3D Render: Dream Office

Brandon and I both work from home, so a home office that we enjoy is very important when you think about how much time we spend in there. Currently we have a small, windowless office in an otherwise unused basement. Ideally our new home office would have lots of light, be close to the kitchen and front door, and have some cozy elements.

Below is a 3D render of our dream office layout. we wanted a big window facing the front yard that would let us see who’s coming and also let light into the kitchen. We have the fireplace and bookshelf along the entry wall to help reduce some noise from anyone coming in/out. On the far wall, we have where we’d place our desks!

Here’s a view of the barn door (to the entry), the fireplace, and the bookshelf. The fireplace we have in mind would be plaster with a marble surround. If a marble fireplace surround isn’t in the budget right away, we’ll ask the builder what we can do now that will make it easy to upgrade in the future.

On the right, we also have some bookshelves! Ideally we’d be able to fit our books, as well as a printer in the cabinets. If there’s room, we could also store our work bags in the cabinets.

Another view.

Close up of the desk positioning. We like to work side by side! I think as long as we got our finishes right in this space, I wouldn’t be in too much of a hurry to invest in our desks/chairs. We each currently have a good sized desk (L shaped) that could get us by for a while, but eventually I’d love to work on something cool and custom with drawers and additional storage! That would definitely be a project down the road, maybe as a little self-investment if we were to get a good promotion.

Here is the view that you’d have from the kitchen into the office.

And here’s the view you’d have from inside the office, looking out to the kitchen!

This is the overall mood board we have for the office. Most of what you see should be pretty similar to our rendering!

Now one caveat about the desk placement, I did do some research that monitors in front of windows could cause some eye strain, but I didn’t want to bring in less light during this phase of us having a two desk office. Someday we’ll retire and maybe we’ll need all of that light for a reading room or library! One compromise I found was having cute curtains (which I love anyway) to cover the part of the window at eye level. Here are some examples of that!

Overall, this is one of the spaces we’re most excited for! We work very hard at work and having a nice place to spend those hours would feel like a treat. On the furnishing priority list however, it’s probably beneath most of the other rooms. Either way, I’m so excited to meet with the builder next month and start getting some numbers to what we’re thinking. We’ve been financially preparing for this and manifesting our dream house for years, so I think we’ll be in good shape to get building next year!

Thanks for reading!

Davien