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When my youngest was born, we gave up our guest room. Actually, I did this big crazy room change and moved my oldest out of the nursery into what was my office and the office into what was the guest room. The result, no guest room.
We don’t have a lot of out-of-town guests. But when my sister-in-law and family come to stay they have to either get a hotel or sleep on the couch. It isn’t very accommodating.
I have grand plans of recouping a guest room by transforming my formal dinning room into an office. Because let’s face it, we never actually use our formal dinning room. I call it our bedroom for the china.
So this is happening, and I am in the process of planning the perfect space for me to work. When designing the perfect space, the first step is a color palate to set the mood. And this is what I am dreaming of – soft, inviting and inspiring.

Kalaty Rugs offers handmade rugs to fit any décor style, including my new office. The one above brings in a neural blue that would go with my color palate, and I like its modern, yet subtle pattern.
I found a lot of rugs I like on Kalaty.com. I also likes the way this blue rug looks in a room.


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Jennifer H says
Room decorating is so much fun! I can’t wait to close on our new home and begin decorating. 🙂
Ashley - Embracing Homemaking says
Gorgeous ideas!! I love the calm but lovely colors.
Christy Garrett Parenting Advice says
Our formal living room is our office space too. Except I end up blogging on the couch using my laptop. When we built our house we had them put in french doors so that we could close off the space.
Ali Gilbert says
Cute! I love the colors!!
Christa says
I love the pink and blue combo!
Jennifer @ My Sweet Sanity says
One of my big projects this year is to paint and redecorate the rooms in the house.
Jen says
This room needs MORE purple!
Lisa Brown says
I love rugs; they add color and dimension to rooms; very versatile.
Margaret Smith says
I love redecorating. Right now, I’m thinking of updating our two sons room. (They both share a room) They’re both teens now and could use something in a teen deco.
Will G says
Both of those rugs are really nice looking. Might have to get a new one for our living room.
Amy Orvin says
That would inspire me. I love adding rugs.
ghassan alsaleh says
all of them are awesome
JoeyfromSC says
I LOVE the patterns on BOTH rugs in the 2 pics! SO modern & cool looking! I actually need a new living room rug badly lol
Joey J.
Taylor Allen says
I like both of those rugs a lot! I think I would end up going with the second one though. Those couches are sweet too!
Šimon Slávik says
Well, actually that carpets are simply nice.
Meena R says
Love the color scheme! I have to agree with you on the dining room area-I don’t think we’ve ever eaten in there.
Bias says
Oh my goodness! I love the color scheme for the home office inspiration look! I never would have thought to put these colors together but they really pop with a strong, basic color scheme. Love it. 🙂 Actually, I tend to skip rugs because one of my dogs has long, fluffy hair gets everywhere. But I definitely like to start with a strong center piece.
Shannon says
What a gorgeous room and I like your idea about using a color palette. The second rug is my fave.
Stacey says
I love, love both rugs! BUT with children I would have to say the first would be the better option. I hate anything white/light colored with children. Feels like I’m constantly cleaning it or else it looks filthy
Sharon Rooney says
I like the gray blue rug the best it gives a contrast
Danielle Porter says
One of our bedrooms is an office space too! Really hard to decorate. I like the idea of a rug though!
amber rizer says
I love decorating! I do like having a guest room so I feel for you! Mine is full of storage anyhow lol I like a big area rug and a pop of color in the room. I like pink!
Janet W. says
I love the blue room the best! It is so much fun to decorate the different rooms in your house because the end result is always so satisfying!
Bohemian Babushka (@BBabushka) says
What a great selection they have!! Your own space; good for you. I’ve been wanting to have my own office space for awhile.Please post the office pics once you’re done. BB2U
Kayte says
I love how subtle the designs of these rugs are. They add color and ambiance without being overwhelming.
Terri Herman says
I would love to have a home office! Just remember to make it your own. I like the idea of calming colors.
alena svetelska says
so pretty decorating ideas and love the combination of colors.
Betty C says
This is inspiring me to make some changes of my own. I love the rug. It makes such a difference in a room.
Betty B. says
I love the color palette and the tan rug is my favorite!
Susan Smith says
I love the blue rug, it would look great in my family room.
tanya holland says
I love all of the colors. The rugs are beautiful.
Laurie Nykaza says
I love these ideas and the colors together are so pretty. Gray is something I have yet to try but love it in the picture too.
Sue Barney says
I agree a Great rug can really make a room, the ones Love the Blue one 🙂
Natalie Brown says
Hi! I love your color palette! The desk is really nice too. This inspires me to do a board like this for my bedroom. I just moved into my own place and want to decorate it with pastels and a shabby chic type style. Thank-you for the neat ideas!!
Jonathan Brigden says
When you think about it, when you remove a rug from a floor it looks SO open and big, but that doesn’t do much good to make something homely/comfy if that make sense. A lot of people forget how important rugs are and I’m glad you are looking for the right rug.
christine jessamine says
I love the look and colors of this. I could really use a new makeover for our office area
RICHARD HICKS says
Rugs make the room. I need to do an office makeover myself very soon
Amanda Sakovitz says
I love the way its decorated. It really would inspire me to get some work done.
Thomas Murphy says
I love the rugs!
shaunie says
Never knew of this … really could help me in deciding how a room should looks as I rarely know where to start. Great ideas and will be looking into this for my next project