| Home office paint color ideas can totally transform | | | | office doubles as a guest room. A secretary desk or |
| how you feel about the space and even how you feel | | | | armoire will look just like a piece of bedroom furniture. |
| about work. If clients come to your office it's | | | | You can create a hand painted floral finish on your |
| imperative that you present a put together space but | | | | cabinets even if you aren't an artist. Just go with |
| this doesn't mean that you can't show off your | | | | stencils. To keep the look from being too cutesy or |
| personality too. Use paint to inexpensively transform | | | | country use muted colors. Break up the stencil so it |
| your room and your existing office furniture into an | | | | has a sense of flow and add a few dots and dashes |
| space that inspires you to work. This may even be the | | | | to leaves and flowers. These imperfections will keep |
| jumping off point for starting your own business or just | | | | the painting from looking like a cheap stencil even |
| creating a space that is uniquely yours in the home. | | | | though it is. Use a glaze to distress the entire piece. For |
| Colors for a home office should be soothing but that | | | | a more modern or traditional look use different colors |
| doesn't mean that they can't be interesting. You can | | | | of stain on the front of drawers or cabinets. Keep the |
| use a nature inspired color palette of taupes, grays | | | | pattern in clean lines but show off the beauty of the |
| and greens. Choose one piece of furniture in the room | | | | wood grain with a few different colors like black and |
| to give special attention to such as a plain filing cabinet | | | | mahogany. |
| or a desktop. You can use tape and stencils to create | | | | The walls can act as home office art to save money |
| an intricate pattern that looks like mosaic or wallpaper. | | | | and keep things from becoming too cluttered. This |
| This is the piece that will pop in the room and will keep | | | | may be the only room in the house that is just yours, |
| the space from being boring, even if you do use | | | | so make it special. Your husband might not like a |
| neutral colors. When working with these types of color | | | | purple living room so use it in your office space instead. |
| palettes you'll need to pay extra attention to what | | | | You'll want to choose a shade that you can still work |
| colors your office supplies are. You may need to stay | | | | in. Then you'll need to accent with neutral furniture; you |
| away from brightly colored paper clips and desk | | | | can even make purple look contemporary with |
| accessories and instead use small metal urns and | | | | stainless steel desks and gray floating shelves. Bounce |
| wicker baskets to store your supplies for a cohesive | | | | a lot of light around the space by hanging several |
| design. | | | | mirrors on the wall. |
| You can turn the free office furniture you already | | | | Home office paint colors can evoke emotions or just |
| have into a piece that you actually want. Painted | | | | save you a lot of money on replacing your office |
| furniture is very popular in home decor so bring that | | | | furniture. Use paint to create a space that you love to |
| feel into you office. This is especially important if your | | | | work in, even if you don't always love your work. |
