The Chinoiserie Workspace

Bamboo Pens

 

Happy May Day, also International Workers' Day. Whether you have a dedicated workspace in your home or a desk in the corner of a room, here are some ideas for organizing your space with chinoiserie chic style.

The Chinoiserie Workspace

Style At Home

A chic workspace in this living room with a gilded artichoke lamp, an orchid in a blue and white Chinese cachepot, and a rattan chair.

The Chinoiserie Workspace

Bungalow 5

The Chinoiserie Work Space

Better Homes and Gardens

Saturday Inspiration

Alessandra Branca

The Chinoiserie Work Space

Pippa Holt

A wonderful Chinoiserie work space in the Dublin home of Pippa Holt.I love the eclectic mix here including chinoiserie wallpaper, a faux bamboo desk and chair, sisal rug, and a Mexican hand embroidered Hidalgo pillow.

The Chinoiserie Workspace

Tony Duquette - Lonny

One Room Challenge - My Office Reveal

Today is the finale of this edition of the One Room Challenge. I hope you enjoy the reveal of my office. My goal was to turn my traditional red library into a bright, airy, glamorous, and girly workspace for myself. To start from the beginning of this makeover, Click Here.

A huge thank you to Linda of Calling it Home for inviting me to participate.

I had not shared with you that my goal was to spend under $1,000 total as a little challenge to myself.

Here is what I spent -

$260 - paint and professional painting
$240 - gold zebra rug (after sponsor credit from Wayfair)
$30 - frames
$20 - materials to gold leaf desk
$60 - desk accessories
$290 - custom roman shade
$25 - Nate Berkus pillow from Target
$15 - hanging files
$18 - roses from Costco

TOTAL = $958

There is enough left for a very nice bottle of wine to celebrate.

This was made possible in part by the participation of One Room Challenge sponsors -

Pair of peony botanical photographs from The Pink Pagoda
Black and white framed photograph from Minted
Gold zebra cowhide rug from Wayfair
Cream and gold magazine holder from Jayes

Everything else was items I had already in my home. I just went shopping in my own home for free.

The gold leaf desk is an Ikea Vittsjo desk that I gold leafed myself with $20 in materials from Michaels and an hour of my labor. All the details here.

Some of you may remember my Chinoiserie Chic doll house. I decided that my office was an ideal spot to display it -

Thanks so much to Crystal Downs for her wonderful photography.

I am excited to see the reveals of the other participants too!

Abby M. Interiors

Because It’s Awesome

Bijou & Boheme

Chinoiserie Chic

The Decorista

Design Chic

The Design Daredevil

Design Darling

Design Indulgence

Design Manifest

House of Turquoise

Jana Bek Design

Jill Sorensen

Maddie G. Designs

Mimosa Lane

A Piece of Toast

The Pink Pagoda

Stone Textile

Waiting on Martha

The Zhush

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