When people want to hire a home remodeling contractor, often it’s for kitchen or bathroom remodeling. After all, you can typically expect a 70% return on your investment with a bathroom remodel. But have you considered the benefits of getting a home remodeling contractor to build you a new home office?

More and more people are working from home, but most probably don’t have a dedicated home office optimized for productivity. Whether you’re one of the many people who started working from home this year or you just need a more comfortable space at home to do paperwork, here we’ll go over some top ideas for designing the perfect home office.

Decide Whether to Add on a Room

When you need a space to work from home, the most obvious solution is to set up a desk anywhere there’s room for one. But this doesn’t always result in a comfortable work environment. If you're not comfortable, you probably won’t be very productive. It’s best to find a quiet, uncluttered room that’s separate from the rest of the house, ideally with a window to let in natural light.

If you don’t have a dedicated home office space already, maybe you have a guest room you could use. You may be hesitant to transform a room reserved for guests into your private office, but your work is something you do every day, while having guests probably doesn’t occur that often.

If there’s simply no good place available to set up your workspace, you should consider adding on a room or two. Home additions not only provide more valuable space for your home, but they also give you the opportunity to design that space exactly how you like it.

You may be unsure how much time and money you should invest in your home office. After all, setting up office furniture in the guest bedroom is a faster solution than adding on a room, even if the end result is less desirable. As a rule of thumb, you should decide what to do based on how much time you’ll spend working from home in the foreseeable future. If you’re only planning to work from home for a few months to a year, then it might not be worth it to add on a new room. But if you’ll be working from home long-term and there’s no comfortable space readily available, you should seriously consider a home addition for optimal comfort and convenience.

Take Advantage of Your Freedom

When you work in an office, you have little to no choice about your work environment. If you have the privilege to work from home, take advantage of that by making your home office a place you love being in.

There are several ways you can make your home office more calming, energizing, and enjoyable. Buying artwork for the walls, getting a high-quality desk chair, and using beautiful lamps to illuminate your workspace are just a few examples. But when you’re working with home remodeling contractors, there’s even more you can do to make your office perfect.

Remodeling a room for working in allows you to make things both beautiful and functional. You can have bookshelves and filing cabinets built into the walls and even design a customized desk that fits the room perfectly. You can have discreet lighting fixtures installed to provide generous lighting across your entire workspace, so you no longer need one or two lamps crowding your desk.

One of the best things a home remodeling contractor can do is listen to your needs and preferences and come up with a professional design that meets them all. When setting up your home office on your own, it’s easy to overlook important details or cram things together in ways that don’t fit. A home remodel designer will know exactly what to do to make sure you fully take advantage of your opportunity to work from home.

When you need a redesigned office, these ideas are a great place to start. Whether you’ve just started working from home or you’ve been doing it for years, nothing makes the workday more enjoyable than being in a workspace you commissioned yourself.

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