If you're wondering how to transform an area of your home into a suitable working space, think simple and start with the essentials like stationery, before you desperately begin to rearrange the furniture.
Being able to create your own work space allows you to be more creative, you're also able to add personal touches to boost your productivity; that you won't always find in the office.
Stationery is a key component for any working environment, whether it's to make things more fun and organised at home or, if you're eager to build the office of your dreams at home.
For every office need and for every budget, we've rounded up some of the top picks from Ryman, John Lewis and Amazon - what's more, they're all under £25.
Best stationery supplies for working from home under £25
1. Rose Gold Office Stationery Set
This rose gold stationery set is a nice way to add small touches of colour to your work life, it sure beats the office-silver tone doesn't it?
The set compromises of a mixture of assorted sized paper clips, push pins and ball pins to keep all of your paper work, notes and reminders neatly organised. The set is presented in a plastic storage tub, with different compartments for each group to remain arranged.
Price: £4.29, Amazon - buy here now
2. Tinc Torpedo Scented Highlighters
This pack of six Torpedo highlighters from Tinc are great for adding some colour to your pages. Each of the highlighters has a small hole suitable for attaching to lanyards and keys.
They're presented in a gift box with a magnet sealed front and flip over top for easy access.
A nice feature is that each pen comes with its own fruity scent, included in this set is berry, grape, orange, green apple, banana and blueberry. If that's not reason enough to want them for your office, we don't know what is.
Price: £7.50, John Lewis - buy here now
3. WHSmith Henley Stationery Set
This set from WHSmith is ideal for the basic setup of a working enviroment. It's packed with all of the essentials you'll need to get productive at home and staying organised.
It has a fresh mint green tone and modern polka dot design, that will add a touch of personality to your new working eviroment. Included in the set you'll find assorted clips, magnets, sticky notes and memo pads,as well as pencils and more.
Price: £10.99, WHSmith - buy here now
4. Dry Wipe Boards Bundle
Whether it's to keep an eye on tasks, keeping track of the kids chores or simply to write nice messages to each other, this affordable bundle is great for a multitude of tasks.
In this set you'll have three dry wipe boards, each board comes with a dry wipe pen with eraser lid, that also slot into a handy pen compartment.
Price: £5.50, The Works - buy here now
5. Stationery Bundle
If you're a student, working from home, just trying to keep the kids entertained, or all of the above - this set is a great option.
The collection contains all of the essentials for every home office, including a 10 pack of Bic Cristal ball point pens, a maths set, a ring binder, four pastel highlighters and an A4 notepad.
Price: £21.99, Ryman - buy here now
6. Debenhams - Stationery Accessory Set
Keep all of your things to do simple with one simple and colourful set from Debenhams.
The set includes a to do list notepad, pencils and sharpener, pins, clips and some funky paper clips with tassels attached.
Price: £7, Debenhams - buy here now
7. 60 Fine Line Coloured Pens Bundle
Whether you're creative for work or you're in search of a good colouring bundle to complete a relaxing drawing session, this 60 pen bundle from Scribblicious is a complete steal at £10.50.
The pens have super fine tips, making them ideal for writing or drawing art.
Price: £10.50, The Works - buy here now
8. Derwent Academy Sketching Pencils Bundle
Whenever you like to sketch this sketching pencil bundle from Derwent Academy is a great starter set for aspiring or established artists.
Practice different sketching pencil techniques, thanks to the included Project Guide. Also included in this set are erasers and a sharpener.
Price: £20, John Lewis - buy here now
9. Sakura Notebooks Set in Magazine File
This nifty set is top contender for keeping things in order, it includes three A6 notepads as well as a magazine file to store them as well as other papers.
A notebook from the set is either plain, dotted or has a lined layout - which will suit different people for different tasks.
Price: £10, Paperchase - buy here now
10. Bic Writing Set 32 Pieces
This 32 piece set from Bic is perfect for all of your writing needs. The set is colourful and fun, adding a bit of personality to your office.
As well as assorted pencils, colouring pens, coloured pens and erasers, there's also correction tape, a correction pen and even glue for all of those art projects to come with the kids.
Price: £18.99, Amazon - buy here now
11. Moleskine Studio Notebook - Yukai Du
Looking for somewhere to jot down all of your plans and ideas?
Italian papermaker Moleskine have collaborated with 6 international artists who each created a bespoke Moleskine x Studio notebook in their own unique style.
Each notebook has a front cover printed with the artwork of a contemporary artist, a short interview introducing the artist, as well as enough plain or lined paper for your notes. It even comes with stickers to personalise your notes.
Price: £24.99, Moleskine - buy here now
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