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Can you Increase Productivity with Home Office Shades?

Home offices fulfill a unique and very specific role in the home—providing a place to focus on work separate from the hubbub of normal household activities. As such, they need to be set up in very specific ways to maximize not only the efficiency of the space but also the productivity of those using the room. When it comes to home office shades, that means taking into consideration the functional needs for a workspace like sound and light control as well as the way window treatments affect the design style of room.

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If you’re in the process of setting up or redesigning your home office, our team at Don’s Drapery Service stands ready to help you find the best style of window coverings for your workspace with options from Hunter Douglas.

What do you need for a productive workspace?

1. Appropriate Lighting

Unless you can do your job in the dark, lighting is a key factor to consider when setting up a home office. Poor lighting can negatively affect your eyesight and your mood, so be sure your home office shades can provide the right kind of light for your work—and privacy when you need it. By using both translucent and sheer materials, sheer shades provide a wide range of lighting options and privacy for home workers from soft filtration to room-darkening capabilities with a unique combination that lies somewhere between sheers and blinds.

2. Minimal Distractions

Focus is key no matter if you’re at the office’s physical location or are working from home. Minimize distractions with multi-functional home office shades like interior shutters. Their tilting louvers can allow natural light in to illuminate your home office while at the same time blocking the view out to reduce the possibility that an exterior distraction will pull your attention from the work at hand.

3. A Quiet Space

Just like shutters can block visual distractions, custom drapery can protect a home office against outside elements, including noise pollution that can disturb your productive work time. And since the style and installation of drapes is incredibly customizable, it’s easy to style a treatment to suit any home office aesthetic.

4. Comfortable Temperature

No one can focus on their work when they’re either freezing or boiling. Maintaining a comfortable, appropriate, and consistent interior temperature is step one in setting up a productive office space. What that means for home office shades is prioritizing insulation. Cellular shades are some of the most insulating shades on the market that can block unwanted heat or cold from entering your office and manipulating the temperature. Plus, they are great for blocking sound and customizing light.

5. Professional Style

Since home office shades often sit at eye-level and take up visually prominent space in the room, their style greatly affects the overall style of the room. Make sure your home office aesthetic is in line with your profession or risk making a bad impression on customers or co-workers.

Contact Us for Your Next Home Office Shades

It’s obvious that the right computer, desk, and chair can help create a better office space for you and your family, and the same goes for your window coverings—when you make a smart choice that keeps your needs in mind, you’ll be able to create a room that is able to flex to meet all of the needs of your busy life.

We can help you create productive working spaces with new home office shades from Hunter Douglas. No matter your work style or home office specifications, our team at Don’s Drapery Service can help you customize window treatments to meet your needs. Contact us online to request a consultation or give us a call to learn more.

We serve the areas surrounding Irvine, Yorba Linda, Rancho Santa Margarita, and Anaheim and look forward to working with you.