Make Your Apartment Life Easier and More Comfortable Than Ever

Even in a beautifully designed Charlotte apartment, how you arrange your items can have a major impact on your health and comfort. Let's look at some ways you can improve your apartment ergonomics — and thus your quality of life.

Use Your Breakfast Bar as a Standing Desk

Too much sitting can damage your health, playing a role in everything from diabetes and heart disease to cancer. You can probably think of several places in your apartment that can accommodate a slim, minimalist standing desk — or you can turn to your trusty breakfast bar. These nooks are designed to approximate a comfortable elbow height, making them ideal areas to place a laptop so that you can pursue your daily routine from a standing position.

Plan for Sensible Cabinet Storage

You may love having an apartment with lots of cabinets and built-in shelves — but do you love experiencing shoulder pain or neck pain from reaching up to some of those spaces? The most remote cabinets may compel you to stretch yourself beyond your body's comfortable capacity. Even worse, a heavy item stored on a high shelf invites head injuries or other painful incidents. Always place your heavier and more commonly used everyday items as close to your resting body position as possible. Rarely used items may not merit a position on any of your cabinets or shelves; consider hiding them under your bed, stuffing them away in a closet or even leaving them in the trunk of your car.

Remove Awkward Motions From Your Kitchen Routine

Every time to have to bend, twist or stoop to grab a seasoning or pull a pan off of a wall hook, you're placing your back muscles, tendons, spinal discs and nerves at risk for repetitive motion injuries. Again, ask yourself which items you reach for most frequently when cooking or cleaning up, and position those items so that you can get to them with as little motion as possible. Your back and hips will thank you for it!

Looking for the ideal apartment layout for your needs? Call Ashford Green to schedule a look at our Charlotte apartments!