Home Office Tips from Gale Steves

The New Year may bring changes in career or the option of telecommuting, since more and more of us are working from home these days.  Or, if you are already working from home, you may want to reorganize and improve your home office space.  Gale Steves offers the following things to think about as you plan your new space.

You’ll want to give consideration to storage space – Do you need to keep files locked away? Do you need to be able to leave active projects out in the open?  Does your office space do double duty as family or guest room space when not in use?  If you are a neat person you may do fine with using your office space for other functions; otherwise, you may need a space where you can close the door behind you.

Steves suggests that if you are self employed you will need to create space for creativity and have a fashionable office with light and noise control.  If your home office is more of a family communications center for catching up on work, bills or email, it can be more centrally located and not a dedicated space.
The former editor-in-chief of Home magazine, Steves specializes in making homes more livable through her concept of Right-Sizing, which helps make the most of smaller spaces.