Considered HOME OFFICES

Home offices by their very nature need to be functional spaces, providing somewhere to concentrate and plenty of storage for essentials. Yet they also need to be pleasant to spend time in. When designing such a space, thinking carefully about comfort as well as practicality can reap dividends, bringing pleasure to the working day and an aesthetically pleasing fit to the home. Whether a work space at home is in its own dedicated room, an infrequently used guest bedroom or a corner in a quiet area of the house, its design demands a level of care and attention that ensures form perfectly marries function.

Here interior designers provide their expert insights on creating a deftly balanced and harmonious home office to ensure utmost productivity and flexible use of space.

Katie Glaister and Henry Miller-Robinson, co-founders and owners of K&H Design, on creating a multifunctional room

Considered design and careful curation see much-loved pieces incorporated into a colour-led scheme for a home office that also doubles as a guest room.

The brief

“This project was all about curating, working with and reworking the clients’ treasured items. They were keen to use craftsmen from the UK and around the globe, and also wanted us to play around with colour and texture. Our clients wanted this first-floor room to be their study as well as their guest bedroom. We had to include their large and much-loved Biedermeier breakfront chest () into the scheme and considered it carefully in the reconfiguration of the space and tonally in this room. They also wanted the en-suite shower room