With the pandemic still enforcing stay-at-home orders for many around the world, a lot of people are continuing to work from home. Working from home can be stressful for some, especially if they do not already have a space to dedicate to being their home office. However, people have started to get creative and design their own makeshift home-offices from various areas in their house. 2020 was a fantastic year for interior design, especially for home-offices. Let’s take a look at what new trends we can expect for home-offices in 2021, as featured in Decoist.
Stand-Out Backdrops
Working from home has been an adjustment for everyone, especially with converting to a fully technology-based way of communicating. Children have been online learning and having classes on zoom. Adults in the workforce are also using video platforms such as Skype and Zoom to conduct important meetings. This has led people to care about what kind of backdrop they show to their classmates and coworkers. Not everyone will have a stunning background of dreamy mountains or a calming beach, but there are still ways you can make your backdrop stand out among the rest. People have been decorating their shelves wisely and including more photographs, awards, paintings—this way, their background gives off a look of elegance and sophistication without being too attention-grabbing.
Makeshift Workspaces in Compact Places
Not everyone has a copious amount of space in their house or extra rooms they can dedicate purely to office space. The good news is that with modern furniture design, they don’t need to. Furniture designers lately have been creating multi-function pieces such as desks that allow people to alternate between standing and sitting, ergonomic work chairs, and other adaptable decors. These pieces allow people to convert any space into a quick office and convert it back to their comfort spot soon after if they choose. It is the perfect way to have a home office on a budget, and this trend will undoubtedly continue throughout 2021.
Greenery and Motivational Freshness
In 2021, we can count on people moving away from artificial finishes and moving more towards incorporating nature into design. With people missing out on spending time outside, they have started to bring the outside into their home-offices with indoor plants and aquatic features. Sliding glass doors that connect their workspace to the outdoors will also continue to grow in popularity, as well as efficient and open offices with natural air ventilation.