5 Stylish New Home Offices

5 Stylish New Home Offices

The most important details in this text are the five functional and fashionable home office setups designed by Sarah Cummings of Hillside Manor Decor in Bethesda, Maryland. These setups feature a work surface, storage, a comfortable chair and an atmosphere conducive to productivity. The desk features glass shelving and a neutral finish that replicates a soft creamy linen shade washed over a lighter wood tone. The lounge chair is leather and the walls are pale gray. The oversize custom etagere features a matte taupe finish and provides storage and display space for a printer, documents, books, photos and artwork.

The trick to decorating is often complete subtraction and selective addition. To quote Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, less is more. Perry Walter of Walter Studio Interior Design and Greg Alsterlund of McDonald Remodeling both designed a home office for a real estate agent in Lake Keowee, South Carolina. The main feature is the rich wood tones from the Douglas fir vaulted ceiling and European plank wood floors. Other special features include custom dark-stained built-in cabinets, a Saarinen executive armchair upholstered in palm green fabric, a turquoise lamp, and a chaise lounge in a nearby corner. Additionally, a walnut-topped desk allows two people to work at the same time, dark blue built-in cabinets combine file drawers, flip cabinets and open display space, refinished tongue-and-groove ceiling, undercabinet lighting, base cabinets hide miscellaneous electronics, undercounter raceways hide wires, and corkboard wraps the wall above the countertops.