Creating a home office

2. Tidy office means tidy mind

Clutter is distracting and makes your office look smaller. Sort your storage with these Faux leather storage boxes set of 3 (£39.98) from B&Q. I recommend EMRIK (£45) from IKEA for homeworkers operating in small spaces. The beauty being that you can fill it with your papers and wheel it against the wall when you’re done for the day.

3. Entrepreneurial desk

When Jeff Bezos launched Amazon in his garage, he revamped old doors into desks. If your budget can stretch a little, try something along the lines of the Prima desk legs silver (£34.98) from B&Q. It offers all you need in a home office desk. Bezos would be jealous.

4. Business light

Lighting is critical. Try to find a room that's has lots of natural light. If it gets too bright you can diffuse the light with blinds or muslin. And buy yourself a good task light, bearing in mind not to shine it directly on to your computer screen. The Kenneth Grange original anglepoise (£150) from Heal's is an editor's favourite.

5. Talking to the plants

Scientists preach that having greenery in your home office can reduce humidity, increase productivity and dampen any feelings of isolation. Place a few plants in these glass flower pots (now £13.24, reduced from £26.50) from Graham and Green and watch them and your business grow together. Just like that!

6. Maximise space

Tempered glass or acrylic furniture appears to take up less space, so is a clever buy for a small office. Try this clear Ice Lamp table (£99) from John Lewis. It doubles as a table and as storage space for papers or magazines too.

7. I have a vision

When starting and growing a business from home, it’s useful to have a vision board. Stick up pictures and notes as daily reminders of what you’re working to achieve. You can do this with the recycled paper pin board (£15) from Ecocentric. Help the environment while you are at it by cutting down on your printing, or choose the double-sided printing option and try to re-use your scrap paper.

8. Tools of the trade

Beautiful stationery and pretty pens will help you get your business booming. Paperchase is well known for its selection of printed, patterned stationary. Get to work with their compact stationery set (£2.25). Their notebooks (£2 each) are also available in an assortment of designs.

9. An absolute essential

I would recommend this USB Keyboard vacuum cleaner (£4.49) from Amazon to anyone. These little miracle workers remove all the dust (and food titbits) that get between your computer keys. In my view, cleaning has never been so much fun!

10. The next generation

If one of the reasons you started working from home was to spend more time with the family, then why not have your babies right up close. Let them share your home office with their very own computer - the LeapFrog Clickstart my first computer (£49.75) stocked by John Lewis. You can run your home business and educate a next-generation entrepreneur at the same time. Now that's efficient.

Emma Jones is author of ‘Spare Room Start Up – how to start a business from home’ (12.99) published by Harriman House. This year mydeco is proud to be a media partner for the Enterprise Nation Home Office of the Year Award.

Want more home office ideas? Check out our shopping guide for the office. Want to be eco-friendly too? Then read our tips on Making your home office green

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