The holidays are behind us and now it's back to work! To help motivate you on this cold Monday morning, I have put together a post featuring inspirational office spaces, followed by a guide to help me you create your own spiffy office space or improve your existing one--much more fun than working... 

The inspiration:

Christopher Maya via Architectural Digest

Furbish

Katie Armour's Desk

via Style Me Pretty

Guehne-Made

Alaina Kaczmarski of The Everygirl's office

Danielle Moss house tour via Apartment Therapy

via Neiman Marcus

Christina Murphy Interiors

Bernadette Pascua and Andrew Stinson via Design Sponge

Aerin Lauder's Gabriella Crespi desk via Harper's Bazaar

I found the following to help recreate a similar office space based on the inspirational images above. Read on...

The desk is the focal point of the office--I love the following four kinds:

1) Mirrored:

$499 from Z Gallerie

West Elm

2) Lucite, acrylic, or even glass:

1stdibs

$379 from CB2

Glass Desk $499 from Wisteria

3) The "X" desk:

$1,950 from Jonathan Adler

$159.99 from World Market

4) And--as I'm saving the best for last--the infamous Gabriella Crespi "Z" desk:

Gabriella Crespi desk via 1st Dibs

A fun chair to compliment the desk:

$97.69 from Staples

$449 for a set of two 

from Ballard Designs

$64.93 from Goedeker's

Let's be honest, fun chairs don't always equal comfy chair (beauty is pain, right?), so here are some plush pillows for you back...or your bum:

$38 from Whitlock & Co.

$70 from Spark Modern

$26 from Willa Skye Home

Lighting is key:

$29.99 from Target

$59 from Land of Nod

$33.49 from Office Max

Accessorize, accessorize, accessorize!:

$28-$68 from Neiman Marcus

$24 from See Jane Work

$52.50 from Tory Burch


Gingher

Witty writing tools:

$7.50 from Row House 14

$12 from Charm & Gumption

$8 from See Jane Work

Some inspirational art:

$5 from Charm & Gumption

$5 from Charm & Gumption

$5 from Charm & Gumption

$15.57 from Miss Poppy Design

$25 from The Pink Pagoda

Fragrance!:

Baies candle

$60 from Diptyque 

$40 from Kate Spade

$45 from Tory Burch

And some fresh flowers!:

Krista Ewart

via House Beautiful

Furbish

Jessie Epley Short's home

via The Everygirl

The Pink Pagoda

Enjoy!

Emilie

As promised, I have more fabulous Friday finds for you today from my husband's hometown of Nashville!

I have been following A Flair for Vintage Décor on social media for quite some time, so when I learned last spring that the home décor boutique was located in Nashville, I knew I had to see it for myself! I waited patiently for my next visit to town so I could finally meet owner and designer Caroline Roche West and see all of her finds at Flair.

While decorating her own home a few years ago, Caroline was hoping to compliment her inherited pieces with some additional vintage pieces, as well as some new accessories to reflect today's style. Caroline explains that she got the idea to begin her own business when she couldn't find a local store that offered a mix of both the vintage and new, and so began A Flair for Vintage Décor!

These days, Caroline collects coveted vintage finds from antique stores and estate sales around Nashville and beyond. After collecting her treasures, Caroline treats them with a little TLC and then sells them alongside a selection of new home accessories from her Nashville storefront. Finds range from furniture to lighting to small decorative accessories. Although it was hard to choose, my favorite pieces included various vintage elephant garden stools and the more modern acrylic clam shell bowls. Oh! And those pagoda lanterns! To die for! Pieces are primarily of the Hollywood Regency, Mid-Century modern, and Palm Beach styles. Swoon.

Caroline also offers in-home design services! I should have asked if she was willing to travel...

Caroline was so accommodating and welcomed me into her beautiful store the day before Christmas Eve! After greeting me and giving me the grand tour (with the help of her adorable 15-month-old daughter), I snuck around to snap some photos to share with you!

Here are some of my favorites from Flair:

If and when you are in Nashville, be sure to stop by Flair to check out all of Caroline's ever-changing finds! In the meantime, you can keep up with her finds by following her blog, as well as her Instagram photos and Facebook page!

Enjoy!

Emilie