Sometimes working from home seems like a bit of a mystery and finding the gift for someone who works from home might be equally as mysterious. As someone who works from home (and the opposite of someone who drives a lot) and have for the last 16 years, I can give you some insight into what that person might consider a great gift. I’ve grouped these into categories for easy browsing.
Wall Mounted
Glass Dry Erase Board
I've had dry erase boards but they stain, they look cheap and worst of all they look like dry erase boards. I’ve got two of these hanging on my wall and it might be the thing that gets the most comments whenever someone visits my office. The combination of black, glossy glass and vibrant chalk makers is a fantastic contrast to boring old dry erase boards. I’ve tried a few different markers and these chalk pens work the best.
Pair them with the chalk pens below

Signage - NC Home sign
Another one that is hanging in my office right in front of me, an NC wooden sign. It’s rustic but classy. You can find any city/state combo on Etsy.com with a little searching.
Lighting
Nothing adds more punch to a home office setup than some unique lighting. I personally love Hue products for their ease of setup and high-quality. One of the best things about them is even if someone already has a Hue setup, gifting them additional lights is never a waste. For me, I use the hue motion sensor combined with a light strip that lights up my desk with some fantastic ambient lighting. The dimmer switch can dim but it can also set different scenes, a must have for any Hue setup.

Lamps
I love this ikea floor lamp and have it paired with, shocker, a Hue bulb.
Audio
Working from home, no matter what your job there is one constant that we all get the pleasure of enjoying, conference calls! No one wants to be THAT guy on a conference call trying to talk through a Macbook mic or some iPhone earbuds. Help them upgrade their audio game and be a conference call superstar.
Headphones
Noise-canceling headphones are first on this list for a reason, they are the most critical tool anybody working at home (or at an office) needs and the QC2s are the gold standard. They help me drown out 2 screaming toddlers and my partner is able to block his drunken congo-playing neighbors.
Desktop Accessories
Give their desk a splash of life and something to break up the monotony of cables and screens. At one point, I had a real basil plant on my desk but apparently they need more than the glow of my monitors to live. I’ll stick with some fake ones from now on.

SV Figures
HBO’s Silicon Valley parallels my life. I sit at my desk and stare at this fake Gillfoil and think “I need glorious stallions”.
Desks
Chairs
What good is a good desk w/o a good chair? The first on the list is the GOAT of chairs, the Herman Miller. Sure it is over $1,000 but if you calculate the cost over 10-years it is well worth it. Oh, you want me to do the math? Sure. 260 working days in a year, 8 hours in a day equals 124,800 working minutes in a year and 1,248,000 working minutes in 10 years. That breaks down to roughly .00008 cents per minute. Good luck getting that kind of value anywhere else!
Misc
MIce, tripods, and anything else that your home office worker could use that you might not normally think of.
Notebook
Why is a notebook on here you ask? While moleskins have gotten all the hipster love the last few years, the Rocketbook is the best gift my wife has given me in the last few years. Seriously. I have the bad habit of taking notes on anything within reach. Typically this is old envelopes and random pads. I’ve broken that habit with the Rocketbook. A notebook that you write on with pens but can fully erase with a damn cloth. You can reuse the notebook over and over again. What’s also great is the app, snap a picture of the page and the app allows you to assign locations for the notes to places like Slack, Google drive, email, PDF etc. Great gift.
These gift ideas are so timely…thanks!
Awesome, glad you found them useful.