Setting up the Home Office

Q: Can you give me some advice about setting up a home office?

A Since my father sold out of our home during my childhood, I grew up living in a home office. Since 1970, I have done the same. My first job out of college required me to keep an office in my home. I learned from my father's success that home offices work. When we purchased our current home, we remodeled an upstairs den into a large office area with space-saving components and windows. We installed shelves around the top of the room to allow space for the multitue of samples that I've obtained over the years. We also installed white peg board on several walls to accommodate our mug and cap collections. I selected a white Corian counter top for all of the desktops. By using file cabinets to divide the room we have created two separate working spaces. They fit together back to back so that we can access the files from either side.