Design Files: Working From Home

It seems like every family I know has someone working from home right now—whether it’s you, your spouse, or your kids— so at-home work space is in high demand. If you’re lucky enough to have a dedicated office space in your home, you may be thinking about how you can make it a more functional and aesthetically pleasing place to work. If your spouse is working from your living room and taking conference calls on speakerphone all day, you might be trying to figure out how to create a new home workspace (with a door that closes).

I rounded up some of my favorite office inspirations below and also combed the internet for the best desks and office accessories you can buy to make your office (or guest bedroom / kids’ room / corner in your living room) an easier and more enjoyable place to work.

design: Josh Young

design: Apparatus Studio

design: Alyssa Kapito Interiors

design: Aerin Lauder | photo: Francois Halard for Vogue

design: Jenny Keenan | photo: Julia Lynn

design: Athena Calderone and Elizabeth Roberts | photo: Sarah Elliott

The most important piece of furniture for your home office should be functional and also ideally nice to look at — here are a few desks I’m loving in a variety of styles, sizes and price points (as low as $150!):

Accessories are a low cost way to upgrade your desk and bring a little joy to your workspace. I think that acrylic stapler might actually make me happy to file my paperwork.

If you could use some professional advice on planning out a dedicated space in your house for a home office, I’d love to help! You can send me an inquiry here. Hope everyone is staying healthy and sane at home!

xo
Lindsey

Bedside Sconce Roundup

The Eduard Sconce by Schoolhouse Electric as seen in my Kent Street Project

There are so many things I love about a bedside sconce. It’s a practical option if you’re short on space, but I like to use them even in rooms with nightstands large enough for lamps. Sconces free up valuable surface area on your nightstands for pretty things and provide more directional light than lamps, which is especially useful when one partner is a night owl and one goes to sleep at 9pm. They are functional, beautiful, and can work in any style of room.

You might shy away from sconces if you don’t want to pay for an electrician to wire for them, and while I love the look of a hard-wired sconce, there are a lot of attractive plug-in options available now too, making sconces an option for everyone (even if you’re renting!) I rounded up some of my favorite bedside sconces in a variety of styles and price points. Scroll on down to check out my selections.

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Looking for more lighting options? Check out my Pinterest lighting page here.

xo
Lindsey