| Of all the different types of office furniture available, | | | | your budding business, and before long you are moved |
| my favorite piece for a home office is a basic table. | | | | into a bigger space and have hired a couple of |
| There is plenty of room for my computer and printer | | | | employees. It is now time to get serious about |
| and other needed peripherals, a container for small | | | | purchasing office furniture. The first thing you want to |
| items such as pens, I use book ends to control | | | | do is think ahead. What will you need down the road, |
| regularly accessed books, and then neatly place in | | | | how do you want your office space to develop as |
| accessible areas anything else that I often use. My | | | | your business grows? If you plan now, you will save |
| "desk" does occasionally get unruly, but since it is all | | | | money in the future. Modular office furniture is a |
| visible, I am forced to tidy it up, unlike a desk with | | | | wonder. You can buy what you need now, but easily |
| drawers where you can keep your unruliness hidden | | | | add on to it at a later date when your needs have |
| away from visiting eyes. | | | | changed or grown. |
| As you start a new business, other than a table, there | | | | With employees and business meetings you may |
| are only a couple of other pieces of office furniture | | | | want to invest in a conference table. Great for weekly |
| that is necessary for a home office or small office | | | | planning meetings with employees, it keeps everybody |
| space rented in town. The first is a shelf. The shelf is | | | | accountable and focused on your business goals. |
| needed to keep other office supplies and reference | | | | Besides employees, your own needs have changed in |
| materials, and like the table/desk, everything is visible | | | | the way of office furniture. Perhaps now you have a |
| and ergo, kept neat. The other necessary piece, and | | | | proper desk with a hutch on one side and extra work |
| probably more important to have before a shelf, is a | | | | space on the other. You have a nice and comfortable |
| filing cabinet. With all the different business forms, it is | | | | guest chair for visiting business men and vendors. You |
| best to keep them organized from the very beginning. | | | | want your office to look nice. There are extra touches |
| This will help keep the state and federal tax | | | | with nice prints on the wall, classy lamps and lighting |
| commissions happy! | | | | that add a nice ambient feeling to the room, and |
| I would have to say though, that the one piece of | | | | perhaps a nice coat rack by the door. |
| office furniture that you cannot skimp on from the | | | | Yes, you have come a long way since you started |
| very beginning is a good office chair. Sit in a lot of | | | | your business, and just one place it is reflected is in |
| different style chairs, you may be surprised what you | | | | your office furniture. Gone is the second hand filing |
| find comfortable, play around with the knobs and buy | | | | cabinet and shelf, replaced by quality furniture that |
| the chair that fits you best. Find a chair that you can sit | | | | reflects who your are and makes a statement about |
| in for long periods of time, if not, you will not get your | | | | your business. But lets face it, you couldn't get rid of |
| work done and your business may be doomed to fail | | | | your first "desk". The table still sits in the corner, a great |
| from the beginning. So I repeat, DO NOT skimp on an | | | | work surface for various projects around the office. |
| office chair, get the one that works best for YOU! It | | | | You glance at it often, it as a fond reminder of how |
| will pay for itself in the long run. | | | | you got started. |
| Let us naturally assume that you are successful with | | | | |