The news is full of doom and gloom about the terrible winter we are having, although we are only in the second week of bad weather.  Swine flu has gone, the Iraq war is over and Afghanistan is now a peaceful place once more, or so it seems.  Instead of the news that has dominated the airwaves for the last couple of years we are being bombarded by reports of a small bit of white stuff falling from the heavens which has, once again, ground Britain to a halt in a matter of hours.

The first wave of bad weather has come and gone for most, but the weather people who failed to predict it in the first place are saying more is to come.   One thing comes to mind, other than the fact we all can’t cope with snow in this country, is that there is a stronger need to be able to work from home for quite a large proportion of the snow bound workforce of the U.K. 

Technology has come a long way when it comes to networking and PC based office work.  Computers are smaller, much cheaper and more powerful.  The ability to connect to the office is only a click away and with file sharing and networking more widespread than ever we could easily continue to do our jobs from the comfort of our own home.  I for one could be writing this anywhere and could post it to the internet from on a plane for all anyone knows.

With the snow falling and blocking us all in and industry losing millions daily isn’t it about time we figured out that we don’t all have to lose a day’s pay because we can’t get to the office, especially if we had thought ahead and invested in a home office.  If we had a designated and ‘hooked-up’ area of our home that can easily allow you to work without going to the office then business would continue to run even in the whitest of winters.

But what are the best solutions for home office working? Working from a room in your house may not be the answer, especially when the kids are home from their closed school. A more convenient and more productive place to work is undoubtedly the garden office.  You will still need to be able to separate your home and working environments to be able to keep productivity high.

By utilising a log cabin or converting your garden shed you will be giving yourself that distance from your home without having to leave your property.  Snow wouldn’t be an issue, loss of pay wouldn’t be a worry and we might not be too bothered about the wet white stuff falling so annoyingly during winter.

To view a range of excellent Log Cabins fit for use as a home office visit: http://www.gardenbuildingsdirect.co.uk/Log-Cabins

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Space is of a premium in the modern world, space and time and with the world creaking to breaking point below our feet we have started to change the way that we live our day-to-day working lives.

With the threat of pay as you drive tax looming up on us, getting to and from work will become more of an expensive option and with spiralling fuel prices we may all be soon looking at ways of doing more of our office work from home.

This may not be a bad thing as; ‘...the Home Office Computing Magazine has conducted a study and found out that 96-98% of people who work from home are happier than they were when they worked at an office. And every single one of those business owners said that he/she recommends this lifestyle to others.‘*

The main issue for most of us, if we could work from home, is the distraction of all the things that are there that we keep separate from our working day, such as the TV, games stations, our pets and other things that signify that we can relax and forget about our office life completely when we get home from work.

First of all you have to get over the novelty of working from home and continue to separate your working duties from your home life. This is much easier if you have a designated area to work from. A spare bedroom is normally the first place that people think of when considering working from home.

However, you are still losing a room and when Great Aunt Mildred comes to stay and your office is closed down you once more have to make the hike back to your real office to get on with your day-to-day employed role.

A real solution is to create a space where you can work that takes you a short way from your house and it’s distractions and Great Aunt Mildred, a space that allows you the comfort of your home and its close proximity for amenities and a space that removes the problem of driving to work and all of it’s associated costs and stresses.

By utilising your garden and constructing a Log Cabin home office you will achieve this separation and improve your productivity and improve your health. You’ll even get away from Janice the annoying new girl in HR that keeps bugging you and because the log cabin is situated in the garden you will benefit from the natural daylight and fresh air that often fails to penetrate in to the spare bedroom that you may have previously considered using.

In the end the log cabin home office is the real solution for working from home and you get to decorate it and transfer all of the things in to it to make it an even more friendly and inviting working environment, that you want.

You’ll be able to put more effort in to your work in less time than if you were in a busy office where, generally, there are even more distractions than at home. You may find that you work so well from your log cabin that your boss promotes you for your improved hard work, although we cannot guarantee this.

For further information and to view a range of log cabins click here: http://www.gardenbuildingsdirect.co.uk/Log-Cabins

*Taken from: http://www.articlesbase.com/home-business-articles/increase-personal-productivity-by-working-from-home-office...

Garden Buildings Direct is proud to introduce the BillyOh Pathfinder ‘Woodman’ Log Cabin. Our growing range of log cabins has been complemented by this wonderful new arrival and adds to Garden Buildings Direct’s standing as one of the leading log cabin manufactures in the country.

The Woodman has stunning features, beautifully crafted windows and doors, as well as verandah rails and floor. The two top opening windows filter light into the ample space of the interior adding a heightened sense of space and the roof overhangs adding protection the interior from damaging UV rays and rain.

This building is a perfect single home office space set in a the natural environment of a back garden that can be used to get away from the distractions of a busy household when trying to work from home.

Making the BillyOh Pathfinder ‘Woodman’ Log Cabin a unique building is the craftsmanship that is highlighted by the use of 19mm interlocking boards maximising the structural integrity of this garden building.

Take a look at the product description here: http://www.gardenbuildingsdirect.co.uk/Log-Cabins/BillyOh-Pathfinder-Woodman-Log-Cabin