Things You'll Need:
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Step 1
Use basic equipment with plain styling: a desk or armoire with spare lines, a simple bookcase, basic-issue file cabinets, a no-nonsense chair and a plain desk lamp.
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Step 2
Reduce accessories. Hang an academic degree or professional awards, but don't litter the walls and tabletops with family photos, botanical prints or other knickknacks.
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Step 3
Keep the floor covering simple. Options include a solid-color wall-to-wall carpet or plain hard-surface flooring such as unpatterned ceramic tile or hardwood strip flooring.
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Step 4
Leave windows bare if possible, or go with an ultrasimple treatment such as miniblinds or 2-inch-wide wood blinds.
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Step 5
Skip the bric-a-brac. A vase of flowers - containing a few tulips or calla lilies - or a potted plant in a plain container could be the only nonessentials in view.
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Step 6
Stow work gear in drawers and cabinets. Clutter is not on view in a minimalist home office.
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Step 7
Go with walls that aren't busy. Skip the patterned wallpaper, trompe l'oeil paintings, murals and such.
