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Home office interior design

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Home office interior design in ARTEVRIKA projects: studies and workspaces in apartments and country houses.

Walnut chest of drawers by the study window, green glass vases with branches, herringbone parquet and light curtains

Study: walnut desk with rounded corners, chair with a cane back, bookcase behind tinted glass doors

Walnut desk with a laptop, a wall clock with no dial face and a pendant lamp on a long arm

Lit bookcase behind tinted glass and the walnut desk in the study, in warm evening light

Study-guest room: a desk against the wall with a laptop, a designer armchair and a floor lamp, a book niche and soft daylight

Study overview: desk in the middle of the room, walnut and glass cabinet, a soft armchair with a green cushion, a print on the wall

Study-guest room with a desk, an armchair, a table lamp and built-in shelving, panoramic windows in a light-filled style

Study in the evening: lit bookshelves, walnut desk, white armchair and an abstract print in a black frame

Study-guest room: a desk with an armchair by the window, a soft sofa, wood panelling and curtains, warm diffused light

Workspace by the wall with a large clock, walnut desk and a cabinet with tinted glass doors

Study-living room: view of a green sofa, a floor rug and a black arched floor lamp under soft diffused light

Contemporary apartment study: a view of the desk and chair by three panoramic windows, grey cabinets and soft diffused light

Contemporary-style study: a white desk and chair by large windows, soft daylight and austere grey walls

Contemporary apartment study: a round table with office equipment, a dark chair and a pendant light fixture, panoramic windows with warm daylight

Contemporary-style study: a view of the work area, a grey sofa, a chandelier-style light fixture and parquet flooring with soft warm light

Study with a desk on metal legs and open bookshelves

Floor-to-ceiling bookshelf and a desk by the study's panoramic window

Study with a bay window, a desk and a sofa

Study with a sofa against a panelled wall and an adjustable wall light

Eclectic-style study: a view of the desk with shelves, a sofa and a floor lamp, a light-coloured ceiling and parquet flooring, soft evening light

Apartment study: a view from the sofa towards the desk, a black-and-white sectional cabinet, light-coloured finishes, wall lamps and a chandelier, soft daylight

Study with built-in light-wood furniture, a desk and a grey chair, soft diffused light

Home office interior: three requirements that shape the layout

Light depends on which way the desk faces, not on the lamp

A common mistake in a home office is placing the desk facing the window or with its back to it; where the layout allows, side-on usually works best: a window behind you causes glare on the monitor, while a window in front of you causes glare on camera in video calls and, in the daytime, eye strain from the contrast. Which way the desk faces is decided at the layout stage, while you can still choose exactly where the socket goes and where the cable trunking runs, not after the furniture is in place and there's nowhere left to turn the desk. A desk lamp adds to that choice rather than replacing it.

Acoustics are part of how the room works, not just how it looks

A home office is increasingly a place for video calls, and large hard surfaces (a bare floor, glass, an untreated wall) increase reflected sound, and the effect is often more noticeable to the person on the other end of the call than to you in the room. So in a home office design, a rug, curtains and upholstered seating can do more than look good: they help absorb reflected sound. Where possible, the door to the home office is chosen with a tighter seal than the other doors in the home, so conversation doesn't carry into the corridor and disturb everyone else.

Storage keeps the cables and equipment out of shot

In a home office, documents, network equipment, the router and cables are usually tucked away in closed storage rather than left in view behind you on a video call: what the camera sees during a call is planned as carefully as the wall finishes. Shelving and units get a back panel or cable trunking, so the wires from the equipment don't hang in a visible bundle behind the chair.

A home office layout is planned together with the rest of the home

A home office is most often carved out of a spare room or part of the living room, and the design settles this in advance: sound insulation on the wall shared with the next room, a door that closes tightly, sockets for several monitors and chargers at once. All of this is planned with the building services, not added later with extension leads once you've moved into the finished interior.

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