Bring Your Home Office to Life with These Decor Ideas (2024)

Rich shades of red energize this stately office in this Steven Gambrel–designed home. The Albert Irvin painting pulls the colors together while mimicking the fireplace below.

A towering trapezoidal Lucy Dodd painting serves as an artful backdrop in this East Hampton library. The long Flexform table paired with vintage Hans Wegner Wishbone chairs creates a simple, chic seating area while letting the art be the star.

A custom jungle wallpaper in varying shades of green inspired by a Rousseau painting adds movement and dimension in this Washington, D.C., office. The Noir Portuguese writing desk centers the room with its gracious presence.

An L-shaped table creates a California cool nook in this Newport Beach home. Charcoal walls make it feel cozy.

The Louis XV–style desk in the library of an English manor house originally belonged to the owner’s grandfather.

A 19th-century Anglo-Indian desk, 1940s rosewood barrel chairs, and a 1970s Italian chandelier outfit a study inside a New Jersey mansion.

In the same minimalist home, the sectional sofa in the wife’s study is upholstered in a Schumacher velvet with Samuel & Sons trim, the co*cktail table is by Philip and Kelvin LaVerne, and the walls are paneled with custom-made brass grilles.

In the library of this London home, the chair is covered in a Pierre Frey fabric, the co*cktail table and stool were found in Singapore, and the rug is a custom design.

In a Paris pied-à-terre, a 19th-century iron-and-marble garden table serves as a desk outside the bedroom; the chair is in the style of Louis XV, the lamp is a custom design, and the curtains are of a Holland & Sherry cashmere.

In this London townhouse, the library’s 1940s painted table is one of a pair, the bench is by André Arbus, and the vase is by Marianna Kennedy; the plaster paneling is a custom design, and the abaca rug is by Stark.

In the office area on the ­second floor of a modern Tuscan home, the vintage furnishings include a carpenter's table purchased in Tuscany and a Charles and Ray Eames chair.

A chair by Kelly Behun Studio and a custom-made desk in a guest room of Behun's Manhattan home; the vintage beaded sculptures are Nigerian.

In the library of a Parisian home, the sofa is upholstered in a cotton damask, the armchair is covered in a silk velvet and the slipper chair is based on a Mongiardino design; the desk is Louis XV, the chandelier is Louis XIV and the 19th century rug is Persian.

In the library of a California farmhouse, the family’s dachshund, Spartacus, rests on one of a pair of armchairs from Obsolete covered in Ralph Lauren Home plaids; the oak table is from Lucca & Co., the early-20th-century leather armchair is English, the bookshelves and ladder are from Style de Vie, the Poul Henningsen artichoke lamp is from the 1960s, and the ceiling is clad in metal siding from Texas barns.

In a corner of the kitchen in John Robshaw's country home, an Indian chair and a table from Privet House; the walls are hung with Dutch plates purchased in Sri Lanka and turbans that Robshaw had made in India as gifts for friends.

A studio in one of two apartments that the artist and designer Christian Astuguevieille maintains in Bayonne, France. He designed the sofa and its fabric, available through Holly Hunt, as well as the table and chandelier, and he created both the pattern on the oak parquet floor and many of the room’s artworks, using Chinese calligraphy ink.