Clear vision & final decisions

I’ve been asking you all for your input on some studio-related things lately, and my vision for the rest of the project is finally coming together. Now I am very excited to finish this area of ​​the studio!

First, let’s talk about the bridge/no bridge decision on office area cabinets. I read all your comments and while most of you said yes to the bridge, some of you said no for two main reasons. First, there is the concern that a bridge will look old. And secondly, there is another concern that the bridge closes in the area around the window and somehow affects the natural light.

So off to Instagram I went looking for home office inspiration to see if I could find examples of both setups. I had a hard time finding my examples with Window. But I found common examples of office cabinets with and without a bridge between two outer upper bookcase-type cabinets. So I couldn’t get a clear visual comparison to my exact situation. I had to use my imagination.

In the end, I decided to go with the bridge. I’m not designing a kitchen and looking like a bridge date at the office. And I don’t even see how it affects the light. If anything, the side cabinet affects the natural light, but they are not a problem for me at all. So here is my overall plan:

I’m going to keep the upper cabinet doors tight. Many of you have remarked that once I put glass in those upper cabinets, I will have to spend more time making sure those areas look nice and lose valuable storage space. Those cabinets are huge and have a lot of potential storage area to convert them into just decorative areas.

Next, as I already said, I’m going to stick with the bridge idea, but I’m going to take advantage of the height of the ceiling on this wall and build a bridge with cubbies that step in the middle. I like that it accentuates the wall height, gives me a place to put some books and decorative items, and makes the whole thing look like a built-in unit. So it looks like this…

After seeing many examples on Instagram, I decided to paint the wall around the window the same color as the cabinets. I think it also adds the appearance of being one continuous built-in unit rather than dividing that small area with a different color. These two photos made me want to try this idea…

As far as the window goes, many of you suggested using my floral fabric to make a roman shade, but I decided to keep all the windows consistent and use the same woven shade on this window that I used on the other two windows. ..

Since both areas have the same cabinets, the same countertop, and the same size window, it makes sense in my mind to use the same window treatment.

As far as the desk chair goes, I decided to reupholster it in solid green velvet. So it looks like this…

It’s a green color that coordinates with the back entry walls, but maybe a little lighter. I ruled out the eggplant color because my cat likes to sleep on my desk chair and I imagine that deep color would be covered in cat fur. I like to have a lighter color that disguises it a bit. Also, I plan to paint the bases on my work tables eggplant, and I don’t want to overdo the eggplant in the living room.

I want to bring the floral print into this area, and since I’ve excluded the wall, the glass-front upper cabinet and the desk chair, I decided to use two desktop lamps on the countertop under the window, and I’ll use the floral print on those lamp shades. I don’t want those really skinny buffet lamps. I imagine something like this 24.5-inch lamp (but not silver).

I found This lamp at Lamps PlusAnd I could easily use my fabric (printed much smaller than I printed for the curtains) to cover a small lamp shade.

Here’s how two of them fare in the region…

In my opinion, this is just the right amount of floral print for this area.

Finally, I decided what to do with the desk. (This is an old picture of the desk, but you can clearly see the desk here.)

I’m going to paint the base gold, the desktop white, and add two shallow drawers (which I bought on Amazon). I think a light colored desk would look great with a green desk chair and pink cabinets. And this desk is the perfect size and very sturdy and sturdy, so I don’t want to get rid of it and start doing a makeover when I do.

I still have my heart set on making a pendant light that looks like this to go over the desk.

So now I have it all in my mind. Now I just have to get it all done! And our weather is beautiful today, so it looks like a perfect day for painting cabinet doors and drawer fronts. I’m moving right away!