Your Creative Work Space: The Sweet Spot Style Guide to Home Office + Studio Decor

by Desha Peacock

We are all born with an innate desire to creatively express the essence of who we are. This desire is embedded into our soul, a gift at birth, our own Northern Star in a galaxy full of the unknown.Your physical setting can either hamper or inspire this creative calling.Known for her eclectic style and helping others see the possibility within themselves, their homes, and personal style, Desha Peacock offers you tips on designing a creative work space that will also inspire you to do the work you are meant to do.Peacock’s design tips cover how your work space to inspire your best work.Choose the right color to enhance your mood.Create a cozy virtual office no matter where you live.Work with a tiny space in a closet or other nook.Mix vintage, modern, and thrift store finds so you can create the style you crave, no matter your budget.Gain more clarity so you can focus on what’s most important to your business or creative life.Your Creative Work Space features full-color photographs of unique, creative work spaces from the traditional home office to the artist’s studio or writing salon.

Genres: Interior Design, Nonfiction, Art

290 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 15, 2017

Reviews

[Sam (Hissing Potatoes) · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is great if you're looking for a collection of profiles of creative people. But the subtitle on the cover should in no way include the words "style guide" when the advice is just repeated variations of the ultra-generic "be true to yourself" and "buy plants."

[Cheryl · Rating 3 out of 5]

More of a book about other creative people and THEIR spaces. Some nice pics tho and am following some new people on Instagram. :)

[Lindly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful examples and inspo from different creatives on their work spaces and how it affects their projects. Got some great ideas.

[Sheryl · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful images. Lots to like about this book: inspiration for our own creative spaces, spaces put together on a budget, and practical ideas on how to put things together without a lot of construction and special skills. I did wish there was a little more variety in style; after awhile, it seemed as if most of the artists were connected somehow, and had similar styles. Still, this book serves as a great inspiration to those of us who create.

[Suzanne · Rating 1 out of 5]

Enjoy the images, but do your best to block out the writing. The interviews are fluffy and agonising and there is far too much Vision Journal discussion. And apparently Himalayan salt lamps counter the harmful energies of computers so yeah

[Sharon Naylor Toris · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved the refreshing, freeing re-set of ‘home office’ to creative sweet spot. Peacock turns this dial to make a full transformation of a creative space that not only looks great (via inspiring images & sensory tips) but feels peaceful, with good energy for all the stages of creation. Using real creators’ spaces & wonderful tips makes this a gem of a book, far beyond design books that show only what one creator did. This book is varied, beautiful & inspiring. I am using it well to improve so much of my own space.

[Whitney Brignolo · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great collection of workspaces from varying creatives, I agree with another reviewer who pointed out the subtitle is a little misleading. There are some small sections providing advice and guidance, but the meat and bones are the profiles of others’ creative workspaces. I ultimately really enjoyed the wide range of creatives and their workspaces and learning about their businesses and I knew that was the structure by paging through it before I checked it out from the library but if you were ordering online it can be a little misleading.

[Jenny · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rating of 2 if you're looking for a book to help you set up your own creative workspace; rating of 4 if you're interested in seeing and reading about others' creative workspaces. The book doesn't really deliver on the promise made on the cover to help the reader develop their own space; however, I'm giving it a 4 for indulging my inner nosiness for being a lovely book, put together with several color photos/workspace examples ranging in size and type, in an easy-to-read layout.

[Selena · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a great book for seeing other people's spaces - but not a wonderful guide for making my own home office or studio. I found a few new people to follow on Instagram whose aesthetics match mine but it wasn't really helpful in determining how to make the space work for me or how to cultivate the space.

That said, I enjoyed seeing others final studio spaces as inspiration to get myself in order.

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[Robin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of DIY, entrepreneur-artists, mostly women, one or two ideas, but then I am a generation and a half older than most of those pictured. Looking to create a different sort of work for yourself? There are lots of ideas here including ideas for creative workspaces/studies for children and workplaces while globetrotting.

[Ann · Rating 4 out of 5]

Concepts of creative decorating and use of space plus minimalism and small spaces- not looking at huge spaces or expensively decorated areas plus multi media ways to communicate one's creative efforts and adventures.

[Marguerite Guineheux · Rating 1 out of 5]

There are some good ideas but it's repetitive and too long. A lot of Ikea meets
thrift shop meets rah-rah-rah. At points it can be good depending on whom is
getting reviewed and other times it's just self-indulgent fluff. But oh the repetition
in posed styles is what got me the most.

[Emily Purcell · Rating 3 out of 5]

A pretty picture book with some inspiration, but probably not more than could be had for pintrest.

[Cheryl · Rating 2 out of 5]

As others have said, it is a bit repetitive. There were some valuable insights, but it was more than a little weird that every artist was an attractive woman of a very narrow age range.

[Haylee · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm a sucker for anything regarding organization. Add in the spaces people create in, and I'm a goner!

[Susan White-Riggs · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a fun, easy read. The type of book I keep by the bed fro reading before sleep-nothing heavy or to involved.

[Susan · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn't read every page in this book but I did enjoy browsing through it, enjoying the pictures and ideas for organizing "creative" spaces.

[Faloni © · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm lookin for someone to love me.

[Lidia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of inspiration! A nice variety of workspaces. I like the section on feng shui for the deal.

[Anna · Rating 2 out of 5]

Pinterest in paperback form. Some offices look cool but the some of the staged photos showed inefficient office setups.

[Daniel Hardy · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was fine, I expected it to be more of a guide on how to, instead it seemed to be mostly a series of profiles of creative types and how their offices are set up.

[Jennifer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Go look at Pinterest

[Rachel Meyers · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a quick fun read if you enjoy the magazines where women create or similar... Like others have mentioned it lacked as much variety as I had wished for... but I still really enjoyed reading through it. I borrowed it from the library and do not plan to purchase it, but still enjoyed thinking about spaces in which to allow creativity in the home.

[Mary · Rating 3 out of 5]

Beautiful spaces. I would have liked more diversity of purpose though. Mostly bloggers/designers who surround themselves with plants and advise "surround yourself with what inspires you." The practical side of things was also given short shrift--if you run an internet shop how can your workspace not have boxes and shipping stuff? Only what is beautiful and inspiring is in the photos. There was a woman (in CT) that has a confetti factory as her business--that was different.

[Cassandra · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like this book a lot. I take it out from the library regularly to get inspired in my decorating.