ADHD Home Office
Let me paint you a picture.
It’s 2:17 PM. You’ve opened 13 tabs in the last hour, started 4 different tasks, answered a text, and an opened kombucha you forgot on your counter, and somehow... haven’t actually done anything. Sound familiar?
Yeah. Same.
Before I built Dopamine Decor Co, I was once a fresh college grad working for a non-profit sitting in front of her tiny desk in the corner of my apartment living room, pleading with my brain to focus for once in my life. My brain felt like a browser with 73 tabs open — but also with pop-up ads flooding my frontal cortex. I thought I needed more discipline. More planners. Less distraction. What I actually needed? A space that worked with my brain (and a job with less spreadsheets)
Let me tell you about my first "home office."
At the ripe age of 6, my first real desk was moved into my room by my father. We had just painted my room a ballet slipper pink and I was about to start Kindergarten.
I was genuinely stunned when my well-intentioned father moved in what I can only describe as a “gargantuan blocky monstrosity.” Compared to my tiny child body, this desk was MASSIVE.
Although I never vocalized it (because I was grateful and didn't want to complain)- I hated this desk.It has 3 drawers on the right side, the top two were smaller and the bottom one was for files. On the left, was a cabinet with a small shelf towards the top, but it all felt like a black hole. I could actually fit my entire body inside and it became a regular hide-and-seek spot. And in between the two, was a cave for my purple ikea rolling chair, and a pull out keyboard tray.
Over the years, I never made a single negative comment about the desk, but I could never keep it clean or organized no matter how hard I tried. I get scolded for it a lot. It just never worked for me, and I knew that, but I couldn't even comprehend there was another option.
In highschool, i was so desperate to make it work, i drew all over the desk top in hopes it would inspire me to actually sit down and work there. It did not. I continued to do all my homework laying on the floor.
This desk is actually still sitting in my childhood bedroom at my parents house. I think my mom uses it for sewing now or something.
I tell you this because I spent 12 years with that desk and hated it. Every. single. Day. forcing myself to try to work at it “like a normal person.” Let me be the first to tell you, it's okay to pause and just acknowledge that you hate the physical setup you have to work at. Maybe it's just the desk. Maybe it's the whole room- it actually doesn't matter. If it isn't working for you, you have permission to stop forcing it.
You have other options.
Cue: The ADHD Home Office
Playbook
This Playbook is basically the cheat code I wish I had years ago. It’s the result of burning down every productivity method that didn’t work, then rebuilding from scratch using real ADHD design strategies that do.
It’s not about aesthetics for the sake of Instagram. It’s about:
Task zoning that helps your brain shift gears
Strategic visibility so you don’t forget everything you own
Lighting techniques that literally cue your body to focus or rest
Tactile and novelty cues to keep dopamine flowing
And making sure your office isn’t the place your brain goes to die
Listen. If you’ve ever cried at your desk because you couldn’t make yourself start, you already know this: this isn’t about laziness or lack of willpower. It’s about needing an environment that makes executive function easier.
This Playbook is your permission slip to stop blaming yourself and start designing your office smarter. ADHD brains thrive in environments that support flow, not perfection.
For the Woman Who’s Tried Everything
You’ve downloaded the Notion templates. You’ve rage-deleted your Google Calendar at least once. You’ve made to-do lists so detailed they became a full-blown dissertation.
This is for you.
Because your space can help regulate your energy. It can make transitions smoother. It can give your brain the cues it’s been begging for. And it can look really good while doing it.
The ADHD Home Office Playbook is part design strategy, part lifestyle shift, and part love letter to every woman who’s ever been told her executive function was a character flaw.
Spoiler alert: it’s not. You just needed a better setup. <3
