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24 Hipster Home Offices
Wondering how to channel the creative cool of hipsters into your home workspace? Let this on-trend collection inspire your inner designer
No one can ever understand what it really means to be a hipster – not even hipsters – due to the mysterious air that is at the core of hipsterhood. Because of this, outsiders who want to embrace the hipster way of life often have a hard time recreating this sense of indefinable cool. To help get a handle on what it takes to create a hipster haven, take a look at this collection of inspirational work spaces.
2. Knock up a trestle
Trestles are much-loved in the hipster community, and even more so if you build them yourself; they instantly give any space a feeling of being half-finished or temporary, which the hairy brethren just love.
Trestles are much-loved in the hipster community, and even more so if you build them yourself; they instantly give any space a feeling of being half-finished or temporary, which the hairy brethren just love.
3. Go au naturel
Embrace the natural masculinity of built-in timber furniture and dark leather upholstery, which bring to mind the epitome of hipster idols – the lumberjack. A wide window such as the one seen here also helps to connect the space to the great outdoors, which is the lumberjack’s natural habitat.
BONUS POINTS: Your office gets extra hipster cred if there’s an eagle or other cool bird flying past whenever a client looks out the window.
Embrace the natural masculinity of built-in timber furniture and dark leather upholstery, which bring to mind the epitome of hipster idols – the lumberjack. A wide window such as the one seen here also helps to connect the space to the great outdoors, which is the lumberjack’s natural habitat.
BONUS POINTS: Your office gets extra hipster cred if there’s an eagle or other cool bird flying past whenever a client looks out the window.
4. Upright citizen
You want a standing desk. Or two. Trust me. These days many hipsters are touting the phrase ‘sitting is the new smoking,’ and the only thing more important to hipsters than being health conscious is being seen to be health conscious.
Add a standing desk and improve your health
You want a standing desk. Or two. Trust me. These days many hipsters are touting the phrase ‘sitting is the new smoking,’ and the only thing more important to hipsters than being health conscious is being seen to be health conscious.
Add a standing desk and improve your health
5. Elevate the look with a loft
A loft space, particularly one with exposed ceiling beams like this, is an ideal choice for a hipster home office. The wall of books only adds to the effect, especially if they’re predominately design tomes or coffee table books, preferably about coffee.
A loft space, particularly one with exposed ceiling beams like this, is an ideal choice for a hipster home office. The wall of books only adds to the effect, especially if they’re predominately design tomes or coffee table books, preferably about coffee.
6. Create an artist’s studio
Stylish studio spaces such as the one seen here bring out the creative vibes much lauded throughout all of hipsterhood. If you’re not a painter, you could try using the obligatory easel as a standing desk instead. Or just set up a pretty picture, scatter around some paint tubes and brushes and pretend you painted it yourself.
Stylish studio spaces such as the one seen here bring out the creative vibes much lauded throughout all of hipsterhood. If you’re not a painter, you could try using the obligatory easel as a standing desk instead. Or just set up a pretty picture, scatter around some paint tubes and brushes and pretend you painted it yourself.
7. Rock it Scandi-style
Did I mention that many hipsters pay homage to the gods of minimalism?
Did I mention that many hipsters pay homage to the gods of minimalism?
8. Crawl into a man cave
Outdoor rooms and stylish sheds are a great choice for the hipster home office. They provide privacy for thinking deep thoughts, in combination with a closer connection to the natural environment.
BONUS POINTS: Grow a beard, slap on some flannel and refurbish a vintage butcher’s block while you’re in there.
Outdoor rooms and stylish sheds are a great choice for the hipster home office. They provide privacy for thinking deep thoughts, in combination with a closer connection to the natural environment.
BONUS POINTS: Grow a beard, slap on some flannel and refurbish a vintage butcher’s block while you’re in there.
9. Collectible decor
Proudly display your favourite collections of stuff, the nerdier the better. Passion is the new black, apparently.
Proudly display your favourite collections of stuff, the nerdier the better. Passion is the new black, apparently.
10. Chalk it up
Chalkboard walls are a way to add an even greater sense of hipsterhood, even if you’re not actually a creative. Draw pictures on them, write inspirational quotes or even motivational sayings – just don’t use them for anything practical like a to-do list. That totes defeats the purpose.
Chalkboard walls are a way to add an even greater sense of hipsterhood, even if you’re not actually a creative. Draw pictures on them, write inspirational quotes or even motivational sayings – just don’t use them for anything practical like a to-do list. That totes defeats the purpose.
11. Mismatch
There’s nothing more hipster chic than an eclectic collection of mismatched furniture. Unless you pair it with a Mac. Then you win the hipster olympics.
This home office and studio belongs to Byron Bay creative, Austin ‘Nitsua’ Moncrieff who “customises unique upcycled furniture creations with his trademark retro-inspired style”. That slaps you in the face with its hipsterness.
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There’s nothing more hipster chic than an eclectic collection of mismatched furniture. Unless you pair it with a Mac. Then you win the hipster olympics.
This home office and studio belongs to Byron Bay creative, Austin ‘Nitsua’ Moncrieff who “customises unique upcycled furniture creations with his trademark retro-inspired style”. That slaps you in the face with its hipsterness.
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12. Use your words
Inspire yourself with the written word (and creative typography). It doesn’t really matter what the words say, so long as they look good and any artwork used ties in with your colour scheme and overall aesthetic.
