NeatFreak

Like many people, Karen runs her business entirely from her home office.  When Karen contacted me, her home office was suffering from an identity crisis.  The space was not only used as a base for Karen’s business, where she sometimes needed to hold client meetings, it was also used by all the other members of the household for various tasks such as storing personal records, photographs, games and airing the washing.

As the space was trying to be all things to all people, Karen’s office soon became overwhelmed and cluttered by everything else.

Solution:

To tackle this problem, I proposed zoning the space into 3 distinctive areas – office, family and laundry.  The primary zone was to be Karen’s office, which I moved to the far end of the area to maximise the floor space and take advantage of the natural light. By moving the desk into the left corner this allowed for the 3 small storage cabinets to be lined up beside it for easy access to office related items.  The filing cabinet was then moved into the far right corner which meant Karen didn’t have to move around her desk anymore to access it and it also allowed other family members to access the cabinet without disturbing Karen when she was at her desk. 

The family zone was condensed into a very functional cubby hole unit which held books, music cd’s, games and photo albums. 

This left plenty of room for the laundry drying area, which allowed Karen to put up 3 airing racks so she could keep with the washing for a family of 4 during the winter months.