Need help designing our new space (renovated silk mill)!
Hi Houzzers,
I’m reaching out because we have a month to move into our new office space and we get to redesign it from scratch. The building is an old renovated silk mill with beautiful hardwood floors, plenty of space (777 sq ft) and tall 15ft ceilings. I’ve attached some photos as well as a basic floor plan that I quickly sketched up in a free program.
We’re a plant light company so incorporating plants is a must. I’ve attached an apartment featured Apartment Therapy that I think would be great to replicate. (Fun fact: she actually has one of our lights in her bedroom!)
Our budget is under $5000 (ideally $3500) and would have to seat 4 of us with room for 2 part-time interns, an assembly area, testing area, kitchen area, and space for inventory; but those are things we could probably figure out since they’ll be more industrial in nature. Figuring out a clean modern style with some beautiful office furniture and decorations would be a beautiful way to start off in our new digs. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
-Paul
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pricklypearcactus
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoVery cool inspiration and space! Furnishing the full area with $5000 sounds challenging but fun.
In terms of layout, it looks like it would be natural to put a sitting area by the door. Love how your inspiration uses shelving and plants to separate it from the work space.
IKEA KALLAX shelving unit - $199Fun leather sofa in that very modern color.
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Maybe add a fun wicker chair or two to form a conversation space.
IKEA STOCKHOLM chair - $229
Add a nice soft white rug to make the seating area feel cozy.
esalerugs.com solid shag rug - $189
esalerugs.com Marrakesh rug - $229
For the work spaces, I'd look for some affordable industrial-looking desks with similar wood tones.
IKEA KULLABERG desk - $149
IKEA KULLABERG chair - $59You could use some more shelving units to divide spaces and have more storage and more places to put plants. Using plants in place of cubicle walls sounds really fun.
IKEA YPPERLIG shelving unit - $110
I spot some fun pendant lights in your inspiration that look a lot like these.
IKEA RANARP pendant light - $39
I bet you could also find some really cool salvage items. In your inspiration picture I spot some giant spools and vintage metal kitchen table. I see the latter all the time on my local classifieds.
I hope you will return to share more about your space. What an exciting space to decorate and work in!
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5 years agoSo we're picking up a couch today. Got it for practically free. I love it's style - hate it's color. Might stain and polyurethane the wood. We'll see. But definitely painting the leather.
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5 years agoAlso here is some of the CAD sketches of our office layout. We started staining and building the work tables today.
And the bookshelf with probably have box planters with draped pothos running down the shelves instead of the small little pots.
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