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3 Tips for Decorating a Creative Workspace

3 Tips for Decorating a Creative Workspace

While standard offices are often sterile and bland with white walls and terrible overhead lighting, creative spaces can truly be anything you want them to be. In fact, creative spaces should be, well, creative. From paint color to the little additional details that provide inspiration all day long, designing a creative space is no small undertaking. Here are a few tips to update your creative space whether it is a corner of your home, a studio, or a large workspace.

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Remember what inspires you

Deciding where to start, especially when there are so many ideas online and on social media platforms like Pinterest—all of which look amazing—can be the biggest challenge of all. Think about what initially inspired you to pursue your creative endeavors, whether you are interested in painting, writing, photography, or any other creative occupation.

Revisiting some of your original inspirations can be a great springboard for how you design this creative space. If writing is what drives you, consider an entire wall devoted to a corkboard or magnetic chalkboard where you can brainstorm ideas, map out articles or stories, or simply post inspirational quotes, photos, or excerpts from favorite books. Photographers might take joy in showing off a vintage camera collection or decorating around a few of their favorite prints. Whatever got you started, start there during the design process.

Choose the right color

You’ve probably heard that certain colors evoke certain feelings. For instance, red is associated with love, war, danger, and power. Yellow evokes feelings of joy and happiness and is good for directing attention to something, while blue tends to make people feel calm and tranquil. Blue is also considered a more masculine color.

Ultimately, you’ll need to decide which color makes you feel ready to work. Some people feel white is too boring, while others feel it resembles a blank canvas and find it inspiring. If you work best with external stimulation (for instance, if you like the bustle of a coffee shop in the background or music playing), try a brighter, livelier color in the red or orange family. People who work better in quiet settings, like libraries or with the shades and door closed, will probably be better offer going with earth tones and more muted shades of green and blue.

Don’t overlook the knickknacks

The final touches of your creative space are what will really pull the area together. Like any workspace, however, make sure that everything in it has a function to avoid distractions. If you went with a display of vintage cameras, consider other vintage knickknacks for storage like glassware for office supplies or a neat lamp over your desk or station. Writers on the other hand might find both function and inspiration from cool typewriter or a jar filled with prompts for those writer’s block moments.

Whichever direction you choose, remember, this creative space is your playground and where you will (hopefully) do your best work, so stay true to what inspires and motivates you.

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