Check out your local Goodwill, Thrift, etc. type shops and go to yard sales. Sometimes you can find a good desk or suitable piece of furniture for $50.00 or less and you can repaint or stain it to suit yourself. Or Wal Mart usually has some tables located with the card tables that are no square but are oblong, (come in different lengths) that are handy too. Invest in a good office type chair. You will probably spend many hours in it.