Many know that I work from a home office. It works for me because I have everything setup the way I want it. Admittedly, it was a bit of a bore in the beginning as I struggled to set things up the right way. Now, when I say "the right way", I mean that it needs to be setup in a way that helps to unleash energy and creativity. I don't care if that includes a laptop and a sleeping bag - do whatever it takes for you to reach your optimum work level.

For some, this could become costly - especially if you decide you need 8 LCD monitors in order to work. For the rest of us that are slightly more in touch with reality, Free Lance Switch does a nice job providing some cheap approaches to home office design.

Tidy Up the Wires

Wires are an ugly necessity of the modern world. While you might be able to get a wireless mouse, keyboard and even internet, you simply can’t escape power cords. Chances are that you’ll have quite a few other types of cables too and they’re probably all in a giant pile of knots somewhere under your desk. What can you do? Quite a lot actually…

I am probably somewhere in the middle. I have a plant and everything is relatively tidy but I do have a large LCD mounted to the wall. That is my blogging monitor. Oddly, the monitor I use for my real job (the one the brings in the majority of my income) is a small 17".

Read the rest of their recommendations at 10 Things You Can Do to Improve Your Home Office Cheaply.