to take part of the work home.

Traditional arrangement of furniture in the office

For representatives of other professions, the office is built according to their taste. Racks and shelves are arranged so that their contents can be reached without getting up, or, at least, you can drive up a certain distance from a chair on wheels.

An example of furniture arrangement

There are no rules here. Arrange everything so that you feel comfortable. Those items that are often used are closer, and which you use from time to time on the upper shelves or further from the table.

Office lighting

There should be enough light, but it should not "hit" the eyes. Choose lamps with a soft, warm light that has a yellowish color. It affects the eyes less.

The light must be "multi-tiered" so that the required degree of illumination can be created

Multi-tiered lighting. The overhead light, and it can also be zoned, several floor lamps or wall lamps, and table lamps.

Color scheme

The most suitable colors for home office interior decoration are beige, brown, gray. All of them are dim, but they are the ones that allow you to focus. This does not mean that everything should be monochromatic, but the dominant colors are just that.

The color scheme of the office is dominated by brown colors

Brown is stability and prosperity. Gray - focus and detachment. Other colors, if present, are only occasionally, slightly refreshing the interior.

Gray with subtle shades of beige and yellowish

An exception is the design of the office for people of creative professions. They will simply die in such stable interiors. They need a different, stimulating environment.In this case, any colors are appropriate.

Interior design of the office of a representative of the creative profession

As you can see, there is a non-standard approach in everything and this is far from the most extravagant option.

Small cabinet

Unfortunately, not everyone can allocate a separate room for an office. More often than not, you have to invent something to highlight the workplace. There are only two exits, fence off a part in one of the rooms or equip a balcony. The balcony, of course, should be glazed and well insulated.

On the balcony and loggia

Those who have a balcony or loggia can re-equip this room. Despite the tightness, you can equip a good mini-office in the apartment.

Study in an apartment on a balcony or loggia

It is difficult to expect any variety in such a limited space. Small table, chair and shelves above the table. That is, perhaps, all that can be squeezed in here. There is only one trick, ordering a countertop that is fixed to the walls. Legs are absolutely useless, they take up space.

A little more space if the glazing is insulated and the window block is removed. The remaining wall can be used as a countertop or a shelving unit can be installed on it.

Shelving in place of the former window

Actually, the window sill can be removed without problems: it does not carry any load, but the remaining wall cannot be disassembled: the entire facade can collapse. Unless you strengthen the load-bearing wall, but this is not cheap, and it is difficult to obtain approval.

Working area in the room

To organize the work area, allocate at least a small space in the room. It could beliving room or a bedroom. In any case, they try to isolate the working area. This is done in traditional ways. First: highlighting a part using a podium or just the correct design of the floor and ceiling.

Allocate the work area using the floor and ceiling

Another way is to put a small partition, wardrobe or shelving unit. They do not block the space, but they separate part of the room, creating a more relaxed atmosphere. So, sitting at the table, you can not be distracted by what is happening in the room.

A small partition or rack separates the working area from the rest of the room

The rest of the interior of the working area obeys the same rules: table, comfortable chair, storage systems. It is unlikely that you will squeeze something else into a small corner, but this set is quite enough if you sometimes have to work at home.