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10 Kids' Room Ideas That Work for Adult Offices
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You can get inspiration for your home's design from many different places. Sometimes it is the most off-the-wall sources of inspiration that provide the best ideas. For example, you wouldn't typically think to look at kids' rooms when designing a home office but this is precisely why doing so can freshen up your work space.
The real benefit from drawing home office inspiration from children's rooms is that it infuses the office with creativity, fun and lightness. Too often, we think that the design of our work spaces has to be serious in order for us to do our serious adult work. Finding a creative way to work some lightness into our offices at home is a great way to rejuvenate the work that we do there.
You can change your home office colors or furnishings. You can get inspiration from playrooms or kids' bedrooms. The options are endless. Here's a look at ten ideas:
The real benefit from drawing home office inspiration from children's rooms is that it infuses the office with creativity, fun and lightness. Too often, we think that the design of our work spaces has to be serious in order for us to do our serious adult work. Finding a creative way to work some lightness into our offices at home is a great way to rejuvenate the work that we do there.
You can change your home office colors or furnishings. You can get inspiration from playrooms or kids' bedrooms. The options are endless. Here's a look at ten ideas:
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| Clutter your desk with color. Yes, there is a good reason that we keep our work spaces uncluttered. However, organized colorful clutter like this can actually really inspire the childlike creative side of you. That can be great for your work! |
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Use bins to organize things. The stuff that you don't leave out on your desk does still need to be organized. Color-coded bins work just as well in home offices as they do in kids' rooms.
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Use colorful furnishings in your home office design. Whoever said that your workspace had to be boring?
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Create multiple work spaces. Kids have several different play areas in a single room. You want the same concept working for you so your home office doesn't feel too monotonous.
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| Add a comfy retreat corner. Step away from your desk for ten minutes to lounge on your beanbag chair and strum your guitar. You'll return to work refreshed. |
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Add one or two creature comforts. Some days work just makes you want to bang your head against the wall. Having a security item to hang on to isn't a bad alternative.
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Don't forget to add a chair for someone else. Most kids' rooms (especially nurseries) have a chair for adults. You'll want to make sure you have a chair for clients or guests that visit your home office.
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Hang inspirational messages on the wall. This is common for parents to do in their kids' rooms. It's something that works well in home offices, too.
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Garden shed workspaces are on the rise. This is an outdoor playhouse but wouldn't it make a great little home office getaway?
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| Let your workspace grow as you do. Kids' rooms change as the kids start to grow up. Make sure that you also make changes to your home office to reflect the way that your work is growing and changing. |
Comments
Rene Wheaton Great way to look for inspiration outside of the office box.
3 years ago · Like
wsem you have new ides
3 years ago · Like
Mayra Morales It's telling that I adore the room designs that are "meant for kids" because bright colors, casters on everything, and storage all over the place CLEARLY aren't the greatest thing ever.
2 months ago · Like
Ideabook published on March 29, 2010.
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