Home Office Design Colors

Create Excitement

• Energize your home office with shades of red or orange. Colors on this end of the color wheel are vibrant and rich and make you feel warm. Create a high contrast with white furniture against red walls. Bring the color into the rest of the room with a red chair, red desk accessories and white vases filled with red roses. Orange complements light wood tone furniture and is more playful than red.

Calm and Relaxing

• If your work is stressful and demanding, decorate your office with cool and relaxing colors like blue, green or lavender. Like a calm ocean, light blue and green envelopes and allows you to float away on soft waves of color. Pair cool colors with light furniture, minimizing a high contrast effect. You want a relaxing space to blend colors together, not pop off each other. Place a photo or artwork of the beach on a wall across from a lounge chair or chaise. Enjoy a moment away from the computer lounging at your private oasis.

Neutral

• Neutral colors like khaki and brown are earthy colors that help you to feel grounded and close to nature. Browns and grays are sophisticated colors that will put visitors at ease. Neutral color palettes are also calming without committing to a particular color. Layer in different tones of brown or gray in your home office to create interest.

How to Choose

• Consider the amount of natural light in the room before choosing a color. If there is limited natural light, your walls should be lighter in color. In this scenario, bring in energy and excitement with pops of color around the room. Bring in more light with desk lamps, and add recessed ceiling lights. Calm and neutral color palettes work with limited or an abundance of natural light. The proximity of your home office to other rooms will also play into how you decorate it. Color your home office so that it blends with the rest of your home. Home office design takes the functionality of an office and merges it with the best of residential design.