SPROWSTON DIRECTORY APRIL 2021

By Katherine Sorrell
Working from home may not be
all fun and games, but there is no
reason why your home office has to
be dull. Add some personal touches
and transform it into a space in which
you actually enjoy spending time.
To take your home office
to the next level, add some
abstract art, with prints
featuring organic shapes and
complementary monochrome
colours. Selection of framed
prints, desenio.com. è
Working from home at least gives
you more time to tend to your
plant collection. If you haven’t
got one, now’s the time to start.
Terracotta plant pots, from £2 each,
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Combine support and
style with an office chair
that raises and lowers to
a comfortable position,
swivels easily and looks
good enough to fit into
your overall room scheme.
Calgary office chair in faux
leather, £164.99,
lakeland-furniture.co.uk. è
A home office need
never be drab. Add
some colour with
well-chosen shades
of paint. Shown here:
Greek Blue, Louis Blue,
Giverny, Napoleonic
Blue and Athenian Black,
all £5.95 per 120ml,
anniesloan.com. è
ç Add a spot of cheerful colour in
the form of an adjustable desk lamp.
Ginaz table lamp, £25, www.diy.com.
A home office ‘glow up’
• Colour is important. If a particular colour
makes you feel happy – add it! If you don’t
want to go as far as painting the whole
room, just refresh the wall behind the desk
(that you spend the majority of your time
looking at) with a small pot of emulsion.
• You can also add colour in the form of
furniture and accessories, from an office
chair to the essential adjustable desk
lamp, as well as pen holders, clocks or
paperweights.
• Personalise the walls with your favourite
prints, posters, paintings and photographs.
For a formal look, frame them identically
and hang them symmetrically. Alternatively,
you could peg small pictures to a string,
stick postcards to a corkboard with
coloured drawing pins or prop them, facing
outwards, on a narrow shelf.
• It’s all about comfort, so make sure you’re
working at the right temperature. A small
desk fan for the summer may be useful,
while in the winter a heater can be an
essential. For an even cosier feel, choose a
woolly throw that looks pretty and feels soft.
• A few plants dotted here and there go a
long way to making an office feel more
homely. Increase the sensory experience
with a vase of fresh flowers, scented
candles or an aromatic diffuser.
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