Inspiration sought for study

4 years ago

Hello lovely people. After some more help again. I've just moved the furniture around in the study - again. It doesn't feel right and I don't know why. It's a very long, high ceilinged room and it just feels a bit unbalanced. I haven't moved the pictures around as I'm not sure where the furniture should go so they look a bit lost where they are just now. Can anyone give me an idea of where I'm going wrong?

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Jules Mc

4 years ago

Ha ha Hillary I've been a receptionist in the dim and distant past so maybe I had a touch of nostalgia! Love some of the other ideas here lots to try.

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Jules Mc
4 years ago
Are you specifically wanting to look out onto a lovely view? If not I would consider moving the desk so that you have space behind you and you are facing the door (the lhs on the landscape picture wall) of course that would then depend on when you work in the room and if the light coming in behind you window with radiator) would affect a laptop /computer screen.
This arrangement would break up the length of the room and you could leave the bookcase where it is or move it to the left of the other window.
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4 years ago
It needs 2 or 3 large artworks on the wall opposite your desk.
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Sonia
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I like the desk where it is, but everything else looks a bit squashed into one area. I think moving the bookcase to the middle of the long wall, behind the desk, would look better. Then dress the walls either side of the bookcase with photos or artwork.
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4 years ago
It’s a lovely sized room but currently the decor is very cold. Are you planning on keeping the office furniture? If not, it could certainly take a bigger desk, maybe centered in the room (at one end) rather than everything being against the wall. You may want to consider adding a small sofa and a warmer colour on the wall. Your bookshelf exposes your files - invest in some stylish book files to hide unsightly paperwork and give a uniform, stylish but still practical look. Your pictures are a little too small for the expanse of wall so consider larger artwork or perhaps a collage of favourite photos, again in larger frames. Large floor plants also help and are bang on trend at present. Rugs also help to break up the space and give warmth to bland decor. You can do so much with this room! Also you don’t mention how often this room is used. Is it occasional family use or a true working office? This will certainly have an impact on the design and ultimately how much time you want to spend in there! Good luck and post finished pictures so we can applaud your hard work :)
Hilary Wilde
Original Author
4 years ago
Thanks everyone, that's really helpful. It is a working office, my husband and I work from home a couple of days a week (not at the same time though) and my daughter also uses it for trumpet practice. The side window is East facing so the sun does stream through in the morning but there is a blind so it might be ok. I think I tried the desk in the middle of the room before but hubby said he felt like a receptionist. He also loves to look out of the window at all the wildlife. I might just try it again anyway :) I'll also try just moving the bookcase first. The office furniture needs to stay but I can definitely get more artwork and getting new files has been on my list for months. Where would you put a sofa? Where the bookcase is now or at the other end of the room? I think the dogs would love a sofa...
Maths Wife
4 years ago
I'd like to see a picture of the long window without the desk in front of it. It goes to the floor more or less doesnt' it? In which case, i'd move the desk to the plain wall opposite and put a large mirror over it to look at the reflections instead. The large mirror will break up the wall too. I get rid of all the pictures, they're all too small for the room.

Having bookcases with doors helps, as you don't see the contents on show.

Maybe a rug too, you can always put the carpet saver on top of that.

Change the armchair, put in a foot stool and arc lamp.

I'd go for a more 'Antique' vibe to suit the age of the building.

Painting the walls a good mid to dark blue will look great with the wooden furniture and the carpet.
Juliet Docherty
4 years ago
I would put the desk under the window of the short wall so you can see the lovely long window. Put the bookcase on the wall where the armchair is so its out of the way and put something like a long kelim rug along the long wall to create some interest.
Hilary Wilde
Original Author
4 years ago
Thanks Mrs Math, wow that looks amazing. Not sure if it's very me though so will ponder that colour. I'm not at home today but the window only goes down as far as you can see, there is a radiator below it. I'll take another pic when I get home. The window on the long wall has possibly the worst view in the house, it looks over to the bins but I just tend to look up at the trees instead :) Colourhappy, the window you suggest putting the desk in front of does have a lovely view out to the garden but there is a large radiator there too so wasn't wanting to have the desk up against it. I really wasn't sure about rugs in there as I thought it might look "bitty" but the long rug against the wall sounds good. I think I might have one in the house somewhere too. Thank you both!
Hilary Wilde
Original Author
4 years ago
Ok, so I've swung the desk around and taken another couple of pics. You are obviously not meant to see the back of the desk so that position is out. I do like the position of the furniture in your mock up Mrs M so I will try that out tomorrow. I've also attached a pic of the window currently in front of the desk, as well as my lovely view :)
Jules Mc
4 years ago
You see I do like it like that and the back of the desk would bother me, I'd prob just try and be a bit clever with the wiring and distract from the holes with a basket /planter or something. I'd also try the bookcase somewhere else and move the printer cabinet to where the bookcase is so you've not got a load of stuff behind thr desk but depends on if you're still thinking of a sofa. See what others think. And whether you like Math's wife's layout tomorrow. Good luck
Jules Mc
4 years ago
Wouldn't bother!! Flipping houzz app!
Emmanuelle
4 years ago
I like the desk position in the last picture! For some weird reason, when I work, I like to see the door... I hate having the door behind me!!
Maths Wife
4 years ago
I like that too Emmanuelle.........i'd have to cover the back of the desk with something though.

It leaves a lot of the room unused however, so i'd probably bring the desk forward a bit and also try the desk in the middle so that you can walk around both sides. It looks a little bunched up.

I think the rest of the room is too empty.

So i'd go with something more filled and plush looking like this:-
rinked
4 years ago
I'm with forza