The year’s design trends in the home are moving toward the soft, comforting and cozy, and the more traditional. The same can be said of home offices, and furniture makers are responding.

Sligh Furniture’s Ellis Line of computer cabinets delivers the look of upscale international furniture. The decorative wood furniture ranges in style from classic Arts & Crafts to West Indies, but features the functionality and storage options home office workers need.

Other manufacturers have introduced the fashionable Mission style into home office furniture. And retro is gaining popularity. Tanker desks—those big, commercial metal desks—are voyaging into home offices. Some arrive in the original battleship gray. Others come updated with a contemporary paint color.

From an organizational viewpoint, clutter is out. Simplicity and balance are in. And flexibility is king.

“Today’s home office needs are getting much more sophisticated,” says Barry Galvin, owner of Galvins Workspace Furniture in Oakland, Calif. “There’s a new professionalism in the home office. We’re seeing a need for more storage options, more office equipment, even multiple home workstations.”

Stanley Furniture alone offers 10 home office groups that feature 20 to 25 pieces in each group. They provide flexibility and options for task-specific designs that will fit virtually any home office space and style.

Techline’s Series 2 furniture is based upon a system of building blocks of different sizes and shapes. It all works together in countless ways so you can define and redefine your space. Home office workers welcome that type of modular furniture because it delivers flexibility.

“Modular home office furniture works well for many people,” says Jack Kelley, an industrial designer and consultant with Sligh Furniture. “You can start small and keep adding, utilize corner space and even rearrange the layout.”

Adjustable-height tables and work surfaces are also a hit with home office workers. Knape & Vogt expanded its award-winning Idea@Work line of office furniture with the addition of patented Speed Crank tables, which let you raise or lower the work surface by simply turning a hand crank. The company also introduced UniForce counter-balanced adjustable surfaces that allow you to adjust the height of the work surface with the simple touch of a lever. Herman Miller’s Avio is a height-adjustable table system that includes freestanding overhead storage.