Comments on: Home Offices: Fancy or Plain, We Want Them

By: Dimitrios Matsoulis

Dimitrios Matsoulis — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:52:23 +0000

I would never try to work full time from home. Renting a small place is the best idea. Working within walking distance from home is also good.
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By: Mark Buzinkay

Mark Buzinkay — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 11:43:26 +0000

I work at home for almost two years now. One of the challenges for me is not distraction, but ‘sharing’ my office status with my family. My latest try to tell everybody at home: I put postcards on my office door with messages like “I have to earn money”, “I’m in a conference”, “I have free time”, “I’m away” …
Here’s a picture of one of them (the text is in german, means “I have time for anything”.
Mark from Austria

By: John Engler

John Engler — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 02:38:51 +0000

When it came time to work from home for me, I actually built an office in my back yard… made all the difference in the world when it came to me being productive:

http://englers.org/archives/2005/06/24/the-little-building-out-back/

http://englers.org/archives/2005/07/10/dads-clubhouse-is-done/

By: Ellie

Ellie — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:04:56 +0000

I tried working at home, but I’m better off working away from home. I like the library a lot, as it is quiet and there aren’t a lot of distractions — and it’s free!

By: Anne Zelenka

Anne Zelenka — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:02:34 +0000

Matthew: I have heard from quite a few people who had a similar experience. Working out of the house definitely doesn’t work for everyone.

By: Matthew Griffin

Matthew Griffin — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:51:48 +0000

I know the home office is the thing now but when I tried to do all my work at home I found that I was distracted and tended to be less productive. I ended up renting a little one-room office a few miles from my house and I been here for about three years now. I can still do work from home when I need to but I like to get out and “go to work”.

By: Jason Unger

Jason Unger — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:55:59 +0000

Isn’t the point of a home office to work?

I’ve made my office as minimalist as possible … desk, computer, chair, file cabinet, etc.

The tchotchkes are in the other room.

By: Zoli Erdos

Zoli Erdos — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:07:07 +0000

“watching football games with my buddies” – there goes the tax deduction :-)