Reinventing the Basics: Setting Up Your Home Office

In this day in age when we are sticking to our budget and only buying the necessities, that doesn't mean forgoing design and beauty. We're seeing more design on basic necessities making functional products fun and beautiful to satisfy our desire for purchases that brighten our day. Today's post is a round up of inexpensive products to make your home office a little more beautiful, a little greener and a little more fun - on a budget!

These file folders from M by Staples are sitting on our desks here at Sphere Trending and we love them, they're artwork for your briefcase!

Inmodern creates eco-friendly tables, bookshelves, entertainment units and magazine racks that are affordable, earth conscious and look great. Their real wood modern furniture and products are made in the USA from 100% renewable FSC Certified Smart Wood®, and are available in a variety of eco-friendly, UV finishes.

Who doesn't love sticky notes that make a statement? And, we all need the little tabs of paper to mark those important pages. These, from Bob's Your Uncle, are surely good for a giggle!

Made of recycled glass, these vases from Crate and Barrel are affordable and would make unique and stylish desktop organization when used to hold writing utensils, supplies or maybe even the rare bouquet of flowers.

If you happen to be sharing your home office space with one or more of your kids, this desk from DucDuc NYC is not only made in the USA, it's built with consideration for minimal waste, low energy manufacturing and sustainable woods.

To brighten your day, Remarkable Pencils has turned trash into treasure by recycling plastic cups and CD cases to turn them into bold and colorful pencils. The company also offers other recycled material office supplies such as file folders, notebooks, ring binders and rulers.