Trending Now: 10 Ideas From the Most Popular Home Workspaces
Here’s design inspiration whether you work full time from home, love to craft or need an organized home command center
Setting up a home office requires careful thought about how you work and what you need — electronic equipment such as printers, outlets and charging stations where you need them, file drawers, room for supplies, desktop space and comfort. The most popular photos of home workspaces this year included dedicated home offices, art and design studio space, home command central nooks and guest rooms that double as home offices. Here are ideas from the most popular new photos of home workspaces this past quarter, measured by how many users added them to their ideabooks.
2. Provide a comfy spot. Yes, it’s important to have a serious desk workstation in a home office, but it’s a perk to have a window seat, armchair or sofa where you can get comfortable for extended reading or talking on the phone. Here, a window seat provides a sunny spot for this.
3. Tailor your furniture. In her home workspace, interior designer Victoria Hopkins created a modular wall storage unit out of individual pieces from Ikea. Readers were drawn to her mix of bright colors and a jungle print that repeats in the pillow, seat, light fixture and window treatments in this office-studio space.
Learn more about this office
Learn more about this office
4. Make the most of a nook. Especially make the most of a nook with a window. This efficient desk has ample storage (including a file drawer) and workspace and enjoys a view. Look to wasted spaces in kitchens, mudrooms, bedrooms and hallways for opportunities to install a workstation.
This spot also popped up on the most-popular list. It’s an efficient space within a kitchen. (See it in context here.) The kitchen can be a good place for what we call home command central, where you can keep track of schedules, home maintenance, bills and meal planning.
5. Make your guest room do double duty. This Texas guest room has style inspired by the homeowners’ home country of Nigeria and other African nations. Thanks to a comfortable pullout sofa tucked in an alcove and a walk-in closet, there’s plenty of space for the room to serve as both home office and guest room.
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Learn more about this room
6. Plan smart built-ins. Houzzers have been chatting about plans for home office built-ins on the discussion boards and in story comments. Modern-day considerations include concealed spots for electronic equipment such as printers, plentiful outlets and charging stations for devices.
A mix of painted and black walnut cabinets makes for some beautiful built-ins in this popular home workspace. Note the mix of open bookshelves and cabinet doors on top. A mix of cabinets and open shelves allows for concealing the unsightly things and leaving room to admire favorite books and objects.
Browse home office storage furniture
Browse home office storage furniture
7. Put up a pinboard. We’ve all gone so digital that sometimes I wonder if the next generation will even know what a pushpin is. This pinboard, cut out like a map, is the perfect place to pin up corresponding travel memories. We also love bulletin boards for saving favorite fabric and wallpaper swatches, keeping track of invites and displaying postcards, tickets and fortune cookie predictions. Also, the queen cat pillow in here makes me laugh every time I look at it, so I am compelled to acknowledge it.
8. Make room for two. Whether you and your partner like to work together, your kids need homework space or you need room for an assistant or a colleague, setting up for two or more can make working at home easier. Even if you prefer not to work in the room at the same time, you’ll have your own space for spreading out and organizing with the tools you need close at hand.
9. Consider a corner desk. Corner desks offer expansive worktop space reachable with a simple swivel of the chair.
Find a desk for your home office
Find a desk for your home office
10. Trick out an outbuilding. This light-filled studio had some Houzzers drooling with envy. Flat files, a cutting station, rolling carts full of supplies, bookshelves and all those windows had many of us dreaming of a home workspace like this. Clearly this space is aspirational for most of us, but it can also inspire you to make space for your own creative pursuits.
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In this home office, the placement of the desk is in the middle of the room but it has wood flooring directly beneath it, which means an outlet can be placed in the floor under or next to it. The cart to the right also ensures that if a cord needs to be extended to the adjacent wall, it won’t be a tripping hazard.