Optimise your Work From Home Routine With Natalie Mason
Working from home is shining a light on all the improvements that could make a work from home day feel more productive than the office. To help you nail the work from home set-up in your new home design, we sat down with Natalie, one of our New Home Consultants to share some top tips!
Natalie works closely with our clients in the first stage of creating their dream home, so she’s no stranger to all the best tips and tricks about how to maximise your study space. Keep reading to learn how to make the most of your study area, both before and after you build (with some cheeky work from home tips sprinkled in too).
1. Green Living
Forget what your co-workers tell you, working from home isn’t lonely. Unless you don’t have pets, of course, the ultimate distraction!
When furnishing their homes, Natalie’s clients prioritise adding plants to the study space, or just their home in general. Copy this tip and you can amazingly spruce things up and add some energy and life to your areas too.
We love all the plants and green in the Indio, it livens the space up and really will leave you wanting to immerse yourself in the home.
2. Shake it Up
It’s nice to be able to work from a different spot in the house to switch up your day and avoid the afternoon slump. When designing your new home, Nat recommends considering the alfresco.
Another great way to shake it up is to work out of an open-plan study. The study in the Tamlee is a great example as you can sit and focus, while still keeping an eye on the kids playing outside.
3. Clear Space = Clear Mind
Clutter is a thing of the past when you choose a home design with the right storage. An office is a space where the unclassified mess of the home can naturally end up.
Natalie says, as cheesy as it might be, a clear space = a clear mind! She recommends trying to optimise your space by creating subtle storage like in the Burnleigh.
The Burnleigh uses mirrors to hide the linen closest but this ‘out of sight, out of mind’ storage idea can cross over to anywhere in your home.
4. Snack Hacks
Ok, we will be honest with you, both Natalie and the team at Celebration Homes are very familiar with the working from home ‘snack attack’. That craving for some sweetness mid-working day that you just can’t seem to budge.
Although we aren’t perfect, Natalie does have some hacks to try and curb this. She recommends planning and preparing your meals the night before your working from home day to make sure you don’t get hungry and grab whatever is nearest in sight.
Also, bonus… prepping your meals the night before won’t just help you stop snacking but will stop you from impulse spending on a meal at lunchtime!
5. Block it out
Sometimes not all of us are able to work from an open plan study – and that is perfectly ok! Natalie recommends, if you know you are prone to being distracted, opting for a study that is enclosed and separate from the rest of the house might be the best option for you. So yes, then you can study without being distracted by what’s on the TV. Interested in designated study areas?
The Amara boasts an amazingly functional separate study area. The study nook neatly finds the middle ground between being private and distraction-free, while not being boxed into a small room.
6. Boogie the (work) day away
We agree, this one does sound a bit silly at first. But Natalie speaks from experience. Popping on some tunes whilst you’re working can help you keep it lively and fun! You might miss the chitter-chatter of an office, so having a little solo jam sesh will definitely help you boogie the blues away.
want some in-person inspiration?
You’re in luck! Nearly every Celebration Homes Display Home features a practical and thought out study area to suit lots of different needs.
There’s nothing quite like checking them out for yourself and getting a feel for the space. So, don’t just take our advice, go and figure out what works for you! You’ll find a link to our Display Home opening times below, Check them out and make your work from home space – work for you!
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