Interior Design Lover

As it is a room dedicated to being a workspace, you probably spend a lot of time in your home office. It is an important space and should be a place where you feel comfortable and happy. While classic neutrals can be one of the most common home office color schemes, that doesn’t mean you can’t mix it up to totally recreate the feeling of the room. Here are three décor tips to help you reinvigorate your home office.

1. Calming Blue

Blue is known for being a color that stimulates creativity and promotes productivity. The many different shades and hues of blue available. It can work great as a featured color, pairing well with more neutral items, such as classic looking wooden furniture or even more modern pieces such as glass desks or tables. Depending on which blues you use you can totally change the mood of a home office. From darker navy blue, which can add a sense of serious elegance, to more playful colors such as teal and turquoise, you can create a room with just the feel you are going for.

2. Uplifting Yellow

Yellow can be a bright and cheerful option that instantly turns an otherwise drab office into a warm, uplifting space. Since it is such a bright color, there is a risk of oversaturating a space with yellow. To avoid this, consider using the color as an accent rather than a base. Yellow makes a powerful statement. Some great décor tips can be to use it as the color of choice for furniture, rugs or other items in a room with a backdrop of mellow grays or cool whites.

3. Sophisticated Red 

If you want to turn a basic home office into more of a classical looking study, taking advantage of deep reds can be one of the easiest ways to set the mood. Picture an old library with lots of red velvet cushions paired with dark wood furniture. Burgundy or other cooler shades of red can be some of the best choices as they add a weighty feeling to the room and can quickly make you feel like you’ve stepped into a classic novel. The use of red doesn’t have to make a space overpowering though. Depending on how much of it you use, you can create more of a playful, warm environment as well as add some class to almost any space. Décor tips for reds as well as with any other color switch can involve big changes, such as repainting or can be as simple as adding accenting features to certain areas.