Work From Home Style, Keeping it Real

A couple of months ago, my company moved me out of the corporate office that I was working in on the daily and to my home "office". Office is in quotations because we sort of had an office area that quickly became a real life office when I moved to home. One of my co workers who also works from home gave me some advice. She said, "Amanda, make sure you get up and get ready just like you were going to work. Keep a routine." I totally agreed with what she was saying and started off with a bang. I was flying out of bed, showering, getting "real" clothes on and working at the desk all day. Fast forward to a couple of weeks later and the "real" clothes turned into comfy sweats and t-shirts. I justified this by saying "hey Amanda, no one is going to see what you're wearing, why not be comfortable?" Makes enough sense, right? Well, it doesn't take long before you start to feel schlubby. The man would come home from work and while he would never say anything, I imagined him thinking what a schlub I was. Then I went to the Blog Better Boston Style Summit and was really excited to put makeup on, do my hair and wear cute clothes. When I mentioned this to a couple of gals and we chatted about it, I was inspired to make it my part time job to look cute and also comfortable for my full time job... and I asked other bloggers to give me their take on the same! Check out how I keep it real, while working from home, after the jump.

Outfit #1 Items: Gap always skinny Jeans in White, Old Navy Star Wars Graphic Tee, Hand Painted Canvas Sneakers, Necklace by CC Sky from RocksBox

I have varying degrees of needs when it comes to comfort at home. I don't want to be too cold or too hot. I often like to cross my legs and sit that way for hours at a time (I know, bad for my knees). I don't want to feel too constricted. These are basically the criteria I use when deciding what I want to wear on any given day. So how can I dress for the day, be super cute and stylish while also meeting my comfort criteria? Well, I have some keep comfort casual pieces that I think you'll agree, are perfect for working from home/staying at home while also being more than acceptable to run errands and answer the door for the hunky UPS guy. Some of my favorites for this Summer are floral and graphic tops, flowy dresses, all sort of denim and making sure that I apply a dash of makeup:

Outfit #2 Items: Target Mossimo Boyfriends Shorts, Floral Shirt from CiChic, Lucas Jack Lucky Duck Earrings from RocksBox, Headband from Ann Taylor (similar)

Some of my favorite Price Conscious Bottoms (Denim and Shorts):

My favorite, price conscious Sassy Tees and Tops: 

My favorite, price conscious Flowy Dresses: 

Check out my partners in crime today, all highlighting their own take on this topic:

Jess from Styled by Jess: What to Wear When Working From Home
*You can catch Jessica on her blog and on Twitter

Christine from Rules for the Modern Girl: A Modern Girl Workday
*You can catch Christine on her blog, Facebook and Twitter

Melissa from My Lief Life: Get Dressed, Be Happy

*You can catch Melissa on her blog, Facebook and Twitter