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Working from home has become increasingly popular in recent years. With that comes the need to create a comfortable, productive workspace. You don’t have to spend a lot of money to make your home office look and feel inviting. Kick off the new year with a new look for your home office. Here are some tips for redecorating:

Focus on Color and Lighting 

The color of your walls can have an incredible impact on how you feel while you’re working. Natural colors like blues and greens tend to be calming, while oranges, yellows, and purples invigorate. Consider spending a little bit of money on paint or wallpaper in order to give your home office the atmosphere you crave. 

Lighting is also key when it comes to creating an inviting space. Natural light is best, so if possible, try to move your desk next to a window or choose light colors for the walls that will reflect natural light back into the room. If needed, supplement with additional lighting from lamps or overhead fixtures that provide a warm glow without being too harsh or overly bright. It’s also important to make sure any screens you use in the office are not too bright—you want your eyes to stay relaxed during long hours at the computer! 

Find Inspiration in Artwork 

Artwork can go a long way toward giving personality and character to an office space—and it doesn’t need to be expensive! Look around at thrift stores or online marketplaces for affordable artwork that speaks to you and makes you feel inspired when you look at it throughout your workday. Consider photographs, abstract art prints, vintage pieces, or even framed clippings from magazines—anything that adds character and personalizes your space will do!   

Organize Your Desk Space 

Nothing kills productivity like clutter on the desk! Investing in organizational supplies such as filing cabinets and drawers is one way of ensuring everything has its place while keeping surfaces clean and uncluttered (not only does this help keep things organized, but it looks better, too!). You can also get creative with DIY solutions like using mason jars for pens and pencils or hanging shelves over the desktop for extra storage options without taking up valuable real estate on the actual desk surface itself. 

Redecorating a home office doesn’t have to cost an arm and a leg—with some simple changes such as painting walls, finding inspiring artwork, and organizing your space with budget-friendly solutions, you can create an inviting workspace that helps promote productivity without breaking the bank! With these tips in mind, sprucing up your home office has never been easier – all that’s left is getting started!

Another week has gone by, and it’s time to round up the latest tech news headlines. From free wifi on Delta to NFL Sunday Ticket changes and more, we have you covered. Read on for the latest headlines in the world of technology, media, and science. 

Delta Considers Offering Free Wifi to Passengers in the New Year

While airline tickets may be priced higher these days, one airline is giving passengers something to look forward to. Delta Air Lines is planning to offer free Wi-Fi service on its flights beginning in 2023. As first reported by WSJ, the company is testing out the service. The company announced that by the end of this year, it would equip all its domestic aircraft with the level of Wi-Fi connectivity that customers would find at home. Likewise, the company has enlisted help by tapping Viasat as its Wi-Fi provider. Viasat — one of two Wi-Fi providers for Delta — is currently available on more than 400 of the company’s planes. If the airline eliminates the fee, it could become an appealing perk for passengers.

NFL Sunday Ticket Lands on Youtube 

The NFL Sunday Ticket has a new home on Youtube. The announcement was made by Google and the NFL this week. Previously, the service was available in the US exclusively on DirecTV. Likewise, the satellite provider will no longer have the NFL Sunday Ticket beginning with the 2023 season. Fans can see their favorite teams play on the streaming platform either as an add-on for YouTube TV subscribers or à la carte via YouTube Primetime Channels, which launched last month to “bring shows and movies from more than 30 services directly into the YouTube interface.” The cost of the service on Youtube has not yet been disclosed. 

NASA Insight Lander Retires on Mars

The NASA Marsquake-detecting InSight lander has completed its final mission. The lander has retired to the place where it began its career on the Martian surface. The news was as InSight’s solar panels have been generating dust, leading to them being inoperable. The panels generate electricity for the lander and have recently become unfurled. The mission was expected to run out of power this summer, but a spate of good weather bought it a few additional months of work on Mars. NASA has been monitoring the lander’s status, and it became clear that it wasn’t going to make it. The official Twitter account for the lander told followers in October that it was “staying calm” as a dust storm darkened the skies. Its team thanked fans for sending virtual postcards and assured the millions of people who sent their names along on the rover that “we’re together here on Mars, my forever home.”

Netflix to Stream Nike Training Club Classes Beginning this Month

There is another place you can get your fitness on, and it’s the same place you can catch hit shows like Stranger Things. Netflix will begin streaming Nike Training Club classes starting December 30. The platform will let Netflix subscribers have access to 30 hours of content in multiple languages and with varying exercise options. Nike Training Club is a popular fitness app where users can take strength, yoga, and high-intensity interval training led by Nike trainers. It’s geared toward improving your strength, endurance, and mobility across all fitness levels. While some classes require equipment, many don’t. The offerings are similar to that of Apple Fitness Plus or Peloton, albeit without any Nike-branded hardware.

With a new year on the horizon, there is one tradition you can always expect at this time. The Pantone Color Trends for the new year have been announced. Likewise, the predicted on-trend color scheme announcement also brings a fresh spark of creativity to your inner interior designer…or actual interior designer.  “Colors for Spring/Summer 2023 are recalibrated for the new era we are entering,” said Leatrice Eiseman, the executive director of the Pantone Color Institute, in a press release. “Blending escapism with reality, wholesomeness, and joy, we embrace the exploration of extreme contrast in mood and color.” Start off 2023 with a new shade or hue in your abode, and read below for the forecasted Pantone Spring/Summer Color Trends. 

It’s the New Classics

The team decided to start with five “neutral” colors as the foundation and build the contrast from there; the grounding shades are tranquil and represent a “quiet presence.” Anchored by Pantone 12-4604 Skylight, a pure, water-inspired color, which mirrors cleansing aqua, and Pantone 13-3804 Gray Lilac, a “dreamy and ethereal lilac infused gray,” this part of the color trend report represents its “utility and basic-ness.”

• PANTONE 17-1230 Mocha Mousse
• PANTONE 14-6011 Grayed Jade
• PANTONE 12-0912 Tender Peach
• PANTONE 19-3954 Bluing
• PANTONE 13-4201 Oyster Mushroom

Vibrant Brilliant Brights

The remaining 10 shades, however, signal the “uplifting, vital sense of play that comes through” the color scheme. These vibrant hues were all meant to boost experimentation and expression: Pantone 18-1664 Fiery Red signals energetic intensity, while Pantone 14-0756 Empire Yellow is a representation of joy.

• PANTONE 16-0229 Titanite
• PANTONE 16-1544 Persimmon
• PANTONE 14-1140 Iced Mango
• PANTONE 12-0643 Blazing Yellow
• PANTONE 14-4122 Airy Blue
• PANTONE Electric Blue Lemonade
• PANTONE 17-1563 Cherry Tomato
• PANTONE 17-3020 Spring Crocus
• PANTONE 16-6230 Andean Toucan
• PANTONE 16-2122 Pink Cosmos

Ultimately, pairing these shades together via your wardrobe or throughout your home imparts the sense of freedom that comes with trying something new. This “quirky contrast” highlights our desire for individualism, notes the release—and “encourages us to express ourselves in unexpected ways.”