Dec 1, 2024 – Home Office Charm

I stayed in two very different hotel rooms this week. Monday and Tuesday I was in the beautiful Angus wing of in Ashridge House which was wonderful and very cosy with their natural decor and big spacious rooms.

My room in Angus lodge in Ashridge House’s grounds was spectacularly welcoming after traveling through the storm Bert to get there. Furnishings and finishing all had a natural organic theme with cools touches of industrial chic with open shelving.

I also stayed in Motel One in Manchester. I found it good for one or two nights but the room I stayed in was the smallest room I’ve ever been given. It was tiny but beautiful it was sized just enough to get the furniture and one person in. I think if there were two of us it might be a squeeze.

*I loved how this chair stood out its brown leather juxtaposing nicely with the blue velvet cushions and curtain fabrics.*

*This was clever wall decor. It made it look like a bookshelf but it was actually cutouts and wooden type moldings placed on the wall, to look like books..*

*Everywhere you looked in the room you got the sense that decor items were artfully and purposefully placed.*

The featured image is created by the AI which made a composite of the words in this blog and the images. I asked it to do a mock up of a cosy home office inspired by the visits to two hotels this week. What it created looks nice after its 3rd attempt because it has the colours of the cushions as well as the natural elements and industrial elements from both hotels i stayed at. The nod to home office comes especially from the clever wall art over the bed at Motel One. The AI image used books too which seems to be one of the cultural devices to signify serious office and home working vibes.

*AI generated images of a would be home office.*

Five tips for incorporating boutique hotel decor into your home office designs.

Sort your favourite pictures of hotel rooms you have stayed at. Filter down to 10.
Use your summary of those images to decide on what your ideal design style is (whether industrial, beach auntie, cottage core, classical etc).
Do a search on Pinterest using that design style name and then add home offices and create a board to curate inspiration for your shopping list.
Share a picture with AI and command it to create a home office image inspired by the photos that are your favourite.
When you do your home office revamp show your contractor the images you and AI have created