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| AAA Advanced Home Inspections, Inc January 2010 News Letter |
Are you looking to add and office or need a place to
work in your home but just short on space? Well here
are a few ideas to go about your dilemma.
Imagine having a fully operational and complete home
office without sacrificing an entire room. Now imagine
the ability to make it disappear! With an unused closet
in your home, you can achieve such a feat. I will show
you how.
Working Out Of Your Closet
When putting a home office together, space is always a
factor we must take into account. And unfortunately, that
space is often limited in most homes, resulting in
home offices sharing the same real estate as the
family kitchen, living room, dining room, den, bedroom,
or even a garage. But when a spare room or space is
simply not available for a dedicated home office, there
is still one space that is almost always overlooked as
an effective place to locate your office -- the closet.
Yes, a closet. Assuming, of course, that you do have
one available. And even if you think you don't, chances
are good that a closet in your home is being used to
store possessions that could find a more suitable
place in the attic, basement or garage. Move these
items to a more appropriate location and you will free
up valuable space that can be used as your custom
built home office. But the best feature? The ability to
conceal your office when not in use. You simply can't do
this with a standard home office.
The closet is the solution. The spare bedroom closet is
your best bet.
Although the bedroom is not used regularly, converting
the room into an office would have rendered the room
useless for overnight guests. But the closet was simply
irresistible and became the focus for a home office.
Store items in the closet elsewhere, like the attic. This
leaves a clean canvas where you can work your
creativity.
work in your home but just short on space? Well here
are a few ideas to go about your dilemma.
Imagine having a fully operational and complete home
office without sacrificing an entire room. Now imagine
the ability to make it disappear! With an unused closet
in your home, you can achieve such a feat. I will show
you how.
Working Out Of Your Closet
When putting a home office together, space is always a
factor we must take into account. And unfortunately, that
space is often limited in most homes, resulting in
home offices sharing the same real estate as the
family kitchen, living room, dining room, den, bedroom,
or even a garage. But when a spare room or space is
simply not available for a dedicated home office, there
is still one space that is almost always overlooked as
an effective place to locate your office -- the closet.
Yes, a closet. Assuming, of course, that you do have
one available. And even if you think you don't, chances
are good that a closet in your home is being used to
store possessions that could find a more suitable
place in the attic, basement or garage. Move these
items to a more appropriate location and you will free
up valuable space that can be used as your custom
built home office. But the best feature? The ability to
conceal your office when not in use. You simply can't do
this with a standard home office.
The closet is the solution. The spare bedroom closet is
your best bet.
Although the bedroom is not used regularly, converting
the room into an office would have rendered the room
useless for overnight guests. But the closet was simply
irresistible and became the focus for a home office.
Store items in the closet elsewhere, like the attic. This
leaves a clean canvas where you can work your
creativity.
Organizing The Space and Building The Office
While not every closet will work, I find that most
residential bedroom closets are perfectly sized to build
a home office. The secret? Build up!
By building up, you can take advantage of the available
space throughout the full 8 feet, or more, of ceiling
height available. And with the correct furniture, design
and layout, you can put every cubic inch of space within
a closet to good use.
The first step is to scout the available closets in your
home. Don't sacrifice a fully functional closet for this
project. Instead, locate the closet that gets the least
amount of use.
Relocate all its contents and clear the space from any
shelving up to 6 feet in height. This will accommodate
just about any piece of furniture, including an armoire,
while allowing storage overhead.
Shop for furniture to fit the space. Because armoires
are all about concealing, they are fabricated with many
pull out sections, making them ideal for the space.
Many basic tower design workstation desks will also do
the trick. But. make sure that you take into account every
piece of office equipment you will need.
Accommodate the furniture in the closet space and
setup your office as needed. Remember, always build
up and take advantage of as much vertical space as
possible.
Use small bins to store supplies and other less used
materials on the top closet shelf above the 6 foot mark,
while also taking advantage of the top shelf of your
workstation furniture.
You can install a countertop the width of the closet, this
will give you a large work area and have it to the height
so you can put file cabinet drawers underneath it.
Install a curtain to cover the area, this gives you quick
access as well as concealment.
Lights and bright colors are good for the walls as this is
a small space.
While not every closet will work, I find that most
residential bedroom closets are perfectly sized to build
a home office. The secret? Build up!
By building up, you can take advantage of the available
space throughout the full 8 feet, or more, of ceiling
height available. And with the correct furniture, design
and layout, you can put every cubic inch of space within
a closet to good use.
The first step is to scout the available closets in your
home. Don't sacrifice a fully functional closet for this
project. Instead, locate the closet that gets the least
amount of use.
Relocate all its contents and clear the space from any
shelving up to 6 feet in height. This will accommodate
just about any piece of furniture, including an armoire,
while allowing storage overhead.
Shop for furniture to fit the space. Because armoires
are all about concealing, they are fabricated with many
pull out sections, making them ideal for the space.
Many basic tower design workstation desks will also do
the trick. But. make sure that you take into account every
piece of office equipment you will need.
Accommodate the furniture in the closet space and
setup your office as needed. Remember, always build
up and take advantage of as much vertical space as
possible.
Use small bins to store supplies and other less used
materials on the top closet shelf above the 6 foot mark,
while also taking advantage of the top shelf of your
workstation furniture.
You can install a countertop the width of the closet, this
will give you a large work area and have it to the height
so you can put file cabinet drawers underneath it.
Install a curtain to cover the area, this gives you quick
access as well as concealment.
Lights and bright colors are good for the walls as this is
a small space.
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