It’s also been a year when the home office really came into sharp focus. Tell us about the home office workspace you have in your building
I had already been working from home 50/50, however, I realised I really needed a space which was my own and I could really focus. I used my favourite room in the house which is the smallest bedroom and it has a great view, but it’s just got this great feeling. My work varies from designs to content creation to DIY’s so it has to be quite versatile but also very practical.
I couldn’t find a desk that worked for me and I have always wanted to design pieces, so I had a prototype made from rolled steel which is the perfect size to do technical drawings on and functional for when I am painting and need to get messy.
I have kept the room monochrome with a hand-painted Kintsugi inspired pattern all over the walls, shelving for easy to reach materials and wall-mounted cabinets which hold my growing collection of samples. As I spend a lot of my time sketching and mood boarding, it is the perfect creative space for me to let loose but also somewhere which I feel is quite chic for when I have zoom calls. Can’t have a boring background now, can you?
You are using a HÅG Capisco Puls chair at your desk, how have you found it?
I have the 8020 model of the HÅG Capisco Puls, which comes with a full seat cushion for extra comfort, and it is in the clay colour shell with a white foot base - perfect for my monochrome tastes! I’ve been using it for nearly 3 months now, and I can’t tell you how perfect it is for how I work.
I was previously using a dining chair which was not very good for posture and gave me a right pain in the back. When I’m using a drawing board, it's perfect that I can elevate the seat higher so I am not craning myself upwards and the little petals are perfect for resting your feet on when doing research. But I do love how it reclines as sometimes I’ll roll the seatback, lean back and put my feet on the desk and have a little breather. Closely followed by spinning around because I’m still a big kid at heart.
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