Work from Home Wisdom

How to turn your basement into a living space

r1michael1983@gmail.com — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 12:46:13 +0000

If you are lucky enough to have a home with a basement in, which is just there, unused and ripe with potential, then your need for extra space is literally right beneath you. Basements are often the last place in a home that are considered for renovation, as they are often dark, damp and a […]

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How to Turn a Garden Room into a Home Office

r1michael1983@gmail.com — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 13:05:10 +0000

The end of the COVID-19 pandemic is finally in sight, but for some of us, working from home is the new normal. With that in mind, you might be thinking about creating a permanent workspace in your home. Now that spring is on the way, why not consider working in a garden room home office? […]

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Things to consider when choosing an outdoor garden room

r1michael1983@gmail.com — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 14:21:01 +0000

Garden Rooms in Sussex: A Brief guide to Outdoor buildings, Options And Purposes Outdoor living may be possible in some climate conditions, but not every environment is suited to going all out and placing furniture and electronics on a patio or open courtyard. Fortunately, there are alternatives which allow for maximum use of areas […]

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Working in someone else’s home

Judy Heminsley — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 14:51:03 +0000

by Janet Marshall Last week I did a couple of hours work before breakfast and, as it was yet another gloriously hot morning, decided to take the dog for a walk before I cranked up the coffee machine. We strolled four minutes down the road to the local park, and the first thing I noticed […]

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Launching a social enterprise – Aerende

Judy Heminsley — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 14:49:36 +0000

I love looking at interiors and homewares online, and recently stumbled on Emily Mathieson’s Crowdfunder campaign for her new social enterprise, Aerende. Emily is a journalist and editor based in Hertfordshire, where she works in her kitchen. Aerende is her first business – an online shop selling beautiful homewares, handmade in the UK by people […]

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Do you need to sack a client?

Judy Heminsley — Tue, 30 Aug 2016 13:38:00 +0000

What freelancer doesn’t work hard to please and retain their clients? Especially when we constantly hear that it’s much easier and more profitable to keep the ones we have than go out and find new ones. We dread losing a client, not just for the lost income, but for fear of what they might tell […]

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From employee to freelance

Judy Heminsley — Wed, 24 Aug 2016 10:55:37 +0000

Alan Williams has entertained us with stories of home working with his dogs, and now he’s taken the leap into freelance working: Just over a year ago, I took voluntary redundancy from my job. After several years of cuts imposed by government I decided that my time had come. It wasn’t an easy decision but […]

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The Floating Mentor

Judy Heminsley — Thu, 18 Aug 2016 16:49:00 +0000

We’ve met Archie Workman before on the blog, and he’s kindly returned to tell us about his latest incarnation as the Floating Mentor: Archie, tell us about the floating! We’ve had a narrowboat for about 14 years now, 7 of which were on the Shropshire Union canal. But 3 hours on the M6 there & […]

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Home working joys

Judy Heminsley — Fri, 29 Jul 2016 12:55:59 +0000

As we’ve discussed before, little things matter when you work from home. My routine consists of lots of little activities as well as working, and here are a few of my latest home working joys: 1. Afternoon break in a cafe – I haven’t had any commitments away from home this week so I was […]

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Unusual home office furniture

Judy Heminsley — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 14:20:12 +0000

Working from home means you lack the input provided by a commute, colleagues and a separate place to work. So it’s vital that you like your home workspace, that it’s a place you want to be, and that your immediate surroundings are both comfortable and inspiring. Once you’ve decided where you’re going to work in […]

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