Modular Bedroom

The Modular Bedroom – the cheap alternative to fitted bedrooms:

Fitted bedrooms are great for modern day, minimalist living. They provide ample storage in a discrete way without appearing to take up as much space as free-standing units. Plus they add value to your property. However, on the downside they come at a high price tag, and when you change the décor of your room, you are limited with what you can do with the fitted cupboards. You are loathe to change them because they cost so much to put in, but they start to look dated after a while.

Because of the high price tag fitted bedrooms are often reserved for the main bedroom, but as children grow they require vast amounts of storage space in their own bedroom, to house their clothes, toys, books, DVDs, games and more. They require fitted wardrobes themselves, but parents are reticent (and rightly so) to spend £2,000 plus.

If these sentiments ring true for you then the Modular Bedroom could be the answer to your prayers. It is a semi-fitted bedroom product. In other words, it comes flat pack and is very easy to assemble with clear instructions, so you don’t need to pay professionals to install it. Firstly you select your wardrobe interiors – select from single and double wardrobes, cubes for bags and shoes, additional shelving, corner units and internal drawers. You then choose your wardrobe doors, and the great thing is the doors are so easy to take on and off that if you ever fancy a makeover just replace the doors. The only restriction is you need a flat wall or right angles. The modular bedroom can’t be customised to work within alcoves and chimney breasts.

Modular bedrooms are fantastic value, prices start from £300 for a basic wardrobe unit, and you’d get change out of £1,000 for a high-end sophisticated storage centre. Suddenly the infeasible fitted bedrooms, becomes not only a viable solution to storage needs in the main bedroom but also children’s bedrooms and guest bedrooms.

You can also expand the range over time – if you are working on a tight budget. This is a great option for children’s bedrooms. Start with a basic wardrobe for a nursery and compliment with drawers, and add additional cupboards and shelving as their toy and clothes collection increases over the years.


Choosing the right office furniture:

The home office, or study, is the one room in the house that has had to endure and adapt to modern day living more than any other. Once ‘Dad’s haven’, a place for the ‘head of the household’ to retreat to after a long day in the office, and play music, smoke cigars and catch up on the odd piece of correspondence, the modern day home office is a family resource. Children are expected to produce most of their homework on PCs, and the Internet has replaced the library as a real-time, constant resource. The adults in the household use the home office to answer work emails outside of office hours, or surf on the web as an alternative vocational activity to watching television.

Choosing the right home office furniture is essential to creating an adaptable environment for work and play. Indeed the home office no longer needs to be a room – it is often incorporated into an area of the lounge, dining room, kids bedroom or hallway. All that is needed is a workstation – desk and chair, and a computer.

The key to selecting the right home office furniture is to ensure it is both functional and attractive. The more requirements you have for the desk the more space you are likely to need. Don’t select a basic small desk if you are intending to use it every day as you will have nowhere to store your paperwork and filing, and there is nothing more frustrating than having to hunt for information.

Don’t buy something that is displeasing to your eye. This is a totally subjective area, but unless you choose a style you are comfortable with you will never enjoy spending time in your home office environment.

Ensure the chair that you use is comfortable and adjustable. If you are intending to spend a considerable amount of time in your home office it needs to work for you ergonomically and your seating position is crucial to achieving this.

Make sure you have enough desk space to comfortably fit your computer keyboard and screen. Depending on your needs you may also need additional flat space for writing and laying out projects. If you use files or books you will need shelving space. Consider in detail how you will use the home office workstation space before you make a purchase. If your needs are likely to grow over time, choose a modular home office, that you can add to over a period of time.

Above all, remember, when choosing your home office furniture, it must work for you – not the other way around.

Home office furniture – setting up a professional home office:

The traditional home office – once the place that housed a BBC computer that children played on after school and typed their essays, the place that Dad retreated to in the evening to play his music or make his calls uninterrupted, has had an abrupt about-turn in recent years.

With 33% of the UK workforce now designated ‘home office workers’, and the appeal of this status growing as large corporates and small businesses alike are weighing up the costs of increasing office rents, and the ability of new technology to provide a virtual office workforce, the home office, or study is taking on a whole new role.

Home workers spend an average 8 hours a day in their home office, so the environment needs to be accommodating, flexible and stimulating. Home office furniture plays a very important role in creating a suitable working environment. At an absolute minimum your home office needs to house a workstation – desk and chair, filing cabinet, drawers and shelving, telephone, printer and fax, and somewhere to store basic office supplies such as pens and paper.

Consider your requirements very carefully when selecting an appropriate home office suite:
How much desk space do you require in addition to that taken up by the PC?
Do you require a large amount of filing space?
Do you have books, CDs etc that you need to store?
Do you prefer working at a long straight desk or a corner desk?
What are your requirements from a chair – at the bare minimum it should be height and angle adjustable?
Who else needs to use this space at the same time as you, or when you aren’t using it, and what are their requirements?
What kind of environment are you happiest working within – ultra modern, or more traditional?
Do you want a desk with the PC integrated into it, or one with a monitor shelf and pull-out drawer that houses the keyboard?
When you shop for a desk make sure you have the maximum dimensions of the space it should go into, so that you don’t order anything too large.
Consider where to put the desk – most people benefit from natural light so working close to a window is advisable.

Whatever the arguments for or against, there are clear economic, environmental and organisational reasons to believe more people will work from home in the coming years, even if it’s a more hybrid combination of working from home, going to meetings and working from the office. Any form of home-work requires the right office environment- an environment that clearly divides work and home life and relieves the pressures that home working can sometimes create. If you research thoroughly and choose wisely your home office will be a highly stimulating, comfortable place to work and play

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