{"id":9308,"date":"2018-02-21T12:20:54","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T11:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tolet.com.ng\/blog\/?p=9308"},"modified":"2018-02-21T12:22:53","modified_gmt":"2018-02-21T11:22:53","slug":"how-to-make-the-best-of-small-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/how-to-make-the-best-of-small-office\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make the best of a small office space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The number of small businesses in Nigeria has been growing over the years which has lead to the rapid increase in demand for small<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tolet.com.ng\/\"> offices<\/a>. This demand leads us to the question: How to utilize a small office effectively? Below are simple practical tips on how to get the best of your small office space.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tolet.com.ng\/property-for-sale\/rivers\/port-harcourt\/land\"><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;LAND FOR SALE IN PORT HARCOURT&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:515,&quot;3&quot;:[null,0],&quot;4&quot;:[null,2,16370588],&quot;12&quot;:0}\">LAND FOR SALE IN PORT HARCOURT<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><b>Declutter<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clutter is the death of any small <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tolet.com.ng\/\">office<\/a>. If you intend to have an effective small office, you have to continually clean up the mess. Regular offices get cluttered up quickly; your tiny home office with a small desk and limited space can be lost to a few days worth of junk mail and unsorted paperwork. \u00a0So roll up your sleeves and begin cleaning because it is easier to start redecorating with a blank slate than a cluttered office.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Reduce the use of paper<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The reality is a small <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tolet.com.ng\/\">office<\/a> will become more easier to navigate by reducing the reliance on paper. This, in turn, will reduce the number of cabinets or other storage equipment required to keep the paper. Instead of paper save your information on your laptop, flash or hard drive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tolet.com.ng\/property-for-sale\/lagos\/lekki\/lekki-phase-1\/\"><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;HOUSE FOR SALE IN LEKKI PHASE 1&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:515,&quot;3&quot;:[null,0],&quot;4&quot;:[null,2,16770457],&quot;12&quot;:0}\">HOUSE FOR SALE IN LEKKI PHASE 1<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><b>Use small-scale pieces of furniture<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Big desks or shelves eats up the little space available in the small<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tolet.com.ng\/\"> office<\/a> which makes the office choked up for movement. Get a small scale -pieces of furniture that do not take up the whole space. Small pieces of furniture\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">can help clear up space and encourage free-flowing communication and teamwork <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Walls<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is advisable to paint the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tolet.com.ng\/\"> office<\/a> walls with neutral or light colours. Try using some of the wall space for storage. A couple of wall shelves here and there can help free up space on your desk and reduce the amount of floor-based furniture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tolet.com.ng\/property-for-rent\/abuja\/mini-flat\"><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;1 BEDROOM FLAT FOR RENT IN ABUJA&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:515,&quot;3&quot;:[null,0],&quot;4&quot;:[null,2,9684093],&quot;12&quot;:0}\">1 BEDROOM FLAT FOR RENT IN ABUJA<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Mirrors<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Try using mirrors to help the office feel bigger as they tend to reflect the light as well as making the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tolet.com.ng\/\">office<\/a> space feel deeper than it actually appears.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Organise<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People tend to ask themselves questions like where do I use this? Instead of how often do I use this? when it comes to organizing and storing their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tolet.com.ng\/\">office<\/a> supplies. For example, if you are a design professional and you use a printer every day, it should be on your desk. If you use a scanner three times in a year to scan legal documents or invoices, it should be kept on the wall shelf.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tolet.com.ng\/property-for-sale\/lagos\/ikorodu\/land\"><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;LAND FOR SALE IN IKORODU &quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:515,&quot;3&quot;:[null,0],&quot;4&quot;:[null,2,16767334],&quot;12&quot;:0}\">LAND FOR SALE IN IKORODU <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><b>Observe other small offices<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The easiest way to get good ideas for your small<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tolet.com.ng\/\"> office<\/a> is to look at other small offices and workspaces in your environment so you can improve your own office based on your observations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kindly share your own tips on how to make the best of small<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tolet.com.ng\/\"> offices<\/a> with other readers below.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The number of small businesses in Nigeria has been growing over the years which has lead to the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":9309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,30],"tags":[2256,2259,2261,2255,2254,2260,2257,2258],"class_list":{"0":"post-9308","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-articles","8":"category-ask-us","9":"tag-efficient-office-space-layout","10":"tag-how-to-extend-desk-space","11":"tag-maximize-office-layout","12":"tag-maximizing-small-office-space","13":"tag-small-business-office-space-ideas","14":"tag-small-desk-space-organizing-ideas","15":"tag-small-office-spaces-design","16":"tag-small-workspace-solutions","17":"cs-entry","18":"cs-video-wrap"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9308"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9312,"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9308\/revisions\/9312"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}