The Power of Good Furniture for a Work-at-Home Mom

More people are working from home at the moment, and if you are a parent then there are a whole heap of challenges to overcome when your domestic space has to double up as your workplace.

There are lots of ways to improve the experience of being a work-at-home mom, and high quality furniture should be your starting point. Here is a look at the benefits that the right furniture can bring and the reasons you should not skimp on this aspect of your home working setup.

Spending more on furniture is not just about aesthetic superiority or branding bragging rights; you should also consider good quality items an investment because of the comfort they will provide, which in turn should help you to relax and escape the stresses of your professional and personal responsibilities.

As explained in this sofa buying guide, achieving comfort with your furniture should involve thinking about how it is going to be used. If your units are going to be shared by other family members, rather than just locked down for your use, this should be taken into account before you order.

Comfort is especially important if you are going to be occupying the furniture for hours on end. Cheaping out on a budget chair for your home office setup, for example, could lead to back pain, eye strain and other unhelpful conditions, so it makes sense to focus your budget on the furniture that will receive the most use throughout the day. 

If you want to be as efficient as possible, you need to be comfortable, and that means investing in tables and chairs that are adjustable to your needs. Try standing a way of work. Sitting continuously is bad for health. Deploy sit-and-stand work desks like this one that allow you to stand up once in a while and yet continue working. Or, as a minimum, provide an ergonomic chair and table that fits your body type. Once you are comfy, you not only reduce stress but also your productivity levels will go through the roof.

The other factor to take onboard when choosing furniture for your home if you are going to be working as well as living with it is that the dimensions are key to its usefulness as well as its comfort.

For example, if you buy a desk which looks good but is too small to be practical, or too large to fit into the room you intend to use it in, this will be a real drag.

That is not to say that you have to sacrifice style for functionality; there are so many contemporary and classic options to consider, especially if you are aiming to buy good quality furniture rather than only focusing on saving money.

With kids at home, you will know that any furniture you buy will undergo a lot of wear and tear. For some, this makes it straightforward to justify spending as little as possible on chairs, desks and couches because you know that they will only need to be replaced. Of course this can be a false economy, since the durability of good furniture should be much greater than that of units made with less expensive materials.

You can even choose examples with family-friendly fabrics and treatments added which rebuff stains, endure abrasions and generally survive the rigors of exposure to little ones for years.

Most importantly of all, make sure you set a budget before you start looking for furniture as a work-from-home mom, as this will allow you to establish realistic expectations about what you can afford before you get carried away.