It is important to separate your business life from your home life, even when you are performing these two different parts of your life from within the same location.
Maintaining a separate business area in your house is vital because it helps you to be and remain organized. When running a business you do not want to dig out your invoices and shipping labels from underneath dirty plates and half eaten pizza slices.
Ideally you need a separate room as your business office where you can close the door and work undisturbed. If that is not possible with the space that you have at your disposal, then you need to section off one part of room at the very least.
Within this work area you need to keep things organized as well. Assign separate areas for your item storage, shipping and labeling, computer and printing, photography, and other eBay store related tasks.
You need to keep your space and organization in step with your business growth. Your business will definitely suffer if you try to force a growing business into the same small space that you started out with.
As your business grows, the first new area that you would probably need to find is additional storage space. The next would be the shipping and labeling area that would probably need to move out of your office.
Very soon, if you have a flourishing business, the business will be threatening to take over your entire house.
Family members will begin to complain about all your stuff that is taking up all the room even though they would not complain about the additional dollars that you bring into the household.
This might be the time in your business growth to consider renting an office. Trying to fit a larger business into an already occupied home will not only hurt your family life but it could also stifle your business.
Even though you might feel that you are going back to a more formalized office life, you will still be your own boss and that is all that counts for most people.
The final decision on staying in the house or moving out will depend on what you want to do with your business. If your goal is to build your business as large as it can be, then you will definitely outgrow your house at some point in time.