8 Elements You Need to Style an Inspiring Home Office Scape
A desk, a chair, your choice of reading material and media to work on – but that's not all you need in your home office
You have a home office, but you often find yourself working on the sofa, dining table, or even in bed. It could be because your home office isn’t set up to inspire you to use it. Instead, it has become a dumping ground for mail, brochures and magazines, and other things you won’t look at till months later.
But, if you dressed up your home office so that you enjoy spending time there – think about the pleasure you feel just looking at your personalised and pretty desk – then you will be inspired to use it. Here are some things that will help you accomplish that.
1. A view that you like
It’s rare to find space in a home where you’ll have a scenic view from your desk. If you can orientate your desk to face a view of another room in your house – especially one that makes you smile – then you’ll at least have something pleasant to rest your eyes on when you look up from the computer monitor.
It’s rare to find space in a home where you’ll have a scenic view from your desk. If you can orientate your desk to face a view of another room in your house – especially one that makes you smile – then you’ll at least have something pleasant to rest your eyes on when you look up from the computer monitor.
Another way to find a view that you like from your desk is to create one on the wall facing you.
2. A favourite object (or two)
Place something you love on your desk. It adds personality to your desktop and gives you another thing to rest your eyes on when you need a break.
Place something you love on your desk. It adds personality to your desktop and gives you another thing to rest your eyes on when you need a break.
3. A good lamp
If you’re reading or writing correspondence, a good task lamp is also a must-have. It lessens the strain on your eyes that regular ceiling lights are not able to address.
Feminine home offices to love
If you’re reading or writing correspondence, a good task lamp is also a must-have. It lessens the strain on your eyes that regular ceiling lights are not able to address.
Feminine home offices to love
4. Photos that inspire you
If you don’t have access to a view, photos of your loved ones or places you’ve been to will be a sight for sore eyes when you’ve been staring at the screen for hours.
If you don’t have access to a view, photos of your loved ones or places you’ve been to will be a sight for sore eyes when you’ve been staring at the screen for hours.
5. Artwork
Prints of famous paintings, or your children’s school projects bring a touch of culture – and colour – to an otherwise serious space.
Prints of famous paintings, or your children’s school projects bring a touch of culture – and colour – to an otherwise serious space.
6. A pin board
Useful for reminders, but also for adding something new and inspiring to look at. A pin board is great to put invitations or tickets on so that you are constantly reminded of recent or upcoming events on your social calendar.
Useful for reminders, but also for adding something new and inspiring to look at. A pin board is great to put invitations or tickets on so that you are constantly reminded of recent or upcoming events on your social calendar.
7. A motto
Whether it’s on your pin board or framed on its own and hung on the wall, inspiring quotes are nice to have to break up the monotony of images.
Whether it’s on your pin board or framed on its own and hung on the wall, inspiring quotes are nice to have to break up the monotony of images.
8. A plant
Not only does it help to purify the air around your desk, but this living thing, whether in a pot or vase, can also revitalise you when you look at it.
Container plants that purify indoor air
Not only does it help to purify the air around your desk, but this living thing, whether in a pot or vase, can also revitalise you when you look at it.
Container plants that purify indoor air
Of course, don’t forget the usual desk organisation paraphernalia!
Look at this ‘deskscape’ and see if you can identify all eight elements mentioned above.
Look at this ‘deskscape’ and see if you can identify all eight elements mentioned above.
Here are a couple of examples of tiny home offices where these stylish elements are also in place.
You can also identify these stylish elements in these roomier home offices.
Here’s a fun home office – it’s got a scenic view through the window, but the homeowner is also surrounded by art on one wall, and something he probably really enjoys on the other wall (his wine collection!).
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