Looking to produce a more personal home office? Step away from the big-box office supply shop. You don’t need a replica of your day-job installation in your home office, no matter how professional you want it to feel.
Use your home office to showcase your own unique work character rather. It doesn’t need to be stuffy or office-metal grey. In reality, it doesn’t need to look like a corporate office. Let’s start with any office’s cornerstone: the desk. Warm up the space with a wooden desk, whether contemporary or traditional. See whether any of these rooms and desks may inspire your own home office.
Adrienne DeRosa
A office area was created by these homeowners in a hallway. The centerpiece is a Herman Miller desk, but all of the accessories have a compact cleanliness that balances out the old-world bricks fairly well.
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Design Within Reach
Airia Desk – $2,199
You can’t fail with Herman Miller. This splurgeworthy glossy desk could easily handle your workday, with hidden storage to keep things organized.
Cost Plus World Market
Campaign Desk – $229.99
The warm all-natural wood of this campaign desk adds richness into your home office, and the cost keeps it practical.
Kristen Rivoli Interior Design
This diverse room comes with a midcentury desk, however, the accessories reflect the interests of the proprietor — no matter era. Pairing the hot desk with a transparent Ghost Chair and a glowing blue wall creates character and charm.
Thrive Home Furnishings
Moore Desk – $2,199
You are able to discover lovely original midcentury modern furnishings and desks in local antiques stores, online antique stores and Etsy, as well as through Craigslist. You could also locate new midcentury modern interpretations, such as this gorgeous desk from Thrive Furniture.
Phil Kean Designs
Warm up a contemporary white area similar to this one — or any Scandinavian-influenced room — with a pure slab of reclaimed timber, such as the Robin Wade desk shown here. It provides a more human element to the sleekness of this decor.
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Modern Acacia Wood Dining Table
Here’s another live-edge wood desk that is the ideal mixture of organic influences and contemporary sensibilities. The lightweight legs let the desktop float in the center of a contemporary workspace.
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Minimal Float Wall Desk – $699
This desk is minimally invasive nonetheless prepared to pack a punch when you pull the lower shelf. It is ideal for smaller homes and flats — it might also work from the corner of a bedroom or beneath a wall-mounted TV in a living area.
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