Sometimes it is just not possible for some of us to have a separate home office because we do not have a spare room to put it in. In these instances it is still possible to successfully run a home office with a little bit of clever trickery. Make use of collapsible office furniture pieces and some very good time management skills and planning. However, this will require you to be a little more organised than if you had a completely separate office.

Whatever the downsides may be, you can still have your own study in your social space at home – it is the office in the day and your living room at night.

You need to look for foldable office desks and chairs which in the evening can be put away. Purchasing a laptop computer does actually mean you have more choices of worktops in the house too.

Working this way may be necessary for some of us, but we have to remember that keeping our papers organised becomes even more essential if we do have a fold away office.