It has been almost a year since people with office jobs were ordered to work from home until the pandemic passed. First of all, we should say first that having the ability to do so is a great privilege: so many important workers keep commuting every day, facing the public with no option to stay at home.
But those who do this may find it difficult to focus on their work during the day as so many other things are going on. Or maybe someone who once enjoyed their work finds it boring and boring now – especially since the best parts of the day consisted of talking to colleagues. Anyway, one thing that could help make your home office look a little less terrible is adding wood. Here’s what to know.
How to integrate wood into your home office
If you weren’t one of the lucky ones to escape the city or suburbs during the pandemic and move into a quaint cabin in the woods, you probably at least thought about it (and were jealous of those who could. Unless You already live in a cabin in the woods. But what if they could bring part of the forest to you? That was the basic requirement behind it a 2018 survey from Australialooking at the effects of wood in an office.
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Remember that this is not a type of scientific study, The survey results indicated this People said they had a more pleasant and satisfying work experience than seeing “natural looking wooden objects” from their workplaces, including desks, tables, doors, beams and paneling:
“Satisfaction with both working life and the physical workplace increases steadily with the proportion of natural-looking wooden surfaces. People in workplaces with less than 20% natural-looking wooden surfaces are far less satisfied with both their working life and their physical workplace than people with a high proportion of wood. “
Additionally, respondents who worked in locations with exposed wood reported higher rates of their personal productivity, ability to concentrate, and general mood.
Will adding some wood elements to your home office make your work day more enjoyable? You have to judge that.
How Lloyd Alter von Treehugger writes Regarding the survey, “The idea that switching your desktop and door frame to a wood finish could make so much difference is surprising.”
At the same time, Age indicates: “This survey shows that people like wood and believe that they perform better in it. This shows that the benefits of building with wood go beyond the savings in carbon. ”
So if you decide to go for wooden office supplies (or something that is supposed to look like wood), these survey results should be considered.
