Oh I long for a house full of clear surfaces!
Unfortunately our house, while lovely, is just a little too small for the four of us and all our ‘stuff’. So I have a feeling my surfaces will always be a little bit cluttered while we’re still here.
I’m working on chipping away at our clutter and clearing off at least some of the surfaces, but it’s a real work in progress.
In the meantime I’m starting to daydream about a new house, and a little space of my one.
In this dream house, my office is tucked away in an attic room where I could get some peace and quiet, and have the best views in the house of the sea. Well, I need inspiration!
Here’s what else my perfect home office would have:
- A lovely big desk to work at, with plenty of space for a computer, various papers and a large mug of coffee.
- A coffee machine, so I wouldn’t have to venture down to the kitchen when I needed a caffeine fix. Seeing as we’re talking ‘dream office’ here I’m picturing a really fancy bean to cup machine to make serious coffee for serious work!
- Speaking of coffee, I’d have a little collection of fun and pretty mugs just for my office. Most likely with quotes from my favourite tv programmes on them!
- A proper filing cabinet so that I could get all my paperwork in order and start to feel more organised. And a bookshelf for more storage and maybe to put a few pretty things to brighten up the room.
- A giant whiteboard! Seriously, I would have a huge one on the wall so that I could scribble down all my ideas and plans where I could see them all the time.
- On the same note, I’d have a big pinboard so that I could create a dream board to focus on all the other things I want to create in this life!
- At one end of the room I’d have a super comfy sofa. I know, I know this is meant to be my office, a place to go and get work done, but let’s get real, I’d need to take the odd break, to flick through a magazine (for inspiration of course!).
- Actually, this is my little haven, so I would install a blackout blind from VELUX so I could curl up on my sofa and take a sneaky daytime nap now and then!
- Big, framed photos of my family. I’m picturing this office as being quite clean and white, with beautiful clear surfaces, but I don’t think I could work that well in a completely blank space. I need some colour and life in there to get the creativity flowing. So I would have big photos of my family on the walls to bring that joy to the room.
- Some artwork or quote prints. I wouldn’t quite go so far as to put up one of those motivational posters that you see in offices (like Barney has all over the walls in his office in How I met your mother), but some positive and fun quotes on the walls would be great to keep me inspired to work!
I’ve created a Pinterest board where I’m starting to pin all sorts of things that I would love to have in my dream office. Go and check it out! I’m hoping that it might act as virtual dream board for me and give me something to aim for!
Do you have a special place in your home that’s just for you, either to work in or just to escape to? What would your dream space be like?
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Oh I have my own little space envy too as I sit here with laptop perched on my lap – though I am sat in my conservatory and the sun is shining so I’m not complaining too much and i’ve lit a candle – candle and scent obsessed – really helps the workspace environment feel right! Pinterest gives me so many ideas about workspaces but I then spend too long on their being really unproductive! Hope you get your dream house and dream space soon! #BloggerClubUK
Haha, that’s the problem with Pinterest, you get sucked in! Love the sound of your candle-scented conservatory! x
I would love my own space instead of a sitting on my living room, or at my kitchen table! We are squished into a 2 bedroom flat, so there is no room for me. Your ideas all sound fab, I hope that one day you get your own space. Claire x #BloggerClubUK
Thank you, I hope you get some space for you too! x
I love the sound of an attic office. Your dream space sounds lovely. I would love a little space on the house just for me too. Maybe one day hey!xx #TheList
We can both dream can’t we! x
No toys in the living room, that really is the dream!
I found my dream house recently and it has a beautiful office that I would adore. I’m thinking lots of white and grey, a few floral hints and some sort of sofa in the corner. Most importantly I’d have to enforce a strict no-children rule!
Unfortunately the house is £400k over our budget, but ho harm in dreaming! haha x
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Haha, no toys in the living room really is the dream! And I’m awful at looking at houses that are ridiculously out of budget, it’s so much fun! x
It’s lovely to dream and work towards making them a reality. #TheList
I really hope I can make this into a reality! It’s definitely something to strive for! x
I’m so jealous of your imagined blogging space! It sounds perfect. This is on my to-do list this year. I’m still blogging at my kitchen island & it drives me crazy. Thanks so much for joining us at #bloggerclubuk x
Haha, I’m jealous of my own imaginary space! At the moment I write at a desk in our living room and would so love a space like this just for me! x
As much as I like the idea, I love being with everyone when I work (well most of the time!) so an office wouldn’t work for me. I do long for clutter-free services! Thanks for linking up to #TheList x
Oh you must be much better at multi-tasking than me, I find it really hard to focus with all the family around! x