Author Virginia Woolf believed creative people need personal space to produce their best work. But that’s challenging in a modern world where homeowners – especially those in competitive real estate markets – attempt to capitalize on limited space to accommodate every manner of occupation and preoccupation. With this in mind, Room went looking for trendy home office products to complement increasingly functional at-home work areas. The result is a glimpse at the creative, often high-end solutions to finding “a room of one’s own.” – Elana Ashanti Jefferson
TECH MINDED | “If you want
to stay on top of your game,
you’ve got to show the people a
winning combination of innovation
and expertise,” says John Elway,
the inspiration for the Elway
Home collection. It includes
this office armoire that
sells for $2,599 through Bassett
Furniture distributors;
bassettfurniture.com.
CINEMATIC
STYLE | The Movie
Office PC station is a
wheeled glass desk
with pull-out shelves
and lacquered metal
cable covers. It sells
for $1,939 at
europebynet.com.
KITCHEN
TRANSFORMED |
The More dining
table from Desalto
features sleek,
European design
and is easily
extended for the
proverbial
kitchen-table
meeting. It sells for
$3,070 to $3,180 at
europebynet.com.
FLOWER POWER | Office furnishing
companies
continue to respond
to the consumer
call for
more attractive
supplies. New offerings
include
The Container
Store’s decorative
file folders, left,
available at the
end of July for
$6.99 for a pack of
six, and this Post-it
Designer Insert
Dispenser, below,
available for $9.99
at post-it.com.
ROOM WITH A VIEW | Cedarshed Industries conceived
the Ultimate Backyard Office, a free-standing
Western Red Cedar building that speaks to recent studies
indicating the steady increase in telecommuting.
Prices start at $12,999; cedarshed.com.
