Home Improvement

Perfect for paperwork

If a highly polished study could bring forth highly polished prose, then this is place to work. The oak paneled study makes reading, writing and research a pleasure. A skylight illuminate the room during the day: reading lights turn on at night. Bookcases have both cabinets and shelves for storage. Architect: Harry Rodda.

Shoehorned into a long narrow area this study takes advantage of every possible » Read the full post

Tucked away desks

You don’t have to turn an entire room into an office or study to make way for a hard working desk. Look around for an alcove or any other unused or wasted space and imagine a desk and chair there.

The desk areas on these pages seem to prove that the more unusual the space, the more imaginative the solution. On desk is tucked under the staircase, another was once a planter box. You’ll see a fold up desk that blends into a » Read the full post

Good light for reading, writing and typing

Do you squint when you read, write or type? Your weary eyes might be suffering because of poor artificial lighting: a light shinning in them instead of on your book or desk, a background light that’s to dim, or a single bright task light contrasting sharply with a dark room. Or perhaps the natural light is to blame: window light on the wrong side of the work surfaces, shining into your eyes instead of over your shoulder. » Read the full post

Space sharing office

Space sharing can happen in different ways. It occurs when a room has two or more distinct purpose such as an office doubling as a guest room. Or two separate areas can borrow visual space from each other such as an offices loft sharing the open space around it with lower rooms.

The pretty pastel colored office guest room on this page is a good example of a room doing double duty. Careful storage » Read the full post

Office loft over master bedroom

Sharing a woodsy view through windows and skylight panels, the office loft extends over the master bedroom suite. Going up the stairway you past a wall bookshelves, storage and display space. Once in the loft you can work in a quite atmosphere without being cut off from the rest of the house. Architect: E. Paul Kelley.

Corner desk is a compact radio station with room for typewriter » Read the full post

Buy a house (II)

When the housing market tends to soften, as in times of disinflation and recession, for example, experts advise viewing your home as a tax shelter rather than a growth investment. All single should figure their personal capabilities and not be unduly influenced by the fact that more and more buyers are flouting the two and a half times and 25 percent rules because of the high price of real estate. » Read the full post