A garage can provide the perfect office for those working from home (Photo Courtesy of Art Department PR).
From Unused Boxes to Business Files
Let’s keep it 100 percent. Most of our garages are masterpieces in clutter, dirt and junk.
Many do not even use their garages for its intended purpose, to house our automobiles.
Therefore why not transform it into the home office of our dreams. Many work from home already, but a garage office can give a businessperson a sense of privacy, even in a busy home.
Lance Jensen, Founder/CEO of Global Flooring & Design recently gave RegalMag.com tips on how to convert a garage into the perfect home office.
Get Creative: To allow your garage to a full office turnaround, look into changing your garage floors to something more appealing than your normal rusty soiled garage floors. For instance, Global Garage Flooring and Design has a solid system that is designed to provide a seamless solid color finish to any concrete surface and a concrete dye system that incorporates high quality concrete dyes. Also, look into giving your garage a fresh, clean look by painting it in light colors or applying a quick coat of paint on your garage’s door to create a professional look, and to welcome employees, colleagues, and clients.
Create Open Space: Anyone can spot those Halloween and Christmas decorations that you use once a year, or items that you cannot fit inside of your closets, basement, or attic. Please make room for your essential office tools by clearing up the unnecessary clutter. Creating and managing the extra space yourself gives a personalized feeling while working in your new home office that you won’t even feel like your office used to be a garage. Look into getting rubber totes. They are perfect for storing anything.
Temperature: If you’re going to use your garage as your home office for a long time, you may want to put efforts in to wiring your home to enable the temperature of your garage, and even your driveway, to perfectly match that of the rest of your home. You do not want an office that is too cold in the winter and/or too hot in the summer.
Lighting: This is always overlooked, but a dark or dim garage can cause you to be counterproductive. With the right lighting, you will be able to handle your business accordingly, and you will remain alert and professional.
Viewing is Everything: Please try to incorporate great landscaping around your garage to provide a desirable connection from the street to your office.
Keep Costs Down: Things such as Wireless Internet, HVAC, insulation, walls, built-in cabinetry, lighting fixtures, and furniture can get costly rather quickly—please make sure to keep an eye on your pockets.
