Beautifully Organized Space of the Week

This week's beautifully organized space of the week is from the home of graphic designer and fellow blogger, Sheila Vu, a.k.a. Miss Vu. She keeps her desk clean and uncluttered, organizes her pens, pencils and markers, etc. in pretty cups from Anthropologie, and my favorite thing of all, has created a giant wall calendar using numbered large black squares. I love that it not only can be used for organizational purposes, but it makes a beautiful graphic statement.

october 2010

While browsing through Sheila's flickr albums I noticed she had archived other photographs of her home office. She has used the wall space above her desk to display, organize, and change as needed, the images that inspire her creative work. Keeping the inspirations in this dedicated area, keep them from looking messy or too chaotic. Take a look at how it has beautifully evolved since January of 2008:

january 2008

february 2009

march 2009

april 2009

november 2009

december 2009

january 2010

july 2010

Beautifully Organized Space of the Week

This week's beautifully organized space is from the home of graphic artist Eva of Eva Juliet. She took a Alex storage drawer unit from Ikea and customized it with numbered knobs on each drawer for easier organization.

photo via flickr EvaJuliet

So beautifully simple and uncluttered :)

P.S. Loving that Passe A L'Action print in the photo? It's from her Etsy shop. Check it out and her other lovely items here.

Beautifully Organized Space of the Week

This week's beautifully organized space of the week is the home office of interior designer Melissa Warner.

Metal locker baskets with labeled tags contain and organize her many fabric swatches. The bookcase makes use of vertical space.

On the other end of the room, closet doors covered in a bold over-scaled poppy print wallpaper make the room feel lively and hide more storage. A skirted glass-topped table provides a surface on which to lay out swatches and plans for her designs, while a Lucite chair helps keep the space looking uncluttered by taking up little visual space.

images via House Beautiful

Beautifully Organized Space of the Week

This week's beautifully organized space of the week is from the home of fellow design blogger, Bryn of Bryn Alexandra Interiors. Bryn recently created four beautiful bulletin boards to post and organize her inspirations, sketches and fabric swatches. I love the idea of having multiple boards -one for each project. Great for us visually oriented types!

If you haven't already, be sure to check out Bryn's blog. She's a very talented interior decorator in Charlotte, North Carolina who regularly blogs about her design projects, DIYs, inspirations, and pieces of her life :-)

Using a Rain Gutter to Control Cable Clutter

One of the biggest eye sore in a home office is commonly cable clutter. A nice solution for this is to attach a rain gutter towards the back of a desk. Check out this great before and after from SeanDavid010 over at LifeHacker:

Before

After

Much better right? For more photos and to read about how he did it, click here. For another great example on how to use a rain gutter for cable management, also check out this post by Jonathan Crossman.

Portable Storage Baskets

A tote basket is a beautiful solution for containing and conveniently transporting files and/or project supplies from room-to-room.

image via domino

I'm loving these hand-woven fair trade imports from Tango Zulu:

From left to right: Water Hyacinthin Honey Large, Rectangular Bolga Basket in Natural Large, Oval Bolga Basket

P.S. You can also use 'em as market totes, magazine holders, picnic baskets...there's a multitude of uses!

Beautiful Storage: Semikolon

home of Sabrina Linn as seen in Canadian House and Home

Chances are you've seen Semikolon boxes before. Maybe in inspirational images like the one above, or at the store {Container Store and Barnes and Noble carries them}. I had seen and admired few pieces myself here but never paid attention to who made them. When I found out a company called Semikolon made them, I immediately popped on over to their website and was in awe at how fabulously extensive their collection was. Being the geek that I am, I get excited about things like this!

They make a nice variety of pieces most which come in a choice of several beautiful colors! Here's a quick look at a few:

L: desktop file; R: document box

L: accordion file; R: magazine box

multimedia box

document box

L: photo library; R: photo box

Find Semikolon products by googling them - different retailers and online shops carry a different selection.

Office Inspiration: Get the Look

I did a little searching and found several items that help get the look of a few of Tuesday's and Wednesday's inspiration offices. Hope you enjoy!

1. Cube stacked lamp from Circa Lighting $336.00
2. Scoop-back chair from West Elm $99.00
3. Fashion sketch by Marcel Fromenti $14.40 for a 8 x 10 print


1. Hermes gift box from GoodDealBeauty $3.99 for a 5"x5"
I found a 16" x 15" x 7.5" one here -Anyone else know where to get just the boxes?
2. Orange lacquered boxes from Plantation $295.00 for a set of 3
3. Zebra print accent chair from Zgallerie $749.00

Pink lamp from Neiman Marcus $240.00


Magazine files from Ikea $2.99 for 5
I've bought several packs already to organize all my favorite magazines.
For less than $0.60 each, these are seriously awesome!


1. Mirrored Tissue Box from eCrater $70.00
2. Diptyque Mousses Candle from Barneys New York $60.00
3. High lacquered red box from Plantation $125.00


1. Twig lamp from Zgallerie $89.00
2. Jonathan Adler Meurice Table Lamp $259.91


1. The classic No. 2 pencils $7.99 for a 12 pack
2. See Jane Work Basics Pencils $7.00 for set of 12


1. Robert Abbey Light Blue Table Lamp $239.91
2. Parsons desk with drawers from West Elm $299.00
3. Jonathan Adler Capri Tall Blue Glass Table Lamp $239.91


1. Keep Calm and Carry On poster from sfgirlbybay's Etsy shop $23.00
2. Love poster by MadebyGirl $25.00
3. T desk chair in white from West Elm $249.00


Letterboxes from See Jane Work $40.00 for set of 3


Expedit bookcase from Ikea $159.00 for the one that's 58 5/8 " x 15 3/8 " x 58 5/8 "

Which is your favorite?