Can you have a pink home office without it looking like ‘Barbie’s Dreamhouse’? Absolutely! Here is our project reveal of a chic, elegant, and very much PINK, ladies home office…
Read MorePocket Sized Cozy Library Reveal
This cozy pocket sized library and home office space is the perfect solution for these book-loving empty nesters in their newly built home…here is a peek at the design process and the photos of the finished space…
Read MoreCreating a Chic, Elegant Home Office
WFH never looked so good! Come take a peek at a home office project in progress with fun, feminine flair…
Read MoreThe Top 5 Must-Haves for your Home Office
One of the trends that has arisen, out of necessity, over the last year is a home office space. Home offices are being used for both work from home and remote learning situations right now…
Just like the design of any room, designing a home office should begin with a list of what needs to happen in there. Ask yourself these questions:…
Read MoreFall 2020 One Room Challenge Overdue Office Overhaul Reveal!
So this is FINALLY, the reveal post for the One Room Challenge project #OOO (overdue office overhaul)! It’s been quite a ride…ready to see?
Read MoreOne Room Challenge Project #OOO Week 5
Welcome to week 5 of the One Room Challenge - challenge being the operative word! This is only my second time participating. I brilliantly picked a pandemic year to jump into this challenge….might as well add a little more chaos to life, why not, right? …
Read MoreOne Room Challenge Project #OOO Week 4
Week 4 of the Overdue Office Overhaul is here…whaaat??? Holy cow, I’m going to be working out of this office space soon…This week the cleaning out has reached NEARLY the end and soon it will be all done and clean and ready for paint. It has been quite the archeological dig…I
Read MoreOne Room Challenge Project #OOO Week 3
Yikes! This is the halfway mark of the Fall 2020 6 week One Room Challenge to redo my office and I’m feeling the crunch! I came across this pinned to a bulletin board during my great office purge of 2020 and it sums up how I’m feeling…
Read MoreWorking From Home
Working from home isn’t easy if you have a houseful and especially if are not set up with a private office…yet. You might be working from the sofa or the dining table, or an emergency setup in your bedroom….Having a few things that streamline the essentials is key to making this temporary solution work…
Read MoreCreating the Perfect Home Office
There are a lot of things to think through when designing a home office. Whether you use the space to work full time from home or just as an organizational hub for volunteer and household activities, it needs to be functional. BUT it also needs to be attractive - especially if it is adjacent to the public rooms in the house.
Read MoreHome Sweet Office
With the advent of technology and our increasingly interconnected society, the possibility and plausibility of working from home is rapidly rising. Documents can be shared and worked on cooperatively in cloud applications, and meetings and brainstorming sessions can be held via video conferencing. Even if a home office is not a primary work space for you, it is likely at least a part time work space and a location from which to manage personal finances and household activities. There are many advantages of an office at home, and let’s face it, you can’t beat the commute!
But all offices, whether at home or in a commercial setting, should be both functional and inspiring.
Read MoreSeen Around Town: Ballard Designs New Retail Store
FINALLY! After years of poring over the Ballard Designs catalog and absorbing the pretty vignettes, the catalog has come to life right here in New England! A new Ballard Designs retail store has opened at the Natick Mall. It is a breath of fresh design air after years of proliferating Pottery Barn and Restoration Hardware stores. While the quality level and prices are all similar, the ingredients are a bit more classical than Pottery Barn and a bit more varied than Restoration Hardware.
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