We’ve been doing some remodeling around the house.  The room we were using as my office has been made into a bedroom for my boys, as their old bedroom has been remade into a nursery in preparation for our newest addition, who should appear in March.

Since we’d completely finished our basement, we moved my office into the end of the basement hallway, which was really a bit of a dead space before (we just used it to store a few things, including some guinea pigs and turtles).

Here’s the view as  you walk down the hallway to my office.  To the left is the door to my den, and to the right is the door to the garage.

Here’s the view from the door to the garage.

Let’s talk about what we see.  First, a Microsoft Natural Keyboard 4000 and a Microsoft Natural Laser Mouse 6000.  I’m big on ergonomics.  That’s part of the reason I still use this desk, even though a different style of desk would allow me to set up multiple monitors.  This desk is a corner design with a desktop that “wraps” around you to a degree, and it provides good support for my arms.  The monitor is a 19” DVI LCD.  All three are connected to a nice DVI KVM which allows me to share them between my personal desktop PC (lower left) and my work laptop (in the docking station on the left).

Here’s a close-up of the left side.

In this view, you can see my Linksys WRT54GL (running Tomato firmware), Vonage gateway, and cable modem on top.  You can also see my two phones, one that has an intercom to the rest of the house,  and one that has a headset.  All of this is running on a UPS so I never have any downtime.  The little black button on the desk next to the silver phone is the switch button for the KVM. 

On the right you can see some books and stuff.  Not a whole lot here.  Just storage and a nifty lighted document stand.

To the right of my desk is my printer stand and a bed for my office assistants.  One of my dogs and one of my cats take turns.  Usually it’s the dog.

Here’s the local office manager, Spartan 117.  He’s a bit of a slave driver.

And that’s pretty much where I spend 9 hours a day.  Generally it’s pretty quiet, and I manage a good amount of productivity.

What’s your home office like?  Would you be comfortable working from it full time?