Soon after moving to the Bay Area in 2007, Ryan Meis and Sarah Labieniec collaborated on a letterpress announcement for friends and family announcing their new digs. They enjoyed their collaboration so much, they founded Lab Partners to continue to explore their shared creative passions. With a focus on design and illustration, Sarah and Ryan approach visuals with a combination of imagination, storytelling, and craft, all reflected in their workspace and their playlist below...

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Have you ever heard the opinion ceilings should always be white? Or that there's a secret formula for the optimal number of throw pillows? Why play by the standards of long-gone generations of amateur decorators when you can start anew with a fresh set of un-rules for how to set up your space, especially when it comes to your home office?

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Did you see J. Crew's bespectacled executive creative director, Jenna Lyons, gracing the cover of the most recent issue of Fast Company in her signature androgynous style? Alongside focusing on the ins and outs of how Lyons has helped build the brand into a force in fashion, we get a peek inside her New York offices in 360 degrees, an office described as a "cross between a boudoir and an artist's loft"...

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Thrift shopping doesn't need to be a last resort. Just ask Macklemore. And you can find way more than a velour jumpsuit at your local resale spot. When you need some new gear to outfit your home office, head to the thrift store (or the online equivalent, Etsy) first to find a bargain on pieces with cool vintage style like this cute little Czechoslovakian rotary phone above...

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Floating desks have long been our go-to recommendation for anyone looking to fit a workspace where regular sized desks have no business treading. Some floating desk setups are expansive, but others like this sliding drawer IKEA+Dell Inspiron Zino HD system cram in as much utility within the equivalent space of a typical desk drawer...

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Fortune smiled on me recently. I was on the hunt to upgrade my task chair and I happened upon a used Herman Miller Aeron chair for around $300 on Craigslist. Since Herman Miller dealers provide new replacement parts, I set out to refurbish the old Aeron chair to nearly new condition. Here's a step-by-step guide for replacing a worn-out Aeron seat and back rest...

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Whenever I’m stressed while working, I find myself sitting in an odd, bunched-up position, or crouched over my desk. Sitting with bad posture is definitely not ideal for anyone who works off at a computer 80% of the time. Here are a couple of elements I would use to create an ergonomic work space. More

Name: Aline Lorieri
Location: Gold Coast, Australia

Cute, colorful, and on a budget. Aline and her husband recently moved to a new apartment and set out to make their new house a home, with her sights specifically set upon setting up the home office of her dreams. She didn't let a modest budget stop her from imbuing her workspace with style uniquely her own, using IKEA furnishings as the canvas, washi tape as decorative "paint"...

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It used to be desktop organizers only had to accommodate for sheets of paper, pens, and maybe a few paperclips. These days, we're more prone to worry where to park our smartphone or our wireless mouse once we're done for the day. The STATION Caddy above is an example of traditional material shaped for the tech needs of today, slotted to fit an iPhone, alongside a myriad of other home office items that would otherwise be cluttering your desk area...

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