Home office – make your own view!

So…if you don’t have fabulous windows, and you want to be inspired when you sit at your desk… the answer, as always, is ART!

It’s diversity that makes this look work.  Different shapes, different mediums, different colours.  Unless you’re a minimalist, (and let’s face it.. if you’re reading my blog, you’re not),  you need multiple focal points.  Activity ( by that I mean art in all it’s shapes and forms) at eye level, means activity (and by that I mean your everyday bits and pieces -read mess ) on your desk and other surface areas doesn’t strike a visually discordant note.  To put it simply.. if you’re a messy worker… make sure you have a really diverse galleria above the desk to balance it all out! ps. loving the extended light cord swung across the room.

If you’re not messy something like this can look amazing.  What I love about this is the inherent symmetry of the “squares within a square”, beautifully contrasting with an offset image.

I love vintage signs in an office….such a sense of history and a cool re-purposing.

By incorporating the wood storage (love it) and using a smattering / scattering of cool art the result is confidently quirky … a very relaxed feel without any sense of clutter.

Clever styling. Note how the desk gathering on the left, and draped pom poms (who doesn’t love a pom pom?) balances the offset collage on the wall.

Another cool re-purposing.  An old bed spring base works brilliantly within its own frame to hold any number of focal pieces.

I love this in so many ways… The beautiful symmetry of the pendants with the art, the pop of orange and yellow in an otherwise totally monochromatic setting, the lightness of the wire chair,  the trestle table desk….

And I love this for just as many opposing reasons!  Such a generous splash of loved images… the randomness of this look belies a beautifully considered layout.

Fabulous! I am in love with that fox print and the winged sheep! The beads on the round hook mix the overall look beautifully… the visible brown tape just works, and every office should have a feather quill.

Making your view an extension of your practical needs is always a cool and clever approach.

This is so beautiful!  I may never be able to live with such a controlled look… but that doesn’t mean I don’t love it!  That artwork is amazing.

Great vintage sign.

So…go big go small… go multiples with symmetry or multiples with asymmetry.   Find a piece that you love, it could be a drawing, a saying, a print or a book cover.  Start with that and group around it to make a view for yourself of things you love.  Images that lift your spirit or quotes that inspire you.  Whatever you do… don’t leave the wall blank.  That’s catching that is…. your mind will be next…