A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

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Entry from July 18, 2019
“Home sweet office”

“Home sweet office” is a work saying that has been printed on many images. The saying is based on the song “Home Sweet Home” that John Howard Payne (1791-1852) wrote for the opera Clari, the Maid of Milan (1823).
 
“Home, sweet office” was printed in the Binghamton (NY) Press on December 5, 1958. The “home sweet office” expression has been popular since the 1990s. when computers and the internet made working at home more popular.
   
Similar work-related sayings include “Cubicle sweet cubicle,” “Home sweet home office” and “Office sweet office.”
 
   
5 December 1958, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 22, col. 1 photo caption:
HOME, SWEET OFFICE—This office-at-home of a Chicago businessman typifies new trend being promoted for the modern executive who needs to burn the midnight oil.
 
3 April 1966, The Sunday Sun (Baltimore, MD), pg. D22, col. 4 ad:
HOME SWEET OFFICE. You spend more time living in your office than loafing in your living room! Isn’t it time you updated your office decor and made it more liveable?
(Lucas Design Group.—ed.)
 
18 January 1979, Boston (MA) Herald American, pg. 17, col. 1:
For Fossella, it’a home sweet office
President of industrial design firm made a unique work space, including a lounge and dining room, from a Boston townhouse

By EVE GOODMAN
 
22 June 1986, The Sunday Republican (Springfield, MA), pg. F-1, col. 1:
Ah, home sweet office
Consumers may find office furniture eminently suitable for the home

By JOSEPH GIOVANNINI
The New York Times
 
9 February 1989, Fort Worth (TX) Star-Telegram, sec. 4, pg. 1, col. 1:
Home, sweet office home
Sheila Taylor
 
5 August 1990, Aberdeen (SD) AMerican News, pg. 1C, col. 1:
Home sweet office becomes popular choice
By MICHELE CHANDLER
Knight-Ridder News Service
         
OCLC WorldCat record 
Home sweet office.
Author: Steven Bobker
Publisher: Estados Unidos : Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1992.
Edition/Format:   Article : English
Publication: MacUser, Vol. 8 No. 11 (NOV. 1992)
 
OCLC WorldCat record
Home sweet office : the ultimate out-of-office experience : working your company job from home
Author: Jeff Meade
Publisher: Princeton, N.J. : Peterson’s, ©1993.
Edition/Format:   Print book : English
   
OCLC WorldCat record
Home sweet office : your home office
Author: Angela Booth; Australian Institute of Management
Publisher: Sydney : Prentice Hall, 1997
Series: Workwise series
Edition/Format:   Print book : English
Summary:
This work offers information needed to work from home, whether it is telecommunicating one or two days a week or working full-time at home in a home-based business.
   
OCLC WorldCat record
Home sweet office : your home office.
Author: Michael Emery
Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : Pearson P T R, 1998.
Edition/Format:   Print book : English
   
OCLC WorldCat record
Home Sweet Office - TELECOMMUTING ESSENTIALS - Set up a smart infrastructure for telecommuters, and you could achieve a rare win-win: saving your company money and boosting employee morale. Our guide’s wealth of products and tips will help you keep your remote workers connected.
Author: Rob Schenk
Publisher: Titusville, Fl. : Patch Pub. Co.,
Edition/Format: Article Article : English
Publication: Computer shopper. (February 2002): 148
 
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Home Sweet Office
Comedy, Drama, Family | TV Series (2019– )

A story of cousins Adhira and Shagun, two highly creative individuals who decide to jump on to the bandwagon and start their own business of candid wedding films and quirky wedding merchandise.
 
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Home Sweet Office 🏡 Octavia’s art studio is coming along nicely! She has a kitchenette with dining space & bathroom so she has everything she needs to keep working when she’s inspired. 
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(Trademark)
Word Mark HOME SWEET OFFICE
Goods and Services (ABANDONED) IC 038. US 100 101 104. G & S: video programs for television broadcast and other media depicting aspects of working from home. FIRST USE: 19970717. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 19980400
Mark Drawing Code (3) DESIGN PLUS WORDS, LETTERS, AND/OR NUMBERS
Design Search Code 02.11.01 - Hearts excluding hearts as carriers or depicted on playing cards
07.01.04 - Detached house
15.05.03 - Computer (desktop); Computer terminal; Laptop computer; Monitors, computer (without keyboards)
Serial Number 75490366
Filing Date May 22, 1998
Current Basis 1A
Original Filing Basis 1A
Owner (APPLICANT) Home Sweet Office Productions, LLC CORPORATION CALIFORNIA 3020 Bridgeway Suite 283 Sausalito CALIFORNIA 94965
Type of Mark SERVICE MARK
Register PRINCIPAL
Live/Dead Indicator DEAD
Abandonment Date November 22, 2000

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