Before you start working in your home office, you will want to get it set up in the most convenient way possible right from the start. Before connecting all of your equipment to your computer and putting furniture in place, put the floor plan on paper. The main reason you want to take the time to do it right the first time is once you open your business you are not going to have the time to do it over again.
There is an old adage that it takes less time to do it right than it does to do it over and that is certainly true with arranging your home office. Any time you tear apart the office and move everything around, you not only spend the time on the project, but you also will be closing your business for whatever time it takes to complete. If everything is already in the office, whatever you can, pick it up and move it out and get ready to lay out the office for convenience and productivity and not because that is how it has always been.
First, anything you will need frequently need should be in the office. If you are going to have spare filing cabinets or storage boxes that you will need only rarely, they can go into another room or the garage. The other stuff stays in the office to save time from having to leave the room to hunt things down, wasting valuable time. If you use a ream of paper every two or three days, keep one in the office and the rest in another storage area of the home to keep as much open space as possible.
Before moving your computer into the room, take a look at where you plan to put the computer during different times of the day. The sun coming through a window will create glare on the monitor screen, so you may have to find a different position for the computer or buy a heavier curtain for the window. If you count on heat or cooling vents in your home office, make sure you do not block them when setting up the office.
Everything you use frequently needs to be positioned conveniently to reduce the amount of time it takes to find things as well as to limit the amount of walking you will have to do, which will detract from your job focus. Speaking of focus, keep any windows in the office behind you or at least beside you to prevent the desire to look out the window and daydream instead of getting your work completed. Little distractions can cause a lot of wasted time as every time you focus somewhere else, it will take a few more minutes to get your mind back on track.
There is no reason to have one of everything when it comes to office equipment as that thinking will use up a lot of floor space as well as a lot of money. Buy only the necessary basics to get started and if you find you need a piece of equipment later on, you can always buy it and put it in your office.
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