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  • Stream Effect

    Stream Effect

    This computer desk is smartly angled so that direct sunlight doesn't always stream directly onto the work station. (The glare factor is something to consider when positioning your home office essentials.)

  • Light Works

    Light Works

    Here again, a gorgeously sunny office requires a glare contingency plan. If your desk is near a full-length window, consider light-blocking shades or curtains to make the space usable even during the brightest hours.

  • Not Too Serious

    Not Too Serious

    A room the size of a walk-in closet with awkward angles serves can serve as an office that's anything but all work and no play. Large prints can make a room look bigger, so let lively green wallpaper climb the walls and ceiling. Rather than fight the roofline angle, border them with green grosgrain ribbon, which also hides the paper's seams. Rounding out the irregular room is a vintage chair paired with a newer desk of mid-century design. The vintage elephant stool fits the quirky space perfectly.

  • Clear Reflections

    Clear Reflections

    Keeping the walls and furniture of your home office white helps contain whatever natural light does stream in. Poppy prints help brighten things up on cloudier days.

  • Fake Some Sun

    Fake Some Sun

    White wall paint with a touch of yellow undertone warms this teensy work space. All-ivory furniture plays up the bright motif.

  • Cozy and Collected

    Cozy and Collected

    Designer Kyle Schuneman sits in his masculine and industrial home office, filled with vintage finds li

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