How your workplace is designed has a significant impact on your ability to focus and be your 100 percent. Because of that, it is of great importance that you have an office that is well-designed and stress relieving. There are many studies that have shown that employee’s capability to focus on their tasks depends on the environment they are working in. A well-designed workspace can improve employee’s productivity by 20 percent. It’s essential to know how to improve your health and wellbeing at your desk.

The Color of the Office Is Important

It has been proven that the colours that are around us can affect our brain function and stimulate both emotional and physical responses. Therefore, choosing the right colour for the office space will affect your employee’s productivity. But, keep in mind that even colour can be overwhelming if there is too much of it.

• A Company Office: A great way you can keep yourself inspired and focused at an office is by bringing little things that are a specific colour like postcards or magazine cutouts to improve your concentration at work.

• A Home Office: Working at home comes with an advance because you can personally affect the colours around you. Paint your office walls, a colour that makes you feel the most tranquil or hang up pictures that are mainly those colours.

 

Having Proper Lighting Is Crucial

Having proper lighting is the most crucial factor in staying focused and productive, and yet it is the most neglected when designing an office. Dark spaces are known for making people feel depressed, fatigued, and being overall irritable. Believe it or not, your choice of the flooring can affect the lighting, and if you pick the right materials, it can also increase it. Pick the floorings that are made out of naturally occurring raw materials, which are clay, quartz, and feldspathic materials, and that is why Stone & Tile Projects can be a good choice.

• A Company Office: If you don’t have control over the lighting in your office, you can help yourself with bringing your natural light bulbs.

 

You Should Have the Right Room Temperature

Offices usually keep their temperature around 65 Fahrenheit, but what most people don’t know is that it is not the temperature that promotes productivity. It has been proven that people are more productive in warmer places rather than cold ones.

• A Company Office: Because most offices have one thermostat that isn’t supposed to be touched, so bring with you a cozy sweater or a blanket.

• A Home Office: When you have a home office, you are the one that is in charge of how hot or cold your office is; therefore you can choose the temperature that you feel the most productive at. You can even work outside if the weather is nice.

 

Have Good-quality Furniture

Once you have experienced uncomfortable office furniture, you will realize just how important it is to provide your employees with good-quality furniture. Because we spend most of our days sitting it is crucial that your chair and desk fit your needs properly. Your eyes should be somewhere around 24-36 inches from the screen. Your feet should be on a footrest or the floor, not on the chair or the table. If you want to prevent and relieve back pain, you can recline your chair slightly.

• A Company Office: Don’t be ashamed to ask for adjustable chairs. If your boss can provide them, you can add pillows for your lower back if needed. Adjust the height of your computer screen and Move your keyboard and mouse to keep your hands and wrists in a position that is most comfortable to you.

• A Home Office: Because you are picking your own office furniture make sure that you choose the most comfortable pieces. If you already have a table and a chair, you can adjust them with leg raisers or pillows on your chair to make everything a level that feels comfortable for you.

Keep in mind that when you are following some of these designs, you are creating an environment that reduces stress, and that means that you will have healthier, happier, and more productive employees who will be happy to go to work.

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Author Bio:

Mia Ackerson is a Melbourne-based writer. Loves writing about office decoration, home decoration, and home improvement. She’s also interested in reading books, movies, music, baking, and gardening. You can follow her on twitter.