Are you renting an office in these early stages of your company? Does the space feel small to you? Indeed, a lot of us would love to just jump ship and find a bigger, more beautiful place to be when holding meetings and closing deals! However, this isn’t possible on your current budget, which is why you’re renting in the first place.
And while it’s a good idea to invest in the workplace environment itself, and ensure that people actually want to work with you, if you’re only renting the office you operate out of, this can be hard to pull off! You can’t change something when you don’t own it, and you’ve got to find a few workarounds. And that’s where this post steps in.
Rearrange Your Working Layout
Maybe you just need to make better use of the space you do have? Sure, there’s not much square footage, but there’s still enough room for three to four working cubicles. And that’s something you should think about. So, draw up a floor plan and mix and match layouts until you find one that makes the best use of the space. It’ll help to make the office feel more cozy and populated.
Cover Up the Floor
There’s a good chance the floor in your rented office is stained and marked from years of use, and is often slippery to walk on, which is just a hazard plain and simple! But this doesn’t have to be a problem for long. There’s a lot you can do to make the floor nicer (and safer!) to walk on.
For example, you can invest in temporary flooring solutions to cover up the old tiles and give yourself something softer and with much more grip to walk over. A solution like this will both help to tie the office’s look together, and simply work much better in a commercial environment!
Change the Lighting
Light has a lot to do with our perception of what’s around us. The type of light you’re using, as well as where the light source is in your office, will inform how big or small the office seems in your mind.
So, if the lighting is overhead but only in one part of the main room, think about adding in some table or floor lamps to help sort this situation. It’ll help you to see the space as it actually is, and it’ll certainly make the workplace feel lighter and brighter.
Don’t Leave the Walls Bare
You can’t paint them, but you can hang art and put up posters, and the more motivational the better! Don’t let the otherwise negative space get to you, and start to fill in the gaps with something that’s actually nice to look at. With alternative hangers, that just stick to the wall (rather than be nailed in), the landlord won’t even know you’ve hung anything up.
Your rented office has a lot of potential, and you just need to find it!