Inspire yourself with the written word (and creative typography). It doesn’t really matter what the words say, so long as they look good and any artwork used ties in with your colour scheme and overall aesthetic.
13. Repurpose and upcycle
You’re going to need shelves of some description in your home office, of course, so why not try your hand at DIY and put them together with planks of raw ply set across the rungs of some rustic wooden ladders!
BONUS POINTS: If you can use old paint-splattered ladders once used by proper tradies, that’s even better.
You’re going to need shelves of some description in your home office, of course, so why not try your hand at DIY and put them together with planks of raw ply set across the rungs of some rustic wooden ladders!
BONUS POINTS: If you can use old paint-splattered ladders once used by proper tradies, that’s even better.
14. Industrial revolution
Industrial materials and finishes, such as exposed brick and polished concrete, are big in hipster interiors…and Macs, of course. Even if a Mac doesn’t quite suit your working style or your needs in general, they’re pretty so it’s best to get one anyway. There’s a reason design offices the world over are full of these mighty machines – it’s all about the aesthetic after all.
Industrial materials and finishes, such as exposed brick and polished concrete, are big in hipster interiors…and Macs, of course. Even if a Mac doesn’t quite suit your working style or your needs in general, they’re pretty so it’s best to get one anyway. There’s a reason design offices the world over are full of these mighty machines – it’s all about the aesthetic after all.
15. Pare it back
Not kidding. They love it.
Not kidding. They love it.
16. Designer finds
Embrace unusual seating and over-the-top lighting. When you’re looking for a office chair particularly, think Tolix, Thonet, Frank Gehry’s Wiggle or the classic Eames. And when it comes to floor lamps, go for white, bright and taller than you.
Embrace unusual seating and over-the-top lighting. When you’re looking for a office chair particularly, think Tolix, Thonet, Frank Gehry’s Wiggle or the classic Eames. And when it comes to floor lamps, go for white, bright and taller than you.
17. Get the right accessories
Work on an iPad, in front of a chalkboard. If at all possible, do so with a beard.
Work on an iPad, in front of a chalkboard. If at all possible, do so with a beard.
18. A succulent treat
Pot plants are always a nice addition to a room, but the hipster trend is to keep succulents indoors in something quirky like a vintage teacup or a small aluminium bucket.
Pot plants are always a nice addition to a room, but the hipster trend is to keep succulents indoors in something quirky like a vintage teacup or a small aluminium bucket.
19. Horn in on the trend
Taxidermy in general, and antlers in particular, are big in the hipster scene. Heavy furniture, dark walls, subdued lighting and a valuable-looking piece of art leant nonchalantly against the wall combine to hit just the right note. Think caveman/paleo enthusiast and run with it.
If you don’t feel comfortable having a real rack on your walls, look into getting a cardboard cutout of a stag’s head, or a glass case full of pretty pinned butterflies.
BONUS POINTS: The flutterbys don’t need to be real, but you should really consider displaying a butterfly net nearby nonetheless.
Taxidermy in general, and antlers in particular, are big in the hipster scene. Heavy furniture, dark walls, subdued lighting and a valuable-looking piece of art leant nonchalantly against the wall combine to hit just the right note. Think caveman/paleo enthusiast and run with it.
If you don’t feel comfortable having a real rack on your walls, look into getting a cardboard cutout of a stag’s head, or a glass case full of pretty pinned butterflies.
BONUS POINTS: The flutterbys don’t need to be real, but you should really consider displaying a butterfly net nearby nonetheless.
20. Get crafty
Include DIY materials in your home office decor. Make sure they’re displayed properly, in a vintage/rustic box or basket that matches the overall style of the space.
BONUS POINTS: Even better if you also use your home office as a weekend craft corner to create handmade homewares that you sell to fund your designer chair collecting habit.
Include DIY materials in your home office decor. Make sure they’re displayed properly, in a vintage/rustic box or basket that matches the overall style of the space.
BONUS POINTS: Even better if you also use your home office as a weekend craft corner to create handmade homewares that you sell to fund your designer chair collecting habit.
21. Seek out an industrial hive
Haunt your local op-shops and auction houses, and keep your ear to the ground for old office furniture. There’s nothing quite like an old industrial hive-style filing cabinets to get the creativity pumping!
Haunt your local op-shops and auction houses, and keep your ear to the ground for old office furniture. There’s nothing quite like an old industrial hive-style filing cabinets to get the creativity pumping!
22. Mark the maps
Hipsters love to travel, and love to let everyone know that they love to travel. And everywhere they’ve been. Multiple maps, complete with pins of visited locales, are a must.
Hipsters love to travel, and love to let everyone know that they love to travel. And everywhere they’ve been. Multiple maps, complete with pins of visited locales, are a must.
23. Go get ’em cowboy
Embrace the rustic vibe with tons of timber, a barn-like pitched ceiling and some animal hides for good measure. If you can, channel some Jake Gyllenhaal while you work. You get to choose which role he’s in.
Embrace the rustic vibe with tons of timber, a barn-like pitched ceiling and some animal hides for good measure. If you can, channel some Jake Gyllenhaal while you work. You get to choose which role he’s in.
24. Decorate with bikes
Hang your beloved bicycle on the wall above your desk. It’s a different kind of upcycling. Riding them is so 2014.
Hang your beloved bicycle on the wall above your desk. It’s a different kind of upcycling. Riding them is so 2014.
Just saying…
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Have you or someone you’d love to call out embraced the hipster trend at home? Send us photos by posting them in the comments section below.
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