I love curtains as much as the next person. However, there is something to be said for having a neutral window treatment. Window treatments can be quite expensive, so you should make an investment in them. That way you can add color & patterns into accessories & just change them whenever you want a new look.

Try a sleeker look for your windows, like wooden blinds. You can have these for years to come. Consider wood & faux wood blinds, shades, mini blinds, roller shades, or Roman shades. Have an installer come out to your house & measure your windows for a custom fit. You can even get free samples to try out what the material looks like in your room.

A lot of offices also double as guest rooms.  So when you are using the room as an office, you want to feel like you are working in a pulled together space, not a bedroom.  A great way to accomplish this is to make a faux daybed, it can also serve as a sofa.  An easy, inexpensive way to do this is to take off the head board & then push the bed horizontally against the wall.  Then get large throw pillows for the back of the bed, & just keep piling on the pillows & throws until it looks like a couch.  This also works great in studio apartments where your bed is your sofa.

Lamps make or break a room & these are some of the most unique shades I’ve ever seen. One of the easiest ways to “date” a room is by having an out of date lamp. It’s a dead giveaway. So, I try to update my lamps every few years & it completely changes the feel of the room.

These lampshades are from a company called ArtShade. They make customizable Giclee lamp shades. You just send in your picture, choose a style & they put your image on a lamp shade. It’s as simple as that. You can either get a floor or table lamp. You could put baby pictures, family photos, pet photos, or even pictures from a recent vacation to really customize your room. You will have a piece that will be a conversation starter & completely unique.