Yesterday's DeskTops spotlight showcased a workspace which deviated from the typical hum-drum decor with a bold palette of colors and patterns. One of the easiest ways to add color into any room, but is often skipped over for home offices, is using wallpaper. And as you can see by this before and after, the results don't have to be so vibrant...there's beauty in subtle too.
Viv of design/home site, ish & chi impressed us with her ongoing home office update. Starting with a pleasant, but fairly neutral desk, she's since updated...dare we say "upgraded"...her walls with an assortment of pleasing details: wallpaper replacing singular artwork, a fun chevron lampshade, matching crumpled white waste bin, Eames Molded Plastic Armchair with Wood Dowel Base (which looks great, but isn't recommended as a task chair ergonomically speaking), a small collection of vases to hold her pens and pencils, and even a suitably small Tivoli Model One radio for her music listening pleasure.
"The study is a small little space but now it is also functional. There are folders to store magazines I use when I'm looking for inspiration for my blog, coloured pencils (I prefer these over the normal lead pencils) in cute little vases, the clipboards to hang bills or love letters and the lamp for some lighting because I usually write at night." - Ish & Chi continues her study makeover/Lustables
(Images: ish & chi)
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So I see a white MacBook in the before picture, but can someone tell me what that gray thing is in after photos?
lol...upgraded to reality?
It looks like an upside down baking sheet on something black. I can't tell though.
Nice office.
I see Eames chairs in lots of home office pictures. Is it just the armchair that isn't recommended as a task chair or all of the Eames Eiffel chairs? I was thinking of getting one for my office (not the armchair version).
@Aebell--
I have an Eames side chair that I sit in to sew, and a second one at my computer (I am so spoiled!). The computer chair is from Modernica (original molds, original material, not officially certified), and it's on a wheeled adjustable base, which makes it pretty awesome. The sewing chair is the official Herman Miller version, with a wire base - it's nice, but sometimes just not the right height. I really recommend an adjustable base for office use.
I love the feathery wall art!
Great Idea! A splash of paper instead of paint! That's exciting.
I hadn't thought about wallpaper in my little desk corner until reading this article.
The before looks more clean and organized, the after looks like stuff thrown there like "just in case i need it"
i love lamp <3