Create your own corner (of the kitchen) office using furniture that fits in — in this case, with the clean, contemporary lines of the stainless-steel appliances.

Take cues from the countertops: Pasta- and cookie-storage jars and spice and cutlery receptacles adapt perfectly to office work.

Keeping everything on casters means the whole office can move easily across a hard floor — great for when it's mop-up time or you want to keep an eye on Judge Judy in the family room.

Message Center

A steel bulletin board is a sleek stand-in for traditional cork. Affix papers and notes with magnetic clips, and store paper clips, file tabs, and the like in magnetic spice containers.

To Buy: Pottery Barn magnetic steel board (two by two feet), $79, www.potterybarn.com. Good Grips Magnetic All-Purpose Clips, $6 for four, www.oxo.com. See & Store Containers & Strip, $13 for five (wall-mounting strip included), www.containerstore.com.

Lighting

This lean brushed-steel lamp pivots in two directions (up and down, side to side) and projects bright halogen light exactly where you want it.

To Buy: Antifoni work lamp, $25, www.ikea.com for store locations.

Furniture

A stainless-steel work table (here paired with a brushed-aluminum chair) provides ample surface area for writing, as well as lots of legroom. Casters keep things mobile. Glass food-storage jars prevent rubber bands and other odds and ends from taking over the desktop, while a letter sorter keeps postage, tape, and outgoing mail organized.

To Buy: The Conran Shop Sheffield work table, $895, and Hudson side chair, $545: 866-755-9079. Yohki jars by Bodum, $7 to $11 each, www.bodumusa.com. Container Store Structure Letter Box, $14, www.containerstore.com.

File Storage

A rolling cart pulls out from under the desk for easy access. Binders and a bin for files or magazines slide into the lower compartment, papers get tucked neatly into a box, and pens and pencils hide away in a plastic flatware divider.

To Buy: Muji Rolling Utility Wagon, $195, MoMA Design Store, www.momastore.org. Russell+Hazel Slim Three-Ring Binder with linen-wrapped spine, $17, www.russellandhazel.com. Desktop File (magazine bin; similar to one shown), $16, www.thedailyplanner.com. Container Store Office Storage Box, $10, www.containerstore.com. Magis ABC Cutlery Tray, $14, the Conran Shop, 866-755-9079.