Decorating a home office with beige carpet, bamboo desk and red chair
Hello,
I've been perusing the web, pin, this boards for ideas of where to start in decorating my new home office. It's not clear to me as it's not my strength but I've read enough to know where to go with it.
I have white walls, beige carpet and a big 72" bamboo desk, a cham cage which is wire mesh and black. I have various action figures and statues I want to display, but not sure how to set-up a color scheme. I've thought about doing contrasting black and white on the walls for stands and I really like the idea of having bronze or gold for a floor lamp and some other accents. The problem that I have is that I feel that my bamboo desk is too light. The carpet is a beige color. The walls. It just feels like it doesn't stand out enough.
I also have a herman miller chair that is red and a standing pad that is also red that I could play off with some accent red wall shelves or something. I'm honestly not sure how to approach matching stuff with the bamboo desk.
The dimensions for the room are 11'1" x 11'8" but as you can see from the pictures, there is a section that the wall sinks in to where the door is at.
I'm even at a point where I'm considering getting a different type wood desk top for my standing desk. I don't want to paint the walls at this point. The carpet will probably be replaced in some years. So I'm trying to maximize what I can do right now. I want a functional space with some vibrancy. At this point anything goes except for obviously the main red chair and black standing desk legs. And the cham cage is also going to stay in here but as far as the rest, it isn't permanent.
I attached some pictures of some of the gold accents I think would go with everything. I just think it might be too light.
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Comments (31)Glad you like the suggestion(s). I have a similar color in my livingroom, Behr's War Muffin but it's a stronger gold and I ended up repainting two of our walls cream to help tone it down a bit. Now I love it but when I chose it, I new nothing about painting or color. I think having a more muted tone would have been my preference if I had known then what I do now. Lighting has so much to do with it too, if you paint a sample on your wall, the Oat may not be as muted as it seems on the card. This isn't our room, but it is a good representation of the Warm Muffin color. As for the drapes, I got the 2nd photo off of google images, the first one is from Pottery Barn. I love the idea of a printed drape. If you're leaning in that direction (or even a printed rug) I would first find the drapes or rug you want and then pull your wall color from them. I'm really looking forward to seeing what you end up choosing and how your project looks when it's done!...See MoreRounding out the contemporary/tropical bedroom/home office
Comments (2)This is just my opinion. I personally like a lot of colour so I’d probably change the duvet colour for some lush tropical print but I get the idea behind the white so it’s fine. Laundry hamper: sorry, I think it’s hideous and really jars with what you’re trying to achieve. Toss it and replace it with baskets type hampers like these or similar. I quite like the bar cart and think it works well with your tropical/Indian theme. Marble does not and neither do those thin pointy legs on the tables you like. Something like the bar cart in style but smaller would work. At the same time I’d move the lamp stand to the corner between the bar stand and the side wall. It’s a cool lamp but where it is gives the impression of a vulture overhanging the bed. For bedside lamps something with a shade similar to the main lamp would look “together”. The round mirror is the wrong size/shape for over the bed. If you want something over the bed (why a mirror?) I’d go for a long rectangular print you like, or move the print you already have there and put the mirror between the two doors where the print currently is. Or you could put your full length mirror there. I’m not sold on the idea of having all the artwork at the same height but matching frames would pull it all together. I think the frame you have on the Daybreak print works well so I’d go with that. You could change the chair for something similar in a tan/gold I think. Plant stands are a good idea but the ones you have chosen don’t work with your theme IMO. Something more like these in a lighter wood is more tropical/Indian I think. Put the plants in brass pots like this. I think the main issue I have with the things you have chosen is that they are more Swedish minimalist than tropical which is a bit more lush. You need to decide which it is that you really want....See MoreRelated Professionals
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what if you put the desk in front of the window, less screen glare, and a better view, kitty can still sit up there.
move the chair across from the door, and maybe room for a hang out chair right there and then put shelves on the wall the desk is on now, and maybe if you need more on the wall the door is is on and the wall opposite the window. Since action figures are primary colors maybe you can play into that pallet ....
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@RL Relocation LLC Here is a rough drawing with dimensions of the office. My desk is on the longest wall. The window at the bottom of the drawing. My desk is about 72" and I've been seriously thinking of getting a different wood desk top that is smaller at about 63" to fit on that wall space next to the door. Something like a mesquite desktop or something. My desk is a standing desk so I'll be keeping the black base.
The reason why I didn't put my desk against the window is mainly because of the giant monitor that is on an arm that wouldn't let me look outside anyways but I'm open to options.
I do really think that my desk is way to big though. Also, the closet(which is at the bottom left of the picture in case its hard to tell has built in bookshelves. Although shelve space is always good, I've been looking at tons of wall shelves to utilize the vertical space more.
I also added some more offices I liked to my profile. I'm a big fan of the contrasting natural colors and I want to incorporate live plants and such as well.
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