Personal Reflections – Page 10

Guide to dark home office decor

I have curated a collection of 12 of my favourite images that show dark walls in home office decor. This is the link to the guide. https://www.instagram.com/homeofficecharm/guide/home-office-styling/17845996427460250/

I also created a general one. This is the first

https://www.instagram.com/homeofficecharm/guide/home-office-styling/17845996427460250/

I shall be creating more guides monthly. Made up of the gorgeous images I see on the internet.

Home Office Decor Reaction No.1- SP Study

Personal Reflections

I shared a video of lux interior designer Sophie Paterson talking us through her husband’s home office decor. I love that she did dark walls and combined the look with a few pieces of antique brown furniture. You can see in this picture I am trying out shades of dark paint as I love that inky almost black look but cannot decide on red/purple inky black or blue inky black.

The video SP refers to a couple of plain and simple square/ oblong lampshades, she got redone. And in the background, you can see some coolie french bell-type shades. See my finger-pointing on the left.

I probably would have been bolder with my lampshade choice. If it were me I would have gone for the taupe shades with amber or the straw in a small oblong or round shape, made of fabric like the ones below. It’s probably that she didn’t want to take away the attention from the beautiful ornate lamp base but I wonder if something in a plain light blue to echo the light tones in the wallpaper and in the blue in the base might have tied these lovely elements together more tightly.

Both the taupe and straw lampshades are available in the shop now. Here

Inspired by Bankers Lights

Personal Reflections

Here are my latest makes and recently listed in my shop.

It is of the collection inspired by the green and gold or brass Bankers lamp. I wanted to create a softer alternative so that it is a more cosy fit in homes or hospitality.

Bottle green and gold/ brass lighting designed for home office cosiness by Home Office Charm

What is your favourite lighting for creating a comfortable home office space?

Striking double height lampshades for a double height space

Personal Reflections

I went browsing in Heals of London a couple of years ago and I was inspired by these double height lampshade sizes I saw.

The version I saw was made of Cork but what struck me was the size, they were 20 cm in diameter and 40 cm tall so in essence they were double height lampshades. And because my space is double height ceiling with 5m window height I’ve always been keen on finding how best to balance out the decoration in such a mammoth space .

So I made these double height lamp shades out of some fabric that I got from the Designers Guild sale recently. Then during my break I made these while catching up with a box set of some USA TV.

The name of the fabric is Aubriet lino and the colour is damson .