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Office Update: Chic Saarinen Table

March 16, 2017
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Today’s mission: Figure out a cute office design for the head of the department at my day job.  As many of you know, during the day, I work as an executive at a big corporation and by nights, early mornings and weekends, I blog and design.  A few months ago, the department head, knowing that design is my passion, asked me to look at her office and her help her figure out an arrangement with a round table as a desk. Her current office is filled with standard company furniture she inherited from the person who had the office before her.  It is bland.  She described her style as modern.  With little design information, except that she wanted something really modern, with a round table as a desk, I had the COCOCOZY team put together a few office design inspiration board thought starters.

I asked the COCOCOZY team to start off with a classic mid-century modern white Saarinen tulip table as inspiration.  Here are some sleek modern office design ideas.

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This is a sketch of my boss’s office layout that she gave to me!

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Chair: Wayfair

Tray: Kate Spade

Wall Art: Etsy

Sofa: LexMod

Shelf: West Elm

Shelf Lamp: West Elm

Rug: COCOCOZY

Table: Room & Board

Table Lamp: Crate & Barrel

 

 

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Sofa: West Elm

Mirror: West Elm

Table: Overstock

Table Lamp: West Elm

Chair: Dwell Studio

Desk File: Anthropologie

Wall Art: Z Gallerie

Rug: COCOCOZY

Side Table: Anthropologie

Filing Cabinet: Restoration Hardware

Circular Lamp: One King’s Lane

 

 

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Table: Design Within Reach

Rug: Cococozy

Sofa: West Elm

Desk Lamp: Jayson Home

Clock: Design Within Reach

Desk Tray: Jonathan Adler

Shelf: West Elm

Mirror: Made Goods

Vases: Jayson Home

Wall Art: West Elm

Side Table: ABC Home

Ghost Chair: ABC Home

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Table: Design Within Reach

Clock: Firebox

Chair: Design Within Reach

Sofa: ABC Home

Filing Cabinet: Wayfair

Shelving: ABC Home

Rug: Cococozy

Wall Art: West Elm

Desk Lamp: All Modern

Floor Lamp: ABC Home

Side Table: Serena & Lily

Brass Elephant: Etsy

Bonsai Tree: ProFlowers

 

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Table: Bulkea

Chair: Ikea

Sofa: Target

Bookends: CB2

Art: Ikea

Desk Tray: CB2

Rug: Target

Shelf: CB2

Desk Lamp: Target

Filing Cabinet: CB2

Side Table: Ikea

 

So…I ran a few of these office design ideas by my “client” (uh boss).  She LOVED the idea of the Saarinen tulip table as the starting point.  She liked some of the accessories…but is looking for more of a green and blue color palette and a more comfortable inviting sofa.  She then showed me a picture of her home and I got a better sense of her style.  We are now working on a few more ideas!

Work in progress continues.  Will continue to share.  With that said…am off to work!

xo

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Photos: Homepolish; Sukio; C Magazine; Barnebys; My Domaine; Remodelista; Nest; Miriam Layton

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  1. Jeanne says:
    March 17, 2017 at 8:40 AM

    Fabulous ideas for every price point. In our Florida house we used the white tulip table and clear chairs (also your selections) and they have been great and have stood the test of time/renters. A very fun project. 🙂

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