Brent Toderash writes about the temptation to lie or misrepresent yourself to your customers/clients when working from home. Because of the fear of being looked down upon because of one’s workplace (ie: home), people will refer to their one-person operations as “we” instead of “I”, will not be up front with people that they are not working in a “real” office, and will even go so far as to play a soundtrack in the background playing fake office sounds so as to give the person on the other line the impression that they are working in a “real” office.

I agree with Brent on this one - lying to one’s customers, coworkers or clients is never acceptable. However, I would qualify that as long as working from a home office does not affect your work in a negative way, there is no reason to bring this up with someone right away. As long as it will not be a distraction (ie: no crying babies in the background), treat your home office as if it were a “real” office. There is no need for misrepresentation or fake soundtracks - and there is also no need to be openly defensive about your choice of workplace. Act professionally towards those with whom you work and treat your workplace as you would any other - no one can ask any more from you.