Since covid we have had more and more requests to decorate home offices. We have realized that working in a space that feels empty, has no personality or has nothing in it can change our mood and make us start feeling depressed.
BEFORE
We believe that having the things we love around us can change the way our life projects forward. Organization and a place for everything, no clutter, artwork that makes us feel alive and textures that make our senses feel alive.
We recently redid an office for a client that needed it to function in two ways. One for reading and chilling and the other for working out and riding her Peloton. She wanted floor space as well as places to put her collections. She also requested storage for her books and workout stuff.
My client had a lot of items from her travels around the world, specifically from Cape Town, South Africa where she lived for part of her life. She requested that her office be decorated with those items. My job was to come up with ideas that made the room feel more collected rather than look like a tourist shop.
I came up with the idea to have a live edge shelf made for above the cane console. I liked the idea that this allowed us to layer items without making it look too cluttered. It also ditches the idea of bookshelves that every office has. The console allows for all her books to be behind closed doors.
A swivel chair is perfect for reading and chilling. An ottoman is coming soon. She has a reading lamp beside her too. The draperies are so cool as well.
These are the collages I put together for her so she could see the concept of the shelf and the console as well as the art selections, etc. I think it turned out pretty close, don’t you.
AFTER
When I found this mirror I knew it had to be incorporated into her space.
Isn’t the chandi from Morocco amazing?
The peloton bike is perfectly placed so she can look out her window while she pedals. The artwork was commissioned by a local artist. My client climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and took a photo at the top. The artist recreated the photo into a canvas piece and its fab. All framed up and it really is spectacular with everything else in the room.
She was so happy and excited to see how we made it all come together. We shopped around her house and used a lot of her accessories. It is certainly a place she will love to plop down to relax after she has a great workout, and that makes my heart happy.