Study rooms are one of the most important parts of a home. Although it might not be the cool armchair you show-off to your friends and colleagues, it’s a space you go to when you want to focus, it’s the space where you channel your creativity and spend some productive time working on things you like.
So, it goes without saying, that the study needs to not only be visually pleasing, but it should also match your personality. Here are a few tips on how to make your very personal study room
Know Yourself
The first important step is to understand your work method, some people need a clutter, some people need to be systematic, some need utter silence while some need loud spaces to make sure they get their creative juices flowing.
Bring your Ideas on paper
Once you understand your work method, make a mood board. A mood board is nothing but a combination of colors and textures you want in your room.
Select the Colors
Study rooms with the colors white, buttercup yellow, cream, and other soft shades are known to be conducive to creating a relaxed and calm environment.
Be Aware of your needs
If you are someone who likes to have everything organized, make sure you provide your study room with a lot of easy-to-access shelves that would be the height and size of your usual files, books or folders.
If you like clutter and find peace in spreading your work around, make sure the shelves are tall, and have enough compartments in them and keep a couple of drawers or shelves easily accessible, to make it easier to sort through the clutter whenever you need to.
Know your work
If you’re someone whose work involves a lot of paperwork, you need to make sure you have a table where you can stack everything up without the risk of knocking things over
Architects, Interior designers and students/professionals who need to spread their work before them need to make sure that their flooring is not carpeted, making it easier to work on the floor, if need be. The table needs to be big enough to spread your sheets on it, with a little more space to keep your instruments there.
The tables, shelves and stands need to be such, that they would support your work and make it easier for you. Musicians need to make sure they have space for their musical instruments, notes and everything else that they might need.
Create a vent space
Turn a wall/ door into a large white board or put up post-its on this space. It’s too easy to forget good ideas or plans.
Add a little pop of a color
Try to avoid monotony in the room. Add a few bright/ different colored objects and accessories to the room to make sure you see something different when you look around.
Personalize something
Write/ Draw something on your own and hang it/paste it or keep it in the study room. A personal touch will make the entire room feel a lot cozier once you put in conscious efforts to make that space reflect your personality.
Avoid keeping anything that is not related to you in the room
This is where many people go wrong. The objects around you should help you focus. If you end up keeping everything in one space, you’re bound to get distracted.
If your study room is also your bedroom, make sure that the space where you keep your study material, is de-cluttered and devoid of too many distractions
Nurture something
Many people like the soothing effect of having house-plants in the room. Nurturing something in the space gives a sense of belongingness to the person who uses the room a lot.
Let there be Light!
Use light wisely in your room, natural light is known to boost focus and concentration.
Once it gets dark, use lights that won’t strain your eyes. Yellowish-white shades of light work best for most people.
Make it Compact!
The Study room will look bigger if you make everything fit into the main furniture. Tables that fold in and turn into a door for the shelves are a brilliant example of making things compact. The more space you have in your room, the more space you have to keep a cozy chair or couch.
Smart Tip:
Use drawers and compartments that would make it easier for you to find your things. The market has a lot of new ideas to make organizing and storing easier.
There are folder cabinets, smaller dividers within drawers to keep everything organized.
Make sure you have the size of your instruments and products in mind while purchasing these organizers.
