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Home Office, Inspiration 3

Part 2: My Blueprint for the Home Office

By Sabrina @pinklilnotebook · On March 22, 2013

Welcome to my lovely home office. . .

Before_Office

I obviously joking.

My home office makeover is moving slowly but surely.  The photo above shows you what I am currently working with.  This perfect but unappealing space is our smallest bedroom in our home.  And boy, do I have plans to “prettify” this space.

As I mentioned in Part 1: Inspiration for Creating a Home Office, I am looking for a creative space.  Something that is feminine but fun.  I want the office to feel like a sanctuary, as well as, be a functional work space. That’s right; I want a whole lot of design all nicely packed into this little room.

The must-haves list:

– a large working surface that isn’t necessarily facing the wall;
– hidden electrical wires;
– a focal wall that consists of stripes (yup, I have a major crush on stripes right now);
– lots of shelving and storage; and
– a big comfortable chair with a great area rug.

Colours:

One of the easiest and most efficient ways to create a beautiful space is colour.  Especially when you are dealing with something fun like an office or a child’s room. . . go wild!  I chose to go with a really “girlie” palette of accent colours.

colour-scheme

As for the walls, I will keep the colour as is just because it’s already a neutral colour and quite frankly, I have no desire to paint it again 🙂  However, in my must-haves list, I do want a focal wall and what better way to do that than using stripes to attract one’s eye (demonstrated in my picture scribbles).

focalwall

 The Desk:

The desk will be placed on the wall that it is currently on now.  I have chosen to go with a desk design similar to the below pictures.

horchow

whitedesk

I would love to do a combination of both these desks.  I love the look of the bookshelves and the fact that you can hide all of the computer equipment in it.  Yet, you can’t beat all the work space an “L-shaped” desk can give you.  This will be a tough one to create and a first for me.  I definitely have my work cut out for me.

Back to work I go!

 

UPDATE: Curious to see the final home office reveal?  Click here

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Sabrina

Sabrina is the design enthusiast behind the blog, Pink Little Notebook, where she explores her creativity through home décor, thrift store finds, DIY projects and her ever growing love to paint everything in sight! She is indeed a storyteller of style and has an extensive mixture of artistic skills and abilities which include everything from make-up art, graphic designing, painting, drawing, and even self-taught photography, just to name a few. Through her blog Sabrina combines everything she has learned over the years and hopes to inspire others along the way!

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3 Comments

  • Anonymous says: April 1, 2013 at 9:01 pm

    hi you have a great website. I wanna thank you for sharing this interesting information with us. Keep up this good work!

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  • Latonia Cregger says: August 11, 2013 at 4:52 pm

    Wow that was unusual. I just wrote an extremely long comment but after I clicked submit my comment didn’t show up. Grrrr… well I’m not writing all that over again. Regardless, just wanted to say excellent blog!

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  • donna says: May 10, 2015 at 9:07 pm

    love the makeovers, in this last pic there is a pic bar under bottom shelf.
    what is that called, where to ?
    thank you

    Reply
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