Today, working at home is common. Approximately one in five employed Americans works at home at least occasionally.

According to GlobalWorkplaceAnalytics.com, about 3.3 million Americans work primarily out of a home-based Office. That’s an 80% increase since 2005.If you’re working out of a home office, you probably don’t need to be told that you need a computer, an Internet connection, a printer, and assorted business software. (And, if you’re like me, an enormous stack of scratch paper to take notes and write down ideas.) But there are some things that any work-from-home business shouldn’t be without. In this post, we’re going to take a look at some of these often-underestimated items.