Here is a list of fresh home business ideas for a home based business or small office

1. Create a directory of discontinued products - establish an online directory of products that are no longer made, which could include items like toys (safe ones), novelties, and household goods. Design a directory for business people and inventors who want to know what has been made before and what ideas might be revived and/or modified to suit the current market. Connect with partners like patent attorneys to advertise in different areas to help boost income.
2. With the home and professional cooking market going the through a growth spurt why not capitalise on that by creating a correspondence/in home course ‘how to write cookbooks’ or create your own cooking course. The course might include information about how to  develop interesting and unique recipes, how to preset them in written form, and what makes a successful cookbook.
3. Produce customised Christmas cards that are printed with popular surnames such as “Merry Christmas from the Jones family”. Sell ‘same surname’ packs of 20 cards via direct mail to people listed in the telephone directory (go through the directory and send direct mail flyers to their address). Design a set of templates so you can demonstrate the variety of choices available. You could offer  further customisation by adding a family photo on the cover.
4. Develop a mail order business that has a specialty, such as selling products that help people sleep including sleep inducing audio, bedtime clothing, herbal pillows, books, guides for sleeping better, meditation CDs/mp3, and instructional DVDs.
5. Create and distribute a regular publication targeting amateur musicians. Consider reviews, event listings, employers seeking musicians, retailers selling musical equipment or accessories, people selling used equipment, musicians seeking to make contact with other musicians and people wanting musicians for special events.
6. Prepare a mixture of dried herbs for adding to bathwater, showing the benefits of each. Create a brand for your product. Package each mixture of herbs and sell at the markets, and natural product stores. Don’t forget to show benefits and contraindications on the packaging and make it stand out to attract your market. Consider different products for different markets, like babies, mothers, elderly, teenagers, etc.
7. Setup a holiday companion introduction service (not matching service) where your service matches and introduces people traveling on their own or have no-one to holiday with. Place classified ads in numerous publications to attract clients and/or produce a publication that lists people who are looking for holiday companions. Include in your service a safe zone for people to meet and feel comfortable with weeding out the best options (maybe even include a checklist or questionnaire).
8. Write new nursery rhymes. Let’s face it, the old fashioned nursery rhymes are no good for today’s children. Why the heck would you want to read “Rock a bye baby … when the bow breaks baby will fall”. Not a pretty picture to paint for our switched on kids of today, and can be quite distressing for some of them. Why not rewrite the old fashioned nursery rhymes and come up with something fun and positive.
9. If you play a musical instrument or you are in a band, consider a new way to earn money by playing background music at restaurants, wine bars, pubs, tea-rooms, nursing homes, hotel breakfasts, amusement arcades (cool stuff of course), ice skating rinks, and so on.
10. Start up a dress up box business for kids. Kids love to dress up, but buying new dress up clothes these days can be really expensive and kids grow so fast. Create dress up boxes of all types for boys and girls of different age groups. Obtain cheap clothes from op shops, markets etc or make them yourself. Include hats, jewelery, scarves, bandannas, shoes, handbags.. The list is endless and the kids will absolutely love it.