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Summary: Size, location and comfort are some elements to consider when choosing which room to convert into a home office. Learn more in this free educational video series.

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Shana Bethune Shana Bethune is an accomplished home studio engineer with four years experience producing locals recordings in the Boston area. Tired of stressing through e... read more

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Pick the Right Room for a Home Office

Hi this is Shana Bethune on behalf Expert Village. I'm going to talk to you about factors you need to consider before choosing a location for your home office. Once you've decided that you're going to convert the bedroom into a home office, you have to consider a few things. First of all where is the bedroom located? If it's in a high traffic area, it may not be good for an office because there will be lots of noise. Secondly, how large is the bedroom? Are they going to be able to fit everything you need like a desk and filing cabinets, computers? There's a lot of stuff that goes into a office and if you don't have enough room for it you might need to consider putting your office some place else. You also want to consider the light sources in the room that you've chosen because if they aren't many windows, you're going to have to put in a lot of lightening and if you don't have enough electrical outlets it can be a problem. So choose a room that has a lot of natural light and that won't be an issue. Most importantly you want to make sure that it's a space that you can actually work in but it's not a bedroom that is shared with a TV room for an example. Because the TV could be a major distraction and also that it's not a room used by other people living in the house because they'll need access to it. Because if you have it corned office then that could be difficult for people to live with. Remember that when you're working you want your space to be an office and nothing else.

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