I have noticed that my home office furniture affects my productivity.  I inadvertently ended up doing a study over the past month, with me as the guinea pig.

It all started about a month ago when I broke the back of my office chair.  The back was not broken off, but rather it ended up that the back of the chair moved where it hurt my back instead of supporting it properly.  The other thing that happened about a month ago was my keyboard drawer ripped out of my desk, forcing me to put my keyboard on top of the desk.  I couldn’t work more than an hour at a time, since between the two things, my back was very painful.

About two weeks ago, I decided it was time to get some new office furniture, as I wasn’t getting anything done.  I bought a new desk and one of those mesh office chairs and got rid of the old office furniture.

What has changed?

Two weeks have passed since I replaced the furniture and I have noticed a big difference.  I am spending more time at my desk and getting more work done, because it is so comfortable to sit there.  In fact, I would argue that my new office chair is the most comfortable chair in the house.  So, if you ask my opinion, office furniture affects productivity – it has sure made a difference in my case.