A home office often starts with whatever furniture is available: the kitchen table, a dining chair, and a laptop balanced near the power outlet. That arrangement may work for occasional tasks but become uncomfortable when remote work turns into a full-time routine. People researching ways to budget for necessary work equipment should first identify the improvements that will genuinely make the workspace functional. A carefully chosen chair or monitor may be worthwhile, but a beautiful room full of new gadgets is not required to do good work.…