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40 of The Coolest Home Offices for Creatives (2015 Edition)

Laura Busche Last updated: April 9, 2024 · 4 min read

For those of us who work at home, there is no better feeling than having a creative workspace of our own. A place where we can collect inspiration and bring it to life without the drab setup of a typical cubicle. For some that means bringing in moodboards, proper lighting and wall decor. For others though, the project of creating a home office goes far beyond the practical: it’s a design challenge on its own.

These 40 incredibly creative spaces will make you rethink everything you thought you knew about home offices:

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OK, we know. This is not an office. Isn’t it absolutely inspiring though?

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  • I wouldn't last an hour on some of those tiny metal/wooden chairs. And how do people work with all that sun glare on their screens! 11 years ago
  • I always enjoy seeing other creatives home offices but a little disappointed there wasn't a variety of home offices. Seems like its all targeted towards women creatives. 11 years ago
  • My office at work is super messy and my home office is also super messy and i can not find my things if there are clean up. and if i use time on cleaning up all the time. I have less time to be creative. also i am more creative in a messy environment. I am the only one there are that way :) ? but like @Rob Brink i always enjoy seeing other creatives peoples home offices 11 years ago
  • Some of these are really nice, love the thought that's been put into them ! 11 years ago
  • Super nice & very feminine work spaces. I'm still working on creating an office/work area I'd actually want to photograph!! 11 years ago
  • I find them kind of boring! No colour, no inspiration, nothing to make you feel like jumping in and getting the flow going! White on white is like looking at a blank screen, or a blank piece of paper. 11 years ago
  • Great roundup! I'm super inspired by this studio as well: http://seanwes.com/about/ and that of Jessica Hische. I love to see studios where people hang up their own art as decorations. 11 years ago
  • I enjoy looking at other office and studio spaces as well. Although many these spaces did seem to be almost too pretty. Here is a blog post with a roundup of some more work spaces that may not look so perfectly designed and clean. http://thealteredpage.blogspot.com/2015/08/a-look-back-studio-table.html 11 years ago
  • Snap, why are these all Instagram photos? My Pinterest trigger-finger was itching the whole time. 11 years ago
  • They almost all look the same - whites/pastels, uncomfortable chairs, and hardly a sign of work getting done. Where's the swatches, the boards, the sketches...heck, half of these don't even have computers in them. This is how interior designers stage a scene for a photo shoot, not how offices *actually* look. (also these are all super feminine, there are plenty of us male creatives out there) 11 years ago
  • no one works in any of these. LOL! Do a list of functional creative offices not HGTV home offices for paying bills. 11 years ago
  • They all look so lovely but I'll be afraid to mess them up :) I like Katie Daisy's work place: https://www.facebook.com/113238522027566/photos/a.153054021379349.34274.113238522027566/1184830101535064/?type=3 11 years ago
  • Haha - those seem to me a little non-functional for creatives. Cutesy, but not practical. 11 years ago
  • Very nice choices;) 11 years ago
  • I like some of the choices here, but I have to echo the other comments... pretty but not practical. Where is the correct lighting for when the sun goes down? Where are the chairs that are built for marathon creating sessions? Would love to see some practical and real creative spaces! 11 years ago
  • Love looking at others' cool set ups. I finally have a home office of my own that I adore. Now if only I could fix how easily distracted I get... 11 years ago
  • Was looking forward to this post as I am a work-from-home web designer and starting to build an office space for myself, but this seems to be geared towards fashion bloggers. Where's the multi-screen setups? 11 years ago
  • Yikes. These are mostly impractical, inefficient and downright unhealthy "work" spaces. As a professional graphic designer / art director, I would go insane trying to get anything done in most of these home offices. 2 tips from me: invest in a good chair and give yourself plenty of space to work. 11 years ago
  • Lame 11 years ago
  • Awesome spaces. To each his/her own and so much oozing creativity 11 years ago
  • I'm redesigning my office and was excited to scroll this article for inspiration - super disappointed. While the majority of these workspaces are beautifully staged and magazine ready - hardly one of them was actually functional... so frozen and rigid, like you can almost see the dust collecting on a space that's never actually used. Where's the sprawling surface space for working, the storage for tools and supplies, the activity, the mess of creative chaos? I'm sorry, I've got too much going on to hide it all in a laptop and hairpin desk. 11 years ago
  • I have to echo the comments here. I'm in the process of re-thinking my home office to be more beautiful while still being practical. These ideas are pretty, but perhaps only one or two actually look like working spaces. Perhaps the next edition will include a different variety? 11 years ago
  • These are just staged office dioramas from places like apartmenttherapy.com. And the large format/flip clock mac screensaver is a trope that needs to end. 11 years ago
  • Cool spaces no question. But I'm going to be that 99% aren't really worked in. As much as I like to keep my studio clean and neat... even when it's clean and neat, it looks nothing those. These remind me of the "living room" that never gets used. 10 years ago
  • I'd like to see some studios that combine both an area for computers and painting. I use my computers for illustration and balance it with my 'dessert in life' which is oil painting. 10 years ago
  • why repost articles from a year and half ago on your facebook page like they are new? 90% are units from ikea. meh. 10 years ago
  • amazing offices examples! 7 years ago
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