Saving money will be a priority for every small business, which usually means you cut costs and invest in a smaller office. It gives you just about all the space you need – but it can be a tight squeeze at times. 

Small offices don’t need to feel cramped; you can make them feel far more spacious by learning how to maximize the floor space in the office. Start things off with these three clever tips to ensure your office feels as spacious as possible: 

Utilize Off-Site Storage Solutions

Do you need to keep every item of equipment or inventory in your office? No – most businesses will rarely use most of the stuff cluttering up their offices, which begs the question: why is it there? 

You’ve not thrown it out because it might be useful at some point. Fair enough, but it shouldn’t stay in your office. Use self storage solutions to keep useful items in a safe place. They’re locked away until you need them, meaning they don’t take up valuable space in your small office. 

Make Use Of Vertical Space

Desks, chairs, and storage places largely take up your office space.  We’ll address the desks and chairs in the final point, but what can you do about filing cabinets and other storage containers? 

The best idea is to make use of your office’s vertical space. Rather than taking up valuable floor space with boxes or cabinets, your walls will provide a solution. Shelving helps you move things up and out of the way, while tall cabinets and bookcases further improve the situation. It opens up the entire office area while ensuring you still have access to important items or documents that must stay in the office at all times. 

Encourage Flexible Schedules

As noted, the biggest reason offices feel small is because desks and chairs take up the floor space. You may think there’s no way to avoid this – but you’re wrong! 

Flexible working schedules mean only a handful of employees will be in the office at the same time. Instead of having 10 or 20 desks squeezed into a small office, you restrict it to 5. Then, you let your employees decide if they want to work in the office or not. Five can go there at any given time, while the others can work from home or anywhere else in the world. They’ll love the choice to adopt a flexible work schedule – and your offices will be more spacious than ever before. 

Think of these three ideas as the starting points for opening up an office and making it more spacious. They tackle some of the biggest reasons your office feels cramped, yet they don’t make you miss out on or sacrifice anything. Your business remains as productive as can be, but you can last in a smaller office for longer. 

As a result, you save a ton of money on office rent and similar costs. The need for a huge office is over; you’ll happily manage a small one.