Having a small home office doesn’t mean you can’t have storage space or elegant office cabinets to make your space look more professional.
The right cabinets have the power to completely transform your small space and even make it look larger. Plus, you’ll love having space to store things besides just on your desk.
Even if you don’t have much space, cabinets are still an option. Remember, these are custom cabinets, so they’re made to fit your space, not the other way around.
Why Use Custom Office Cabinets
When you think about custom cabinets, you first thought might be that those are just for kitchens, but custom works anywhere you need cabinets. While pre-fabricated cabinets are nice enough, they don’t always fit your space. This leaves you compromising or giving up on cabinets completely if your small home office is too small.
Custom cabinets come with numerous benefits. The most obvious is you can get the exact size you need. Need a cabinet about the half the width of a standard pre-fab cabinet? No problem. Need custom drawer depths for different office supplies and files? Custom office cabinets give you this too.
Small Home Office Storage Space
The more thing a large office has over a small home office is ample storage space. These larger offices have much more room for large, sprawling cabinets and bookcases. But, you don’t have to just settle for a tiny filing cabinet or a storage container under your desk with your files and supplies.
Instead, use custom office cabinets to add more storage space. For instance, you may have room above your desk or along the right side of the wall. Even thinner cabinets help you create a more organized, professional look that’ll boost your productivity.
Using Vertical Space
When your dealing with a smaller space, vertical space is your best friend. Since you don’t always have a lot of horizontal space, add custom cabinets vertically. A set of cabinets above your desk takes the place of cabinets along the walls on either side of your desk. You can also add shelves along another wall or a floor-to-ceiling cabinet.
The idea is to make the most of the room above your desk versus just beside it or behind it. You can even use the sides of a cabinet to hang commonly used items, a whiteboard for taking quick notes, a calendar or anything else you need.
All In One Cabinet Design
For an extremely small home office, an all in one cabinet design might work best. You’ll definitely want to opt for custom cabinets here. For these, your desk, cabinets and shelves are all one piece. Often, the entire office space closes up like a pantry. This works well if you’re using a corner of your living room or even a closet for your office.
By being able to close a door on your cabinet to close your office, you keep your office and home separated. Lushome provides a variety of great all in one ideas to show you just how much you can fit into such a small space.
Combine Cabinets And Desk
When designing a small home office, you have to think about ways to maximize the space. The easiest way to do this is to combine your cabinets and desk. Instead of trying to have a separate desk with cabinets behind or in front of it, put the two together. Then, you’ll have cabinets on either side of your desk and directly above your desk.
The actual desk part is simply a small empty space between two cabinets for your legs. If you plan to use a foot rest or under the desk cycler, make sure your custom cabinets are designed to fit what you need without bumping your knees.
Adding custom cabinets to your small home office is the perfect way to get the most from your space. Contact us today to start planning your office cabinets.
