LC>I find surroundings very important.  If you can find left over paint at
  >garage
  >sales, or sell offs of rejected colours at paint stores, dig around and 
hunt
                  Great idea!
 >out some way to make the area bright and cheery without spending much 
oney.
  >Put things in the office that please you, so you'll want to be near them.  
M
  >office catches the sun, and I have things hanging in the window that catch
  >the
  >light (prism butterflies and junk like that) you can be as silly as you
  >want -
  >it's your office and no one's going to see it but you.  Whatever makes you
  >want
  >to be there helps.
                   My dining room has a big window, Not much of a view:)
My shed is outside But still some sun. That's why I want to use it. I
have my "office"  in the bedroom now.  I hate it. It is hard to feel
"businesslike" with your bed behind you My mobile home is too small
to section it off. Besides my fiance has all his computer stuff set up
in the bedroom too. It looks like nasa in here
Anyway I thought about dividing my small living room in half. Using half
for a couch and small table and T.V. Using the other half for the
kitchen table and chairs. I want to move the "office " to the dining
room. Not the best answer but all I can think of at the moment. I could
move my kids into the back bedroom and make them share a room , Jeff
could then use one small room for his computer and office and I could
use the other small bedroom for a office. Then I guess Jeff and I would
have to put a hide a bed in the living room:( I don't know about that
idea. The kids would fight constantly but I'd have a separate office
with no other traffic...well didn't mean to go on about it:) Just
thinking out loud(kinda) :)
LC>Divide the office off from the house - if the dining room has a door, use
  >it to
  >shut the office when you're not working.  If it's open to the living room,
  >use
  >sets of shelves or whatever to make a division so that the office space is
  >definitely separate from the house.  You don't want to feel like a kid 
doing
  >homework and explaining that the TV isn't actually distracting you.
LOL! Well I have attention deficit disorder and the TV actually helps me
to concentrate:)
LC>Put the things you use every day at arms reach so that you can get 
everythin
  >you need without needing to get up from your desk.  This will involve
  >making or
  >finding shelves or things that can be used as shelves.  The essentials as 
fa
  >as equipment and books go will depend entirely on what you need to run 
our
  >business.  Whatever will help you do the work you plan to do is what you
  >need.
  >A good desk at the right height for you to work at for hours without
  >getting a
             Well, luckily I have this one covered. I have a big office
desk I got for $25 at a used office furniture sale
LC>Best of luck.
           Thanks:) I like your suggestions. And thanks for being a
sounding board  for my "where do I put my office gripes":)
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