It’s official: our home office is complete! It’s nice to finally have a dedicated workspace in our home. Before purchasing our house, our home office was always a dual space – office and guest room – which wasn’t the most convenient setup.
We started our office renovation by removing the wall-to-wall carpeting and installing hardwood floors. Adding the wood flooring helped bring warmth into the space and gave it a fresh, clean appearance. We then added new, thicker moulding to match the main space moulding in the rest of house. We replaced our outdated light fixture with a modern brass fixture, tying in the brass/gold tones used in the rest of our home.
The change that had the most impact in this office space is the grid wall. We wanted to create a backdrop wall behind our desk that would add depth and interest to the room, with a professional feel. We are working from home more than ever and it’s nice to have a dedicated workspace you actually want to spend time in. For more details on the grid wall, check out the blog post here: https://www.bridgettealexandrablog.com/board-and-batten-grid-wall/
My goal for our office was to give it a moody vintage, yet modern vibe by bringing in some dark colors and warmer tones. I decided to paint the grid wall the same color as our sunroom, Sherwin Williams® Urbane Bronze. I like to keep consistency with paint colors throughout our home by using 2-3 paint colors, max. This gives your home a cohesive design. Then use your decor as statement pieces to differentiate the style of your room.
Since it is very expensive to furnish an entire home at one time, we decided to find budget-friendly options and have one splurge item in the room to balance the space out. For our office, we went with a simple desk that had lighter wood tones on the writing surface and a modern simplistic base to keep the room feeling spacious and open.
We then flanked the window with bookshelves. We found these very affordable industrial pipe shelves that helped keep that open space feel, but also brought the element of old vintage furniture so that everything doesn’t feel ‘brand new’. To bring in some warmer tones, I found this cognac suede office chair that looks like faux leather and I LOVE it. It met our needs on style and function without a huge price tag.
The last element to tie the space all together was our area rug. This was our splurge item! I was searching for an area rug that had light and dark neutrals with a mix of rust tones. The rug added in some pattern and texture and helped tie in the mix of wood tones that I used.
We are so happy with how it turned out and really enjoy working in our new space! I hope our office inspires you to create a work space you love.
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