RH, Co Dublin
The route to success when working at home is in creating a carefully planned space. Your “corner” should include space for bookshelves, filing, your computer and its associated devices, a writing and study area and some good lighting.
If you intend working at home every day, then it is worth having the area designed to specifically suit the space as well as your individual needs. Features such as an extra “swing out” worktop space and a rollout shelf for your keyboard can be incorporated into the furniture design.
Alternatively, it is possible to buy standard office furniture on the high street, where there is a very good selection of desks and shelving in various materials. Before you go shopping, try sketching out a little plan of the space you have, showing the measurements of the walls that you want to fill — this will be your guide when viewing the furniture.
To introduce some colour into your work area, you could try picking up on the accent colours in the curtains, upholstery or accessories in the dining room. Paint the wall behind the bookshelves in this accent hue and it will gently blend into the overall scheme of your room rather than upsetting it.
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You are lucky to have a window on the world as you work! It would be best to keep this window area as simple as possible, choosing a wooden blind that matches the shade of the wood of your desk.
Patricia Keating is a designer of interiors and furniture for corporate and private clients with a practice at 6 Sandford Road, Ranelagh, Dublin 6
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