The DIY home office you deserve!

Get your home ready for work with DIY home office furniture from DIY Homefit.

Not so very long ago we ran an article called Is your home ready for work? We looked at the growing trend for working from home, and some ideas for how to make it work for you… 

Little did any of us know at the time that in 2020 working from home would become the new normal for many people. And although this new normal was triggered by the Covid-19 lockdown, many companies are now realising that their future workplaces and patterns may never be the same again.

Recent research indicates that around 93% of people are able to perform their job fully from the comfort of their own home, and that more than half of these people would prefer to keep working from home if they are offered the choice.

People enjoy the flexibility of being able to work from home and the freedom of not having to commute. Many also prefer working from home because they can dress more comfortably, they find it easier to concentrate, and they have a workspace that is perfectly set up for their needs.

A workspace for your needs

This last reason is really important: a workspace set up for your needs. If you have been working from home during lockdown, and assumed that this was a temporary situation, you may have been doing work from wherever you could find a quiet place in your busy home. 

But this is not easy. As well as the logistics of trying to fit in with the rest of the family – who are probably also either working or home schooling – many people have also begun suffering from various physical symptoms as a result of working in unsuitable conditions.

A recent survey by the Institute of Employment Studies revealed that more than half of those surveyed were experiencing new aches and pains, particularly in the neck, the shoulders or the back. Most of this is due to poor working posture, for example hunching over laptops either on kitchen or dining tables, or balanced on your knees on a sofa or even a bed.

So if you are going to work more permanently from home, you really do need a space that is set up for your needs. Not only does that space need a comfortable chair but also a proper desk at the right height for you. You also need plenty of practical accessible storage so that you can find everything safely and easily without having to twist and turn, or move piles of stuff around.

So at DIY Homefit we are delighted to introduce you to our new range of DIY home office furniture. 

Home office furniture from DIY Homefit

We offer a comprehensive range of DIY home office furniture, and we hope that the examples here will give you some ideas and inspiration for how your new home office could look. But our products are so flexible that you can choose any combination to fit your own particular space and circumstances. 

For example, for your doors and drawer fronts we offer a choice of Bella Vinyl Wrapped, Flat Slab or Handleless J-Pull styles. Each of these styles has many different finishes and colours to choose from, which means that you can get your home office looking exactly the way you want it.

Let’s look at a few examples:

Bella Vinyl Wrapped doors in Sonoma Natural Oak	Flat Slab Acrylic Ultragloss doors in Light Grey and White
Bella Vinyl Wrapped doors in Alabaster	Flat Slab Ultramatt doors in Metallic Basalt

The above examples clearly show that whether you have a complete room, a corner of a room, or even just one wall in a room, you can transform it into a stylish and practical home office that you will actively look forward to working in.

You can see more DIY Homefit home office furniture ideas here.

How to build your DIY Homefit home office

At DIY Homefit we make it quick and easy for you to create your own fabulous DIY home office. We offer a wide range of high quality office furniture, including desks, cupboards, shelves and filing cabinets. All at a fraction of the high street cost. 

You can see an overview of all DIY Homefit’s home office furniture here.

To create your very own workspace, all you need to do is:

• Select your door type, style and finish
• Select your carcass finish
• Select the furniture items you want, the size of the item (for most products you can specify custom sizes), and any additional information as relevant. 

Once you have checked out we will then begin processing your order and producing your DIY home office furniture, with delivery usually within 2 to 3 weeks.

So if your new normal means that you are now working from home for some or all of the time, you do need a well-designed workspace to keep you comfortable and safe. And also to enjoy!

Now more than ever we need to look after ourselves, particularly our health and well being. So take the time today to browse through DIY Homefit’s full range of home office furniture and start creating the home office you deserve.