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A study into the perfect room to work

- Lorraine Howard

You may have youngsters preparing for exams this year or you may be considerin­g working from home.

But a study is often a great investment for your home - not only does it add value to your home if you are selling it as it beats an ordinary guets bedroom.

A study also makes a great escape den when you want some alone Pick the perfect room.

Pick a room that is an extra room. Make sure to pick one that has a door so you won’t hear other people.

A guest room isn’t recommende­d because it has too many unnecessar­y distractin­g items. Make sure the room has a lot of light.

This is important as you may spend a long time and natural light accompanie­d by soft lighting is ideal.

It’s good if there’s a window. Have a comfy chair and a table by the window, and you can sit there to read a book or write a book or something for fun or class because outside is inspiring. Have a couple pictures on the walls.

Put pictures of family and nature because the pictures could inspire you. Keep out everything else.

Radios, TVs, other tables, OUT. You can keep a mini fridge in there if you want though stocked up with stuff because you’ll probably get hungry and thirsty. Get a desk with drawers.

That is the main thing. You also need the desk to be big enough for you to have enough space when you have to spread out five things because you have your math textbook, math notes, your homework sheet, the sheet your write the answers on, and the sheet with your work or something (if you’re older almost all classes have homework like this); the point is have lots of space. Get a chair.

It should be supportive and comfortabl­e but not big and fluffy or you’ll get sleepy. A good one is one with a hard but good back, and a soft bottom in it for your butt, but you can add a cushion to your back if you want to. Get a bookcase.

On one shelf put down your dictionary, thesaurus, encycloped­ias and anything else like that(all of this is needed except you do not need to go buy 26 encycloped­ias). On the next shelf put down “educationa­l” things like books that are documents, or the books that teach you how to draw stuff. On the next shelf, put classics. On the last shelf, put any other books. Have a laptop or computer.

A laptop is better because it takes up less space. Get all the other stuff you need. Other stuff is paper, graph paper, folders, notebooks, compositio­n books, a calculator, and a ruler; put that stuff in the first drawer. Put markers, colored pencils, crayons, drawing paper, glue, and other art things in the second drawer.

Keep a little bucket or pencil pouch to put your pencils, pens, highlighte­rs, sharpies, erasers.

 ??  ?? PERFECT ENVIRONMEN­T This study is ready to be used as a fully functional office
PERFECT ENVIRONMEN­T This study is ready to be used as a fully functional office

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