Project Reveal! A Bold, Teal, Mid-Century Modern Inspired Home Office

Lauren Figueroa
57 minutes ago
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Elegant home office with glass doors, abstract art, modern furniture, warm lighting, and a brown rug. Calm and inviting ambiance.

Today I continue my reveal of the Ridgemont Lake House project!

If you missed it, last week I showcased the reveal of the main floor great room, which included the main living area, kitchen, breakfast nook, and dining areas, and you can see an overview of the project scope before we started here.

This week we're looking at the space my client is MOST excited for: her mid-century modern inspired home office! Below you can see a couple images of what the space looked like when I first saw it:

Empty room with dark wood floors, beige walls, and recessed lighting. Open glass doors reveal a hallway with a staircase. Calm atmosphere.

The space was a perfect blank space and I knew how I was going to lay it out immediately when I walked in. Since there are so few windows in the space, I knew I'd be utilizing some statement artwork to fill the walls, and I knew I'd also be creating a perfect little sitting area inside the office as well.

Empty room with beige walls, dark hardwood floor, recessed ceiling lights, and white-trimmed windows. Calm, minimalist atmosphere.

Mid-century Modern Inspiration for a Home Office

My client spends a lot of time working from home, and she had a very specific vision for this particular space.

Below you can see a handful of the inspiration images my client compiled (pretty sure all three of these are AI—seriously, it's taking over Pinterest 😭). But, alas, it gets the point across, and that's really what matters as far as inspiration goes.

My client wanted to lean into her love of MCM design in this particular room, and she especially wanted to have some bold teal elements in the space, whether in the walls or in the furniture. The clock was a piece she had seen at a museum, and while it didn't necessarily need to be an exact replica, it was a good piece of style inspiration.

We were on our way to creating her very own mid-century modern home office!

The Furniture Layout and Space Functionality Needs

My client spends a lot of time at the computer, has a few monitors, and like many of us, has a lot of zoom calls to participate in. She didn't have a major need for storage / supplies other than her computer, so we wanted a desk that would have ample surface area and room for rolling a desk chair comfortably underneath.

Based on her inspo images, I knew that I wanted to create a cool, funky seating area with some really bold art, and ideally, this will be a place where she wants to hang out even when she isn't working.

Home office layout with sofa, lounge chair, desk, lamp, and artwork. Features an area rug, coffee table, potted plant, and MCM wall clock.

The space has glass french doors, so when you look through those, you'll look right at the seating area. We'll have a small scale exposed frame sofa with a classic MCM oval coffee table, a lounge chair and ottoman, and a large credenza with a statement piece of artwork above.

Her desk will be positioned near the windows, and the backdrop of her zoom meeting will be the sofa with large artwork above. Beside the desk will be a wall mounted lamp that can swivel to either the desk or the chair, and beside the desk we'll have a large potted plant.

Initial Designs and Re-Selections

As with most large projects, there ends up being a handful of items that become discontinued or very backordered during the design process. Sadly, our initial credenza and lounge chair both became unavailable in the midst of placing orders.

I think we ultimately ended up in a more interesting place, but I wanted to show you both versions!

Aside from those pieces, you'll see some bold artwork, a brown/orange rug with an intersecting graphic patten, and I was also able to find a super close replica to the start clock by a creator on Etsy out of the UK.

Home Office Version #1

Mid-century modern home office with gray sofa, blue armchair, wood desk, and wall art. Brown rug, green walls, and "HOME OFFICE" text.

Our first version featured a blue/green leather armchair and ottoman and warm wood credenza with an interesting curved detail in the doors. This credenza is a tad smaller than the one we ended up with, and I'm happier with the larger size. However I did like the uniqueness of the doors on this one, as well as the shape of the lounge chair.

Home Office Version #2

Mid-century modern home office with green walls, a wooden desk, brown chair, gray sofa, abstract art, and a plant. Text: "HOME OFFICE".

Where we ended up feels a little more fun, though, with this burnt red orange velvet lounge chair and ottoman. I like that it pulls from the orange in the large painting, and I think it pops a little better against the walls.

I also like the size of this new credenza, and while I miss the curved element in the doors, I think this one is just as pretty.

The REVEAL of the Completed Mid-Century Modern Home Office 😍

The home office is just off the main entry of the house with these huge glass doors, and we wanted the space to be a bit of a show stopper since you see it immediately when you enter:

View through glass doors into a cozy room with sofas designed by Lauren Figueroa, warm lighting, a clock, and art on the walls, creating an inviting ambiance.

Cozy home office designed by Lauren Figueroa with open glass doors, brown rug, white table, and warm lighting. Minimalist decor with abstract art and a table lamp.

I was so excited to find these two vintage style mcm furniture prints to carry on the mcm theme of this space. They were perfect for right above her desk where she would be spending many hours working:

A home office designed by Lauren Figueroa with a wooden desk, dual monitors, beige chair, and plant in a pot. Green walls, framed art, red chair, and a window nearby.

Modern home office designed by Lauren Figueroa with a white table, open book, and drink. Brown rug, dark wood sideboard, lamp, and abstract art create a cozy ambiance.

The shaggy orange rug (above) adds a tone of coziness and warmth to the space and is a great base for the contrasting shiny white iconic saarinen style coffee table. I was super happy with the color and texture that the re-selected rusty red lounge chair (below) brought to the office as well:

Cozy office designed by Lauren Figueroa with a brown desk, dual monitors, cream chair, and orange chair and ottoman. Soft lighting from a textured lamp.

Mid-century modern home office designed by Lauren Figueroa with a mint green wall, abstract artwork, wooden credenza, globe lamp, and red armchair. Cozy atmosphere.

I love the scale and color in both of the statement artworks we chose for the space as well. I like to mix up the orientation of artworks when I'm using similar size and scale so that they don't feel lined up or like they are fighting with each other. I also chose pieces that had very different brightnesses (light bright yellow, dark moody red/teal) so that they each bring something very different to the room.

Mid-century modern home office designed by Lauren Figueroa with teal walls and warm lighting. Features a sofa, coffee table, art, and retro decor. Cozy ambiance.

I think my client was probably most thrilled with this room since this room was designed specifically for her style preferences vs. needing to cater to the whole family. She's already spent many hours enjoying this new work from home space—and it's safe to say her coworkings miiiight be a little jealous 😏

All after photos by Alyssa Wagner

Next Up....

Next week we'll take a look at what we jokingly have been calling the "dining room that's not a dining room". Like so many folks these days, my clients did not imagine they would use a formal dining room. And so? We decided to turn it into a cozy sitting room.

So stay tuned—that's what we'll look at next week!

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LFID is an interior designer working with folks in West + Southeast Michigan and NYC, known especially for her unique and speedy Designed in a Day service.

LFID works with clients from Detroit to Clarkston, and all the way to Grand Rapids, Holland and Traverse City, and most recently, NYC. I pride myself on creating bespoke, people-centered spaces—because after all, people are what this life is all about!