Have you ever felt your desk is this wonderful and creative space where you come up with your best ideas? Most uf us spend long hours in front of a computer on a relatively small working space. However, if this space is arranged correctly, hours fly by and we enjoy our working hours. Placing the table towards the light, including some green details and having inspirational books and images around help us work at ease.
Not all uf us work in the same way, so here are several examples of working spaces. Which looks like the space you’d like to work in? Hope you get some inspiration.
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Virginia Duran 
Hi Virginia, Good to see you back again. Have you been working hard at your desk? Number 4 would suit me very well. đ
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Helloooo đ I’m back after a month in China with no internet at all. It’s been a good summer but yes, time to get back to reality! My favourites are #4 and #16!
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China! I hope there will be some posts on that trip. đ
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Wonderful spaces. Mine are not so neat or lovely.
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Messy desks have their own type of charm too! Any favourites on the list?
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Only one even came close to be of interest. I have too much stuff to make use of any of those spaces.
Plus, they seem a bit . . . antiseptic . . . Not sure I would be comfortable in any of them.
my work space six years ago. The lamp and the cell phone have changed, everything else the same.:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/115313759609771538518/albums/5205286477184805153?authkey=CIyDud_mm4jpdg
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Hi Emilio, I’m sad because you didn’t like any of these spaces! Just checked your working space and it looks pretty minimalistic to me, at least your desk. I’d love to stretch my view and see some of the books on your shelf đ any recommended readings?
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Not enough room in most, and the desk is minimalistic because you don’t see the “L” . . . two printers, a scanner.
. . . and normally there are books on the desk.
The bottom half of the bookcase are Melisa’s cookbooks. The top shelf has photography, postprocessing, and writing books, and about seven years of Analogs of Science Fiction Science Fact (unread – I’m slowly making my way through them now that I am retired). Second shelf has a mix of skeptic/critical thinking books and a few Italian books (fiction). Also some oddities like Native American folklore, mythology, and books on birds, bugs, and trees.
Mind you, I’m listing what is there now. The photo shows similar but not exactly what is there now.
Not sure about recommendation . . . the bulk of the books I read are in the bookcases in the lower-level of our house, and many are collections of cartoons (Calvin, FoxTrot, etc)
Fiction books are restricted to Science Fiction.
Recommendations . . . hmm . . . I tell you what; stay tuned for a post or two about my books.
If you can’t wait, tell me a genre preference and I’ll tell you what I like.
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Wow! I see you have a big collection over there. I love existentialism, Fred Uhlman, Herman Hesse… so if you have one of those in hand I’d be very grateful :))
Keep us updated with your blog!
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Great article!
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Thanks Alejandro! Any favourites on the list?
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Great office spaces Virginia. Since I’m a total sucker for a window I’ll have to go with #4. I think I could definitely be inspired there. đ ~Terri
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hehehe I feel identified by the window preferences! My favourites are #4 and #16! Cheers from London đ
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Well compiled as usual–our spaces for creativity are as different as we are.
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Thanks Sally! Every person is sooo different đ Also, one thing is the intention and another thing is the reality. As much as I try to keep my desk clear, the truth is that most of the time I’m surrounded by plans, models and notes haha! Maybe that boosts my creativity… who knows!
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Astonishing designs.
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Thanks for your kind words Jalal- nice as always!
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Interesting to see that all the areas are decorated in white or very lights colours.
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Not all! #2, #4, #6… are quite dark đ What does your working space look like?
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My area has light walls and light pine desk and storage units. Some years ago I worked for a company where all the work areas were dark red and black. I wonder if that impacted productivity?
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Extreme beautiful working places!
My favourit is Nr. 7 but sadly it’s not appropiate for editing photos on the computer…
Thank you for sharing them Virginia.
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Glad you liked those! I really like some styles, like #7, but you’re right some jobs make it impossible to work there. I wish I could fit all my architecture plans in a table, but I can’t heheh! I guess the same happens with you right?
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Afforrunately I only make my architecture work at the office. At home I only edit my photos. I have to admit I never do this properly at my working place, I’m always wandering with my laptop through all the rooms and even the garden, which is not good because of the different light situation.
I should get inspiration on your post and start loving my own working place and use it more.
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I try to finish work at the office but it never happens. I feel identified by what you say hehe. I take my laptop to the kitchen, then to another room, then the sofa…but if I want to be really productive I always work from my minimalistic desk đ looking forward to seeing some pictures of your working space!
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I’ll show it to you as soon as I get back to DĂŒsseldorf. Now I’m in Andalusia, Spain, for a couple of weeks.
In the meanwhile I’ll continue reading your posts!
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Sounds good! If you’re in Andalusia check this article from point 9 onwards đ http://duranvirginia.wordpress.com/2014/06/19/50-architectural-reasons-to-visit-every-province-in-spain-12/
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Have you visited all the places you show in your blog? How do you manage to travel so much? Very impressing!
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I wish I had visited them all đ It’s a way of knowing what I want to visit. However, I try to travel as much as I want!
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Great working places!
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Happy you liked these! Any favorites on the list?
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