Office
Need space for work and for guests? This sleek built-in easily conceals the office space behind sliding doors and appears as clean, modern architecture when not in use. The space stays free from work-related clutter, and it can work beautifully as a guest room when the sliders are closed — just add a pullout sofa or a bed.
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Repeat after me: "Fill the space." The secret to creating a look that looks like high-end built-in cabinets is to fill the space you have as completely as possible. These freestanding shelves almost perfectly fill the niches. They could have been purchased as single units, or could have been four separate bookcases in each niche. Whatever it takes to fill that wall or niche, fill it up instead of having a too-tiny storage unit stranded in the middle of a big wall.
If you love the look of built-ins but are working with freestanding pieces, create a tight, balanced and symmetrical grouping. If this office only had one of the taller units and the chest against this wall, the room would look lopsided and the furniture pieces would feel more like clutter than organization. By using two of the taller units, flanking them tight on both sides of the chest, and then using a mirror that perfectly fills the gap and is taller than the two side units, this designer has created an attractive and substantial arrangement
If you can't hide the office, at least hide the work. Not every room has a spare closet in which to hide the office. But if you can fit everything you need into a secretary desk, then you can close up the desk itself and still hide the office. This can work whether you have a beautiful traditional room like this, or
Now it's an office, now it isn't! Use simple division to change the function of a room. It may take nothing more than a curtain to literally store the whole office out of view of the rest of the room. Do it right and hang luscious full-length drapery. When they are closed, the remainder of the room can be an inviting guest room, a peaceful sitting room, literally, whatever you want. Decorating the office area behind the curtain to coordinate with the rest of the room assures that it looks great even when the drapes are open.
table that rolls out from under counter
. Allende's creative and custom office space. The desk in allende's office is topped with steel rusted using s unique technique. Allende had a piece of steel cut to size, and then brought it outside and poured rock salt and Coca Cola all over it. She covered it with burlap bags for a couple months to rust, and then sanded it and waxed it with BriWax for a smooth finish. This little nook (which was initially meant for an elevator!) is finished off with one of her own original paintings on the back wall.
This rolling cubby, found at Art and Architecture in Minneapolis, was a great find that helps store paint and fabric samples in an organized fashion. This wall was painted in Shelburne Buff from Benjamin Moore.
If you're working with a simple and sleek table, consider having a separate but close-at-hand storage wall. Whether open shelving or closed, such as here, the shelving helps keep materials concentrated, while keeping the desk clean.
I confess that having an office in the bedroom is not my favorite arrangement. But if that's where yours needs to be, why not make your desk do double duty as the bedside table, too? Having matching lamps on the desk and the bedside table on the other side helps to pull the look together.
Carve out a niche for a message center. if you don't have a lot of room for a large kitchen desk, opt for a smaller counter-height message center that allows you to perch or sit if you need to. A few open shelves and a spot to plug in phones, a laptop and a printer and you've got what you need.
Gorgeous built-ins allow a couple to work together side by side or as partners in a home business. The clean lines and the gold and warm green tones of the space invite me to sit right down and start my work day.
Here's another equally appealing example of a small built-in desk that provides maximum efficiency and storage in an otherwise unused nook. There is semi-privacy for concentrated work by having the desk tucked deep into the nook, but it is still open and connected to the kitchen. Win-win.
For many, it's hard to concentrate with so much activity around. So the other version of an ideal home office is a separate space, permanent and highly organized, such as this built-in desk and shelving unit.
I am drooling over this efficient modern work space. It is open to the family life taking place around it, but is also a specialized area where concentrated work can get done. Custom design work is key to getting high performance from the smallest space — and it looks really good too.
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