Name: Aya
Location: Bellevue, Washington
This home office/creative space has come a long ways since we moved into our 70's home over 3 years ago. Since it's located in our basement, we replaced the old orange carpeting with white Tundra flooring from IKEA to brighten up the space. We chose a soft, soothing gray for the accent wall, which added a nice back drop for the white floating shelves where we can display our favorite objects.
We selected mostly white furniture except for the wooden bookshelf that we already had. We wanted the accessories in the room to act as splashes of color. We chose a large white work table in the center of the room, where art supplies are always available for our boys.
The large painting is a piece I painted with leftover wall paint that was inspired from a fabric swatch. The foam boards below the shelves are the perfect spot to hang kids artwork or inspiration. This space has been a great place express our creativity and be inspired!
Thanks for sharing, Aya!
Images: Aya Ishihara
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Lovely and clean. Is that felt on the accent wall?
So beautiful and calming. Excellent job!
Nice ideas! Lovely.
I'm jealous of the high ceilings & big windows! My basement is really more of a cellar & it has the steam pipes running thru it, so only my kids can stand up without bonking their heads.
Great job on your office & art space. I don't imagine it will stay that neat & white for long :)
Breathtaking and inspiring. I love the long work surface row along the wall coupled with the table floating in the middle. It is similar to the work space I envisioned for myself. I love everything about this space!
Its always the simple things... I just love the pens and pencils lined up in the white cups!
Amazing! Love the posting board behind the desk. May I know where did you get that from?
The board behind the desk is acoustic foam. It can be found on cb2.com. Thanks for your comments!