The Science of Home Ergonomics

Total customization is one of the advantages of building your home in Brisbane. You will not be adapting to an existing floor plan nor adjusting your kitchen layout to meet your needs. You will have a free hand to create the perfect home for you. This is a huge benefit that home builders should recognize.

Ergonomics is the science of creating a perfect environment for the people occupying and the activities they do. This concept first gained popularity in offices and workplaces. By giving workers efficient office layout, industrial design, or manufacturing floor plans, unnecessary movements are eliminated, productivity doubled and injuries were avoided. The science of home ergonomics soon emerged, applying the same principles to the home front.

The first rule to home ergonomics is to create a clear path for fluid movements around the house. There should be wider rooms for heavy traffic areas like the front door, kitchen, and family rooms. Floor plans are created according to related activities – the kitchen is near the dining area, closets next to the bathrooms, and the toolbox in the garage.

Home ergonomics give emphasis on the activity hubs of the house, or the areas where you spend long hours at work. Here are top areas for consideration for people building homes in Brisbane;

The Kitchen – This is where home ergonomics is most applicable. Homeowners spend two to six hours a in the kitchen. Activities are mixed and varying, from mixing, kneading, cooking, slicing, to beating, washing dishes, scrubbing, and eating. Each activity comes with different tools and intensity. The use of potentially precarious tools like knives and prongs and elements like heat and electricity pose hazard if left unchecked.

Ergonomics help create a safer, healthier, and more efficient kitchen. Applying the principle, you will have countertops ideal for your height, easy to reach cabinets and drawers, no-slip floors, power outlets where needed and, a proper place for all your kitchen stuff.  

Home Office – Depending on how you need it, your home office can be an entire room complete with books, office table and chair, machines and equipment, or just a nook with a counter, few shelves, and a computer. And you could be spending anywhere from 30 minutes to most of your day in your office. An ergonomically designed Brisbane home office includes a comfortable chair that supports your back, spine, hips, and shoulders, a desk with drawers that hold your office essentials, right ventilation, and a computer with keyboard and monitor adjusted to the right height and distance.

The Living Area – Do you also need an ergonomically designed living area? Yes. Ergonomics will ensure that you don’t have seats, lounge, or sofas that are too soft that it can damage your posture, too low that it can stress the knees as you transfer your weight sitting down, nor too hard that you develop backaches and stiffs. A good layout should allow you to stretch your legs while sitting from any seat.

The Bedroom – Bedrooms should be our ultimate haven. It should be relaxing, comfortable, and safe. Ergonomics guides in creating the perfect bedroom for you. It will help you find the perfect height for your bed, the right mattress, the best location for your night table, the type of pillows, and windows. Take advantage of sleep and wake up relaxed and refreshed every day in a bedroom designed specifically for you.

Building your home in Brisbane gives you all the opportunity of making it the perfect shelter for you and your family. Do not waste the chance to ensure the wellbeing of the people you care the most. We can help you find the best builders that will help you ergonomically design and build your home.

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