7 Awesome Home Office Addition Ideas

What is the easiest way to add space to your abode? One is to remodel your garage or your basement. Second, invest in office pods or work sheds, or upgrade the garden shed. If you are still working at home and find it distracting to see everyday home stuff, it’s best to take your office out of the house. Here are some home office addition ideas you can consider for you and the family.

Mini Work Pod

If you have a garden, a work pod may be a good idea. Essentially, Mini Work Pods are quiet spaces for improved focus. In an office setting, it is a  smart type of an enclosed mini office booth for workers who often have difficulty finding the best private corner. At home, it can be installed in the garden while remote working.

There are customizable work pods you can buy, optimised and produced to your needs. Some features include sound-proofing, motion sensor lights, automatic ventilation, and waterproof external frame finish. Having a soundproof room to your own makes working more productive, having less distractions as one would on a regular room setup.

Apres Furniture specifically manufacture pods of different sizes and needs that are self-contained and need no planning permission, these pods also pass every building standard and fire-regulation needed in office buildings.

And because each piece is customisable, having install them in the garden with the right specifications is also doable. It is best to always measure and consider outside factors when buying a work pod.

Remodel Your Garage

A cheap way to have a home office is to remodel and organize your garage. There’s a tendency for the garage to become a storage area later on, especially if you have a big one. Normally, only stuff related to the car should be in it but over time, it becomes overwhelmed with many other things. Even if you have storage cabinets installed in your garage, it is best to make use of your basement for other items.

Have you the space to divide your garage to make for an office, it is best to do so. As your office can still be accessible both from the house and can have a separate entrance.

Spare Room or Space

Do you have a room to spare for mini-office? It doesn’t have to be the biggest, in fact even the space under the stairs can be transformed into an office. If you have bigger rooms, you can divide one to create office space. A divider will serve both as a storage unit and partition for you new office corner. Imagination is key when looking for spaces at home to create an office space.

Basement or Attic Makeover

Two of the spare rooms that are obvious candidates for including work area at home would be the basement and the attic, should you have them. On extremes, picking the attic would mean you have plenty of light, while you might need to supplement your lights for the basement.

Sure, both rooms are used for storing, but there’s no rule to what you can really make out of each.

Loft

If you have high ceiling, a loft is an easy addition to create more space in your home. You can make use of the loft not only as a home office area, but also many other things: gym, music room, game room, and “library”.

Space Under the Stairs

Yes, it’s a cool thing. Converting the space under the stairs may take some  time, but it certainly is a good spot for an office area.

Garden Shed

Garden sheds, whether made from plastic, resin, or weathering steel, make for not-so-expensive office rooms. Converting a garden shed to an office takes very little effort. Your shed might not have a suitable window for ventilation so contact a reputable artisan to help you materialize what you imagine for your garden shed office conversion.

Container Office

Like work pods, there are ready-made container offices ready to be shipped to your home for easy use. This might be expensive than the other office “boxes” so if you can DIY one, it’s not only cost-effective, it’s also eco-friendly. Repurposing shipping containers mean less metal waste – as these would be discarded after a certain point.

Upcycling a shipping container for home office use mean losing less cement, which isn’t really earth-friendly. You can also opt to use solar panels to power it. All in all, you lessen your carbon footprint as you choose environment-conscious choices.