I’m a big fan of mirrors and framed art propped on the floor
great coffee table
love this home office
So what do you think? There are elements I really like but could I live there? I don’t know…
via Lantliv
A truly unusual loft space – what do you think
A month by month plan to get your home storage organized
Better Homes and Gardens released this storage organization guide recently and I thought it’d be a good thing to share. I should have posted it early, and from now on I’ll post each month’s schedule withing the first week of the month. To read the whole storage plan on BHG, click here.
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January is all about the home office. Here is what they suggest doing:
•Create a Mail Station. Set up mailboxes on a desk, wall, or bulletin board. Or give each member of your family his or her own labeled box, bin, or slot.
•Stay on Schedule. Hang a large monthly calendar in a spot everyone can see and use it. Choose a paper calendar or dry-erase version, and encourage everyone to write important events, deadlines, and reminders.
•Organize Office Supplies. Outfit a desk drawer near your main working area with a divided tray or multiple small bins. Limit the number of office supplies in each compartment. Label each compartment with an adhesive label.
•Get Rid of Junk. Test all writing utensils. Toss everything that doesn’t work perfectly. Group similar items (pens, pencils, markers, etc) in canisters for easy access.
Of course, you can always go way more in detail, but I think their suggestions are a nice starting point.
I adore this choclate office, and I’m a huge fan of baskets.
via Southern Living
The modular desk systems and home office styling ideas from Pottery Barn are an organization junkies dream. …one day…
via Pottery Barn
love me an inspiration board
via Traditional Home
A super glam office
A Herman-Miller studio.
sweet, sweet sleep – in a beautiful bedroom
Here in Maryland we had a blizzard that left over a foot of snow in a matter of hours. Yuck. The gloom outside makes it so hard to get up in the morning. I just want to sleep and not wake until i can look out the window and the weather be sunny and in the 70s all week. Agree?
so simple and pretty
I’m loving the deep hues being used only in the bedding – it makes the room super versatile.
Great home office – and great bedroom – but I’d be too tempted to take naps with my bed so close to my desk.
via Casa Diez
Lovely work spaces whatever your work may be
I do light sewing but plan to really learn more over the next two years. A room devoted to sewing would be divine.
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so elegant! via Elle Decor
One of my fav. home offices of all time. This space proves that even a garage can be pretty. The track lighting just makes the beams look industrial chic!
via Ish and Chi
I really like these filing cabinets from Crate and Barrel
An unused closet can make a small but functional home office.
via BHG
Good organizing accessories also make your space pretty and functional. This nifty laptop organizer, and this adorable teacup supply organizer are from Emmo Home.
Beautiful entryways you haven’t seen before
well…I hope these are new to you…
A close up of the hall above
Great magazine display!
via Casa Diez
A prelude to Spring
I feel like every year I’m ready for spring a little bit sooner. This year is no exception. I can’t remember the last time the sky was blue. Hopefully these pictures can help us remember what spring looks like.
Beautiful photos from the talented Lara Rossignol. Check out her blog, Piewacket
via House Doctor
So beautiful – green!
via Nikreations
Isn’t that chandelier with the greenery great? It’d be a great idea for a wedding outdoors in a tent or barn.
via Elle Decor
I love kid drawings
pretty pretty pretty – a few great houses from a new online decorating magazine
Domino may be gone, but god opened a window and has graced us with a handful of really great new online decorating and interior design magazines. These pretty houses are from an Australian newcomer called Adore. If you like what you see – go straight to the source – the Adore Magazine site.
I ADORE the throw on that bed!
I have those candlestick holders! They are from Black and Blum
Happy weekend! An eclectic San Francisco house tour!
I’m sure some of you are familiar with Victoria from SFGirlByBay, her lovely blog. Her style is a blend of eclectic, modern retro, and vintage. See below.
By the way, this house tour comes to you from a great new online mag called Rue – check it out!
Home offices with just the right balance of personality and productivity
It’s not easy to strike the perfect balance in one’s home office. Make it too cozy and filled with personal objects and you might end up using your desk to curl up with a good book or flip through photo albums. Make it too industrial and sterile and..well, feel like you’re back in a cubicle. It’s important to make your work space pleasing to you, and while everyone’s ideal work set up is different, you have to have the tools of your trade on hand and a comfortable arrangement that allows you to hunker down and focus without distraction.
Here are some spaces that seem to have the balance down…
Perfect…beautiful…need I say more?
Plants add some life and homeyness, the ample shelving creates space for supplies, and the unorthodox desk combines function and beauty.
For some people less is more. Give them a huge desk and every inch of surface space will be occupied with stuff, leaving no space to work. This desk is clever because it has minimal surface space for accumulating clutter, but a leaf underneath pulls out for work surface.
I use a table as a desk as in the above image, because I’m able to keep things organized and most of the surface stays bare, which gives me enough room alongside my computer to spread out my magazines and/or sketch.
This space gets it’s warmth from a hutch that looks well-loved.
What works for you in a home office?
via LivingEtc.