| Decorating and furnishing your office can be easy | | | | clients visiting your office then you will want to |
| if you follow some tips that will make your office | | | | have a sofa for them to wait and relax on. If |
| a much better place to work in or visit. If it is a | | | | there is going to be a lot of waiting going on then |
| wide open office then you might consider using | | | | you will need to have some magazines and a |
| some space dividers to break it up a bit and allow | | | | coffee pot available for them. Don't place a clock |
| personnel to work without being distracted. | | | | on the wall in their direct line of sight or this will |
| Remember to hang some framed prints on the | | | | tend to make them aware of the time they are |
| wall that show pictures of calm relaxing scenes | | | | waiting and will cause the to become impatient. |
| such as rural settings. If you are going to have | | | | Remember to pay some attention to lighting and |
| any type of potted plants in your office, you | | | | soft indirect lighting works best for someone who |
| might bear in mind that there are fake plants and | | | | is going to be sitting in an office all day. What you |
| trees available that look just like the real thing and | | | | want to avoid is having a sterile uninspiring office |
| they don't have to be watered and don't require | | | | that people will be unhappy spending time in. |
| any sunlight. | | | | Home style office furnishings are a recent trend |
| Plants look great in an office but unless you have | | | | that leaves people feeling that they are working |
| someone with a green thumb to tend to them | | | | or visiting in someone's home, rather than in an |
| they quickly die off. If you are going to have | | | | office. |