Home Office Design Ideas

Get tips and ideas on how to set-up and design your home office for productivity, comfort and style. Here you will find the best choices for you, your work life and your work space.

Home Office Tax Deductions: Tax Code Changes Impact Size and Location Of Home Office

Several years ago I was working with a client who had a new large family room next to the kitchen –  where their family and social life now centered. That left them with an unused living room and a too-small home office. We moved her home office into the living room. It was spacious with…There’s more. Click here.

When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Do Home Office Improvements

Home Office Improvements Are About More Than Making Things Pretty Working from your home office it is easy to focus on a project or deadline and let the physical environment of your workspace slide. It is easier to focus on your client rather than yourself. Does your home office pass the client visit test? Even…There’s more. Click here.

Home Office Set-up: The L-Desk: Space for Original Thinking

Last week I quoted ad-man George Lois about the importance of having a cleared workspace in your home office to create your “big idea.” You may have noted his office was pre-personal computers and he had a secretary for administrative work. Nowadays in the home office, and even the corporate office, you do much of…There’s more. Click here.

Offices of the Rich and Famous: Are They Better Than Yours?

It is easy to think everyone else has a better office than you. Everyone else is more organized than you. This is especially true when you compare yourself to people who seem to “have it all.”  This article in Lifehacker shows you the reality of the offices of Tina Fey, Bill Gates and Al Gore.…There’s more. Click here.

Home Office Temperature and Productivity: 6 Tips to Beat the Heat

I belong to the New England Chapter of National Speakers’ Association, and for twelve years of monthly meetings no one there has ever seen my legs. Why? Because the rooms we meet in are always too chilly to wear a skirt. I hide my legs, not out of modesty, to keep myself comfortable and focused.…There’s more. Click here.