When you sit at your desk at home you are usually paying bills, or emailing Grandma, or filling out paperwork for your kids' schools. We're guessing. The problem is that the clunky, wooden hand-me-down that you try to pass off as an "antique desk" is not really the most inspiring, or even comfortable, place to sit. Thus, the bills sit, unpaid. And Grandma, well, she's not even speaking to you right now.
 
Don't underestimate psychology of the home office. A dingy, old, cluttered one will make your already busy brain feel one way. A light, organized, airy one -- well, you get the point.
 
Now to the "instant" part. Start with the desk and work from there. A quick measurement or two combined with some swift online shopping will set you on the path to office enlightenment. Here are our instant office selections. What are yours?
 
This Desk (westelm.com, $449), plus…
 
 
 
A Lamp Like This (cb2.com, $69.95), plus…
 
 
 
 
These Fun File Storage Boxes (The Container Store, $9.99, $12.99), plus…
 

 
A stackful of Le Pens. Just for fun.