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Your Perfect Home-Based Studio: A Guide for Designers and Other Creative Professionals

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The job market has taken many hits in recent years. Mergers, acquisitions, bankruptcies, and layoffs have become quite commonplace in American society. As the result of these trends in the business world, many people have taken to market their talents and skills from the comfort and safety of their own homes. Many have set up elaborate home offices from which they now conduct business.

Your Perfect Home-Based Studio written by Poppy Evans is the perfect resource for those persons looking for professional guidance in setting up their own home office studios. This book includes a wealth of design options - furniture, accessories, home design and decorating options, and discussion of important business matters.

Poppy Evans guides her readers through a number of important decision-making topics pertaining to the setting up of a home office - the arrangement of furniture and equipment, the importance of having an ergonomically correct workstation, choosing the right computer equipment and service technicians, dealing with children, and establishing an effective online presence. Business matters discussed include determining what kind of business to establish, dealing with local government authorities, maintaining financial records, keeping track of expenses, paying taxes, and dealing with slow-paying clients. Thrown in is plenty of other important details necessary for setting up and running a productive home-based business.

While setting up a home office may seem an easy task, there are some important considerations we should to keep in mind. Because one's place of work is confined to the home, as Poppy Evans points out, it's necessary to establish workplace discipline, being as accessible as possible, maintaining contact with clients and the business world, and to cultivate good working and long-term relationships with clients. The recognition and the paying of close attention to these concerns and others addressed in the book will go a long way to help readers operate successful home businesses.

The book is beautifully illustrated with high resolution photographs of actual home office designs. A number of case studies are included to provide readers with actual home-based business experiences. The content, layout, and over all quality of the book makes it an excellent guide. This is must reading for consultants and anyone desiring to set up their own home office!

For anyone looking for a true blueprint on creating a studio, this is the book you want to buy. I once checked this book out at my local library and hated the fact I had to return. Well this year, I bought it because reading the book, and seeing how people set up their homes and outhouses (or shacks) made me realize that it is possible to own a business at home, and still have time and space for everyday living.

The book tells you vital information before getting into the fun stuff. What to consider as far as who runs the business (sole priority, partnered, etc.), the goods on having a home business and more. I won't spoil anything, I want you all to buy this magnificent book, it gives me a good idea on how I want to design my home for my business I run. It is not only a good resource on setting up a business in your home, it gives alot of legal info on insurances (property, disability), income tax time and longevity of your business.

The book also shows you real people, with real simple blueprints of how they did it. I was surprised in some of the stuff I saw in this book.

Buy this book, it will help you not only in starting a home based studio, but it will make you truly think about starting your home based business before getting carried away on buying electronics, supplies and whatever you may need.