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Wonderful Writing Rooms Designed to Nurture Creativity
Penning your autobiography or writing a novel? Here are 11 ideas for writing rooms certain to get the creative juices flowing
There are so many ways and areas in which you can fashion a little writing nook. Browse these inspiring spaces that allow the imagination to run wild.
Look to the writing on the wall
Sometimes, staring at a wall is the best seat in the house when you’re trying to concentrate – especially when it’s decorated with pages from your favourite book.
See more inventive ways with wallpaper that will make you look twice
Sometimes, staring at a wall is the best seat in the house when you’re trying to concentrate – especially when it’s decorated with pages from your favourite book.
See more inventive ways with wallpaper that will make you look twice
Take a laid-back approach
If you’re anything like me, you enjoy a more laid-back approach to writing. I often reject the desk and chair, preferring a more comfortable setting to let the words flow. This upstairs nook with a daybed and bay window would suit me just fine.
If you’re anything like me, you enjoy a more laid-back approach to writing. I often reject the desk and chair, preferring a more comfortable setting to let the words flow. This upstairs nook with a daybed and bay window would suit me just fine.
Feel cosy and comfy
Creating a warm and inviting atmosphere in which to work might encourage you to spend more time there. Hours can be spent labouring over a title for your novel, so you want to ensure you have that buttery soft armchair to sink into, or even a little heater at your feet for when it gets cold.
Creating a warm and inviting atmosphere in which to work might encourage you to spend more time there. Hours can be spent labouring over a title for your novel, so you want to ensure you have that buttery soft armchair to sink into, or even a little heater at your feet for when it gets cold.
Make it personal
To be inspired, it’s important to feel comfortable in your writing room and surround yourself with the things you love. As well as your favourite books, your artwork, music, hand-me-down furniture and pictures of loved ones can help to remind you of what makes life meaningful.
To be inspired, it’s important to feel comfortable in your writing room and surround yourself with the things you love. As well as your favourite books, your artwork, music, hand-me-down furniture and pictures of loved ones can help to remind you of what makes life meaningful.
Opt for clean and simple
If you’re easily distracted and find the most obscure ways to procrastinate, it might be worth making your writing room a simple space instead. Minimalist décor and neutral tones will let your mind focus on converting your thoughts into the written word.
If you’re easily distracted and find the most obscure ways to procrastinate, it might be worth making your writing room a simple space instead. Minimalist décor and neutral tones will let your mind focus on converting your thoughts into the written word.
Create a room with a view
When it’s just you and the blank page on your screen, it’s nice to be able to look out and bring yourself back to reality with a view of the outside world. I can imagine writers such as Mark Twain and Rudyard Kipling being inspired by this view while writing their classics.
When it’s just you and the blank page on your screen, it’s nice to be able to look out and bring yourself back to reality with a view of the outside world. I can imagine writers such as Mark Twain and Rudyard Kipling being inspired by this view while writing their classics.
Keep it light and bright
For a happy workspace, it’s important to keep it light and bright. This high-ceilinged room with tall windows lets in ample sunlight. And check out the old-school typewriter on the desk – very Jack Kerouac!
For a happy workspace, it’s important to keep it light and bright. This high-ceilinged room with tall windows lets in ample sunlight. And check out the old-school typewriter on the desk – very Jack Kerouac!
Detach yourself
If you’re writing at home, you may feel the need to separate your work space from your home life. A detached studio could be the answer to making you feel you can retreat to your ‘blank space’. Whether it’s making better use of your garden shed or refurbishing a garage, you can customise the room to make it feel like it just belongs to you.
Check out these 11 inspiring garden rooms
If you’re writing at home, you may feel the need to separate your work space from your home life. A detached studio could be the answer to making you feel you can retreat to your ‘blank space’. Whether it’s making better use of your garden shed or refurbishing a garage, you can customise the room to make it feel like it just belongs to you.
Check out these 11 inspiring garden rooms
Open yourself up to the elements
If you do opt for a detached studio, why not make it possible to open it up to nature? During the warmer months of the year, you don’t want to feel as if you’re missing out on summer fun while you’re stuck indoors at the mercy of your keyboard.
If you do opt for a detached studio, why not make it possible to open it up to nature? During the warmer months of the year, you don’t want to feel as if you’re missing out on summer fun while you’re stuck indoors at the mercy of your keyboard.
Stay connected
While some writers prefer complete isolation, others work well with the hum of the household nearby. A mezzanine overlooking the home’s living and kitchen areas provides the perfect view for some, and will create a feeling of connection.
TELL US…
Are you currently writing at home? How have you set up your room so the words flow? Let us know in the Comments below.
While some writers prefer complete isolation, others work well with the hum of the household nearby. A mezzanine overlooking the home’s living and kitchen areas provides the perfect view for some, and will create a feeling of connection.
TELL US…
Are you currently writing at home? How have you set up your room so the words flow? Let us know in the Comments below.
You might be surprised where you can find space for a little writing nook at home. Perhaps you could fit a small desk among your book collection, where you can see the names of your favourite authors surrounding you, as inspiration to get through one more chapter before a break?