Even Flow..

Since some time, I've been working on some software with a friend of mine, but since things accelerated over the last couple of months, we decided that it was time for a real office. We're both freelance geeks but we decided to join forces and start a new business. I'm currently working on an awesome application for a customer and the development for this is coming on very well, but since a freelancer can work more than 40 hours a week, I have plenty of time to do extra stuff. Most of the time, I work at home, with the ocassional meeting with my customers, but I sometimes notice that at home I'm distracted; doing some laundry, feeding the cats, getting some groceries, etc. And, the room I initially planned as my office is still full of stuff I haven't found a place for. I figured I needed a place that is a better working environment and to really get things going with my friend, we need to sit face-to-face a lot to discuss the design and implementation of our soon-to-be application. So, in the last months, we looked for office space and found it. Currently we're renting a place in Diemen for very little money.

Last week we got the keys and we wanted to get the whole thing up and running as soon as possible. Since my sister is an interior decorator and has her own company, we decided to give her carte blance on the interior. We're both male geeks and don't have a lot of knowledge on interior stuff, having my sister do the interior was a very good choice. Since she was thinking about advertising a new service called "office in a day", this was a perfect test case for her. Last week I made some photos of the place and sent them, together with a very basic map to her. On Sunday, she made a design and showed us Monday morning. We both were very excited about the design and the concept behind it, so we rushed to various stores to buy furnitures and office supplies. Since my sister has a big network of people in her business, we were able to get flooring tiles in two hours. We drove to the factory to pick them up and got the whole floor done in an hour or two. We put the furniture together and put the stuff in and the result is amazing! Test case succesful and customer happy! Here are the results:

Of course, I wouldn't be me if I didn't make a shameless plug, so, if you need an awesome interior designer, especially for your office needs, call my sister. You can find more information on her website at http://www.insida.nl