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How a Backyard Studio Can Elevate Your Work-from-Home Experience

As remote work becomes increasingly common, the quest for the perfect home office has led many to consider a more dedicated and inspiring workspace: ‘The backyard studio,’ is one of the works that emerged from such an endeavor. In contrast to creating a home office in a spare room or even the living room, a backyard studio means a complete separation from your living space, which – as you may have already understood – is tailored for functionality. Here I am discussing how a backyard studio can make your work from home experience better and why it can be the perfect solution to enhance your work life balance.

Dedicated Workspace for Enhanced Focus

perhaps the biggest advantage of a backyard studios Australia is the ability to design and complete a work area on the property that is totally distinct from the house. Compared to working from a dining table or a couch, having a backyard studio is a much more professional environment because the built structure contains only working space. This way any boundaries between your professional life and your personal life are clearly defined.

 Working from a place outside your home provides less interference from the members of your family, pets as well as household chores. It also aid to inform your brain that it is time to focus hence leading to better concentration and hence better productivity. Just the simple act of changing locations for work, walking to another building can duplicate that routine and indeed strengthen that work state of mind.

Personalization and Comfort

A backyard studio also gives one flexibility when choosing the type of design they want their studio to have. While having a home office may not give one ample opportunities to design with freedom since it has to fit together with the rest of the home décor and space, a backyard studio means you are free to create the perfect workspace environment.

 For instance, the kind of furniture used in a backyard studio or even the color that one would wish to use in decorating the area can easily be chosen. It is possible to add certain features like control on the level of light, temperature and sound, so you can set it in a way that will be most effective for your work. A piece of art on the wall, a plant or a comfortable chair for reading can help to turn your studio into a comfortable working space.

Increased Privacy and Professionalism

A backyard studio gives one the privacy and professional working standard that might be difficult in a shared home office. If you are making video calls to clients, or even your business partners, having a separate office space apart from the house will boost your professionalism and minimize interferences.

 The physical separation of a backyard studio also helps in making a clear line between work and the rest of the life so that when one is through working, he or she can shut down completely. This can be especially helpful if you share your living space, such as with housemates, relatives or children, as it avoids one overhearing an important call or while you are working diligently.

Inspiration from Nature

Another key advantage of a backyard studio is this proximity with nature which in this case is the outdoors. Most backyard studios have windows or at least a glass door through which one is able to see the garden or backyard. This connection to nature can be in the form area structures and designs that one sees as well as the mental break that nature offers.

 Research has established that being in contact with natural light and green area rev up a person’s creativity, leads to lower stress level and has overall positive impact. When you introduce parts of nature in your studio like planting flowers in the house, or if you have a house, having a deck, you will be in a conducive environment to help in developing other ideas.

Improved Work-Life Balance

Making an entirely separate area in a backyard studio encourages a proper organization of working hours. It is still helpful the physical transition from your home to the studio that incidences can remind you of the separation between work and personal time. This separation affords one a chance to leave office and create a demarcation between the working time and the other time spend with family and friends.

 Also, a backyard studio offers the home owner a work area that is free from common home interferences. It assists in avoiding frequent distractions by household chores, personal errands or any other unnecessary task that may make you to dive off task as you work.

Flexibility and Functionality

A backyard studio can be made flexible to hold more functions other than office uses only. Thus, should you require, Parnerspace can incorporate a tiny kitchenette for you, a place to hold a meeting or even a lounge. It enables you to have a more flexible environment that you can design in a way that best applies to you.

 For instance, you can turn your backyard studio into an office if you are a freelancer or own a small business or your backyard studio can be designed as a meeting place with a quality video connection for regular online conferences. On the other hand, if the studio is used for purpose that require creativity like writing, painting, creating music, etc, the studio can be arranged in a way that promotes the specific purpose.

Increased Property Value

You are not limited to improving your work from home life but also gain more value to your property through investing on a backyard studio. People are likely to find it helpful when they buy homes that have a trendy functional space that can act as a work station especially with many people working from home.

 A good quality built backyard studio will complement the appeal of your property, especially after reshaping or redesigning your home and outdoor area and come in handy for potential home buyers who appreciate having a separate office space area. This means that apart from being a studio, the room may also double in other areas and be used for other purposes, and this will be beneficial to the design as well.

Cost-Effective Solution

Taking budget considerations into account, having a backyard studio will be most definitely cheaper than constantly paying for renting an office space or coworking spaces. Purchasing also has some upfront costs which include construction and acquisition of interiors but the total cost is usually lesser compared to rental bills.

 Moreover, separating a house into a working area helps to avoid spending money on transportation and time on it. You do not have to move your teams or staff from one office to another saving you costs in transportation and carbon emissions.

Louisa Hollis
the authorLouisa Hollis