Vote for the Best Office Space in the Remodelista Considered Design Awards: Amateur Category - Remodelista
Our judges have selected the finalists, now you choose the winners. In the Best Office Space/Amateur category, our five finalists are Tessa Neustadt, Caitlin Long, Corinne H., Rebecca Hepburn, and Jane C. Tessa Neustadt | Los Angeles, CA | Bungalow Office. As much as I drool over designer pieces, I like the uniqueness of the spaces I create with my found objects: a crystal dug up in a garden, a sea worm shell from a walk on the beach, an old brass porthole found in the desert. Mirror from Anthropologie and straw hat from a thrift store. “The collection of framed photos and prints on the wall above my desk includes a print of my love (top left) that I had made by Artifact Uprising, a snapshot of my grandmother in the 1940s, and a postcard of a horse.” “A faux sheepskin rug from Etsy for my vintage wire chair. White desk and jute rug from Overstock.” “I scored this wood shelf for $10 at a thrift store. It holds books, small ceramic pieces that I made, my found brass porthole, and plants.” “Odds and ends–the photo strip is of my dad in the early sixties.” “Woven wastebasket from Target, lucite drawers from Muji that’s barely visible on left side of my desktop, a leather and gold mouse pad from Freshly Picked, and my puppy, Olive.” Caitlin Long | San Francisco, CA | Office Shed. I paneled an existing concrete wall with cedar, installed a portable camping woodstove for coziness, and painted the remaining trim a dark gray.” The west wall in Benjamin Moore Lead Gray, eggshell finish. Flea market art and a pillow handmade from Burberry wool. Cedar paneling and a Restoration Hardware leather chair. The Burberry pillow is paired with a flea market vintage Pendleton pillow. Corinne H. | Dartmouth, Canada | Converted Mudroom Office. It was stripped to achieve the beautiful natural patina. We decided to tile the inside area of the mantle to give it an interesting look. And while everything from the antique mantel to the cabinet to the corner chair catches your attention, I love how effortless and minimal the space feels.” Rebecca Hepburn | Vancouver, Canada | Home Office. The desk is the focal point, and I wanted to make sure that it’s well displayed and that the surface is kept open for drawing and drafting. Jane C. | Waban, MA | Light-Filled New England Office. I like the simplicity and modesty of the space, and the fact that Jane repurposed her childhood desk chair. An exterior view of the office. The office door opens onto a small deck with a built-in planter. “Windows are on three sides of the room overlooking our garden. At night, the office becomes a media room.” “Close-up of my desk, with works in progress on the wall.” “To make the small space feel airy, we opened up the ceiling and stained it white.” I chose the Helix desk from CB2 for its openness and clean lines; the chair is my desk chair from childhood.”