A year or two ago we all started working from home for the first time. Even though I have been working from home for years, most of them work 'at the boss' on location. After a somewhat uncomfortable period, working from home is not so bad after all. As long as the workplace is good and offers sufficient opportunities, it can even be very nice to be able to work from home every now and then. Provided you have the right home work products at home.
Fortunately, most employers in the Netherlands notice that working from home also offers many advantages. There is therefore a good chance that the standard will remain partly for working from home in the coming years. Very nice for the private work balance, don't you think? However, to be able to work from home properly, you need to have various equipment and products that make it possible to work from home. And not only make it possible, but also make it easier. Curious about what these items are? Then read on quickly. We will tell you more about this in this blog.
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Not all products below are highly necessary for working from home, but can at least be called very practical. Use it to your advantage! Read this blog for even more great home office ideas.
A large proportion of home workers still only do this on a laptop. This is often because you are used to this or have nothing else. Still, one of the first home work products that you could purchase is a monitor. Working on a monitor is so much easier that it is smart to think about this purchase. You can often also purchase a monitor at a reduced rate in consultation with your employer. So you probably don't have to worry about the purchase price when it comes to a monitor. A monitor works a lot easier because the screen is much larger than the laptop screen. So you can see more on the monitor and you can work more efficiently on it. In fact… if Frank works from home, he uses two monitors!
In addition, with a monitor you ensure that you work much more ergonomically while working from home. With a laptop you look more downwards and with a monitor better straight ahead. The latter is therefore much better for your posture at work.
Working from home is largely done from behind the computer. But of course a pen and paper are indispensable products. Would you like to quickly write down a scribble during the consultation you have? You do that on paper, don't you, if you don't want to forget it? On the computer, it can quickly become possible that you accidentally close a tab or program and you can no longer find out what you had put down. For example, write your notes in a notebook and important (e-mail) addresses in one of your address books.
This way you can be sure that you always have them at hand and that you will never lose them! Also useful if you commute between your office and your home workplace. Are you looking for this kind of products? Be sure to check out the bekking and blitz webshop. You can find these types of products in many variations here!
A good office chair is still thought of, but the protection of the floor is often forgotten. And nothing is more frustrating than a floor that's scratched from moving a chair over it too much. But luckily there are now very cool floor protectors for chairs that wouldn't look out of place in your living room!
I hear you thinking, what does that have to do with home work products, haha. But as far as I'm concerned, a lot. Because from experience I know how nice it is when you have warm slippers to put on in the house. Especially if you sit in front of the PC all day, you can cool down quite a bit. Nice warm slippers ensure warm feet and then you are already halfway there. Of course you can also keep your shoes on, but personally I'm not a big fan of that in the house. Do what you want with this tip, of course.
Last but not least:organizing your workplace is a very good idea. Whether you can work from home in a separate room, your own office or in your living room. By organizing you ensure that your workplace remains tidy. Now that is perhaps even more important in your living room than in a separate room. But an organized place is also very nice to keep an overview during your workplace. For example, use a wooden pegboard. That not only looks very nice, but is also very practical in terms of tidying up.
