Being productive when working in a home environment can really depend on keeping your workspace organized, clean, and tidy. It really helps in terms of productivity, to have a place for everything, especially for people who are not normally organized. If you can get in the habit, of knowing where your things are it will really help you get a lot of work done. If you are working in a chaotic, messy space you will most likely be disorganized, not know where things are and can spend signfigant amounts of time simply looking for a file for example. If you're in a disorganized, messy environment, that can also end up being reflected in your work, it may take you longer to complete tasks than appropriate. You could lose important information or get different projects confused. There are some people who can work in chaos, but for the better part it is usually better to keep your work space organized.