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Mood boards are collections of things that inspire you…and as such crucial!!! If an image, colour, fabric, shape or texture grabs the attention of the right hand side of your brain… don’t put it in a drawer! Nurture it… add to it. Put in a drawer and your right side will never think of it again, and the left side will ignore it or file it further away. If you don’t like a loose relaxed look…. give it some order, place it inside a frame or on a straight line. You’ll find it automatically colour co-ordinates itself anyway. However you do it… do it. For without inspiration, ideas and dreams, our homes and ourselves stagnate and wither.
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Good lighting in your home office is a must… and there’s no reason why it can’t look great on and off. Absolutely loving the long industrial pendant… fab!
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Hanging a cool pendant very low adds to your light and your look!
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Dual pendants give great individual lighting and have a gorgeous aesthetic.
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My favourite desk lighting would be … the humble desk light of course! Fantastic for directional lighting… and just a stunning design.
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Love love love a yellow attachable desk lamp!
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And two is twice as nice.. and twice as groovy!
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Suspended from the ceiling… v. cool
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And hello??? The mothership of home office directional lighting!
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Everything about this vintage desk lamp is fantastic… check the fastening harware.. yum!
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Probably not as effective… but cute.
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Ditto…
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Mixing it up is always a great look. How fab is this with two entirely different light sources?
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My fave combo…
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It’s very easy for a home office to be an array of uninteresting black and white … fight against this! Think brightly coloured art that draws the eye up and away from the desk mess.
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Or play with your furniture… a desk chair in a vibrant colour changes the look immediately… and opens up the opportunity for other colours to be introduced.
btw… how fab is that pink pig??
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Even your very practical storage pieces can be focal pieces with some well chosen colour.
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Loving the red trim and multi coloured labels on this bureau!
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While full bookshelves can be given new life with coloured folders
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Then you can have a purely aesthetic colour injection like these great letters.
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Or.. my personal favourite… bombard your space with colour!
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Finally, flowers aren’t only for the front hall or dining table. Bring in some fresh bunches of loveliness to brighten up your work space.
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If you want to love your office, then you have to make good decisions. Pick furniture that suits your needs and your taste. But remember form follows function… so the practical needs must be met first! How gorgeous is this vintage swivel chair??
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Don’t be scared of large pieces in small spaces… but if you do have an oversized piece and you’re not after the overflow boho look, then minimise your other elements.
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I love this desk. Visually light, cute practical storage and a fun splash of colour.
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Ladder love… but holding a rug in a study is a little unnecessary (?), I hang my fabrics and trim on mine… They’re also great for business periodicals.
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If lots of storage is required at hand.. then choose something you are happy to have dominate the room, like this fab vintage cupboard.
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Easily my favourite style of desk. The trestle table doesn’t sit heavily in the room. Many desks look like big blobs drawing all the attention and sucking all the visual space out of the room. If you have the traditional heavy covered desk… you want to be a good stylist and have a good space to play with.
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Love this vintage black one! The only issue with a trestle is no drawers or inbuilt storage… but that can be behind you, to the side… even visible underneath…
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Coloured filing on wheels … practical and cute.
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Making or re- purposing your own desk or table means you’ll love yourself as much as your office.
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A custom built desk can ensure you make the very most of your space.
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Or… it can just be beautiful and express you!
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A quirky addition, like this hammock can give the humble office area a real lift… and perfect for power naps!
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If you have more than one person using the space… symmetry can be a great friend. Note the lamps, pendants, desks and shelving.
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Or have two quite different styles complementing each other…. I love this look.
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If you’re lucky enough to be a designer or architect… you’re halfway there already with the beautiful lines of a drawing desk.
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…
Such an important room! And so often it just evolves … but if you spend a bit of time… maybe a little $$ (!) you can have a space that is really conducive to getting things done.
Over the next few posts I’ll go through the different elements of the home office… and how you can make yours somewhere you actually want to go to!
But today… let’s get inspired by those who have gorgeous windows in their office space… and have used them really well!
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Loving all Industrial windows!
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And these ones in particular!
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With an outlook like that I need a wee sheepskin and a mug of hot choccy.
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Well named! This is a dream studio… Imagine the changes of the light throughout the day… beautiful!
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Just wow…
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I want to be her.. but sans cat!
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Another amazing space…the walls and windows are glorious.
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Love love love!
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V. cool
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What a tree to be able to gaze at..
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A lovely use of a corner window.
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I mean… c’mon!
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I love this look. A real sense of order and capacity… whilst being light and bright.
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Love the use of this narrow conservatory space! Always such sweet spaces, with those gorgeous wee window panes… and so rarely used to good effect.
Don’t be depressed! Next post we’ll cover creating your own view!
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Books! Have I mentioned how great books look? If you have boxes of them taking up space and a room that lacks character…then bring the two together!
A great bookcase can make a room… see the amazing space above. That would have to be one of the coolest dining rooms I’ve seen. Love the ladder!
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Which means you can access all the videos I’ve been making ( …yes, the making of them look just like this ) that I can’t upload on the blog. Finally! The videos are a fun mix of gorgeous images and tips…and so far we have…
Chalkboard walls
Multiple mirrors in bathrooms
Trunks and old suitcases
Stencilled floorboards
Decorative ladders
Quirky bedside tables
Pendants in bedrooms
Organised hallways
Hanging a wall gallery (very handy tips!!!)
Not hanging prints
White painted floorboards
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I’ve also been able to load up on Facebook lots of photo albums I’ve compiled…
21 so far and counting! …including room makeovers.
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Ria FitzGerald has worked as an interior stylist in Melbournes inner east for the past twelve years.
Now based on the Bellarine Peninsula, Ria continues to offer in-home styling consultations for both the visual and the practical elements of your home, renovation and colour consulting and event styling.
Rias work can be seen featured regularly in Home Beautiful Magazine.
\"The I want I want I want! blog is a weekday (ish!) update with reviews of the best online homewares shopping, styling tips, peeks into my favorite homes and commentary on design, interiors and art.
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