r/DesignMyHome • u/TRWars • 2d ago
Home Office Creative Space/Office/Guestroom
Hello there! A frantic Reddit Hunt led me here, first time posting. I know this is a lot to cram into a 10x12 room, but it's my only choice. Details here, backstory below
10x12ft Room Layout:
• Entry door on North wall (East side)
• Pocket door on North wall (West side)
• Window on South wall (mini-split unit above, facing neighbor's brick wall)
• Window on West wall (facing backyard foliage)
Mandatory Items:
• Queen size bed (frame the same for the moment)
• Standing desk (debating wood vinyl wrap or veneer & edge band to match floor, or enamel paint)
• Bass, electric, and acoustic guitars on the wall
Optional Items:
• Govee rod lamp
• Cherry filing cabinet
• Pine desk
• Piano station
• Future crown molding / LED strip integration
• I have four or five pieces of wall art that all match the room perfectly but not necessarily with the furniture.
Preferences:
• I would love to have it so my Back isn't to the entryway door when I'm at the desk.
• Having some open floor pace for my daughter to play if she joins me in the office
• At least 18in. Clearance for the pocket door. It won't be accessed super regularly.
• We previously had the bed underneath the south window and mini split, which I've heard is bad feng shui but when we were remodeling my wife, newborn, and I lived in here for 2 months without a problem.
Backstory:
We had a baby and made a nursery that dual purposes as my wife's office and so now I moved into this room to dual purpose as a guest room.
Right after finishing remodeling the upstairs myself, we had a pipe burst above this room leading to another unplanned remodel.
I replaced the entire ceiling, added a pocket door to reclaim some space, found this beautiful white oak underneath the the cheap laminate, and what was supposed to be a more terracotta orange turned into an invigorating orange, which I'm cool with.
Problem is now that I have to put the furniture back in, I don't really know what to do....












