6 Themed Home Office Ideas for Inspiration

Nabihah Alimon
3 min readAug 10, 2024

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We all need a little ‘cave’ for our work productivity, right?

Now, working from home is growing popular during the Covid-19 situation. While we sat apart from our physical office and colleagues, we spent more time at home than before. Therefore, craving for an inspiring place to finish our project and craft is enviable.

Designing a home office is a perfect blend of inspiration and functionality. It is no longer a desirable option but a necessity. Time to create your ideal space for your workspace!

Discover our 6 design ideas for creating your own home office.

  1. Botanical Inspired Garden
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Surround your workspace with green scenery. Plants have profound effect on us which purify our way and boost your mood. Consider on putting air-purifying plant, succulent plant and a vase of flower. Battery operated fountain also great to have near your workspace.

2. Minimalist Design

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Clean look with simplistic furniture are the keys to minimalist look. Use white theme background for the wall and keep the workspace with only necessary items. A row or a stacked of few books can liven the your workspace. However, less things, less clustered mind.

3. Rustic Cottage Inspired

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If you are feeling nostalgic and comfortable at home, rustic decor with earthy tone is always come to mind. It will invoke the feeling sense of belonging and good memories, thus keep spirited. Ponder about putting handmade craft at your desk, you can choose putting reinvented old basket from your hometown and definitely choose a worn-out look for the desk and chairs.

4. Beach Style Theme

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Seaside landscape will come to mind when your mind starting to de-stress. The calm environment provide a better flow of mind hence, putting objects related to the beach such as a chandelier of seashells, white rug and ships painting. Light blue background helps the space to look more like coastal region.

5. Vintage Decor

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For those who preferred classic look, vintage theme is one of best decor to pick out for. Natural or bold dark colour for the background is essential. Consider putting and old map or old globe on your desk. Heritage furniture such as your old father’s desk, wooden dresser for organizer and antique desk lamp.

6. Futuristic Style

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Modern and futuristic look are more on the masculine side but it can be soften by placing soft-edge sculpture, colour block stationeries or contemporary metal furniture. While bright coloured can look to wash-out, you can choose pastel colour as a background.

As Steve Jobs says,

Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.

Our space greatly influences our state of mind and maintains a work-life balance.

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Nabihah Alimon

Nefelibata. Writer. Scientist. Earth citizen. INFP-HSP