If you’re lucky enough to have space in your home where you can carve out your own office or study, there’s no reason why you shouldn’t create a room that shows a splash of your personality. Here are some of our favorites which are designed with their occupant in mind.
Tuck it!
An alcove between the kitchen and living areas was the perfect space to house a small, but highly functional office space in this Columbus home.
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Design and materials: The JAE Company; Contractor: Mark Hanson
Sell it!
There’s no better way to create the feeling of importance in a home office than to line the walls, floors and ceilings with the rich, warm feel of custom woodwork made by talented craftsmen for this Tampa home.
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Contractor: Campbell Contracting; Interior design: Design Concepts and Solutions; Custom woodwork: Park Avenue Designs
Own it!
If you are fortunate enough to have a study all to yourself, then make it your own, like this Villa Hills, Kentucky homeowner, by surrounding yourself with photos and keepsakes that make you happy.
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Builder: Toebben Builders; Residential designer: Mike Studer; Interior designer: Henry Vittetoe Interior Design
Knock it!
Massive, custom-built doors lend an air of importance—and privacy if needed–to the dedicated workspace in this Tuscan-style Tampa home.
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Builder: Homes by John C Fowke Inc.; Custom doors: LaPuerta Originals
Light it!
This Pittsburgh workspace has multiple sources of lighting to make it easy on the eyes—recessed fixtures, a pendant light, a desk lamp and natural daylight.
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Contractor and designer: Rick Rafail Construction Inc.
Open it!
Glass walls let the bold turquoise of this Cincinnati study flow through the rest of the home like a breath of fresh air.
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Designer: Interiors by Nancy Paul and Julie Bell; Architect: Richard Taylor Architects; Builder: Daniels; Furniture: Voltage; Flooring: Schlabach Woodworks, Greener Stock; Paint: Sherwin Williams Cooled Blue
Light it!
This Pittsburgh workspace has multiple sources of lighting to make it easy on the eyes—recessed fixtures, a pendant light, a desk lamp and natural daylight.
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Contractor and designer: Rick Rafail Construction Inc.