Doing An Office Makeover

By Cyndi Seidler

Reprinted from HandyGirl's Organized Living, Spring 1998 issue 

Maybe you’re tired of your office not being as efficient as you’d like it to be? Or, maybe it doesn’t have the look and feel you’d like it to have? If either of this is the case, it is time for reorganization of the furniture and equipment and possibly even a touch of cosmetics.

To arrange your office better, you might start out by drawing a layout of it for your space-planning endeavor. Cut furniture pieces out and move them around on your layout sheet to help give various perspectives and workable approaches to your office design.

A well designed office will work efficiently and effectively with proper placement of its furniture and equipment. Files, trade material, and equipment used most frequently should be within arm’s reach of the desk area you work at. If you have to get up and walk across the room to access you most frequently used files, for instance, chances are you won’t bother. Therefore, it is best to keep your action and most active files close by.

Give thought to ergonomic furniture, as you should be as comfortable as possible while at work. Lighting is another factor to consider when you put together your new office look. The work area should have strong lighting, either fluorescent, halogen, or track lights.

Creating a new office design should give you a lift in productivity and, of course, a foundation for efficiency.

Copyright © 1997 Cyndi Seidler.  All Rights Reserved.

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