Whether your workspace is a studio, a rented office or a card table set up in a corner of your bedroom, efficiency is only one of the requirements. Your working space needs to be inviting, a place where you function easily, surrounded by things you love and find inspiring.

It’s obvious that most of us do not duplicate the corporate cubicle look when we set out to design our personal working space. Gray and gloomy may be an appropriate backdrop for corporate workers, but home workers like to spice things up a bit. Colour, personal objects, music, incense, fountains and toys are apt to be part of the new entrepreneur’s decorating style.