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Photo of an expansive transitional study room in Houston with blue walls, light hardwood floors, no fireplace, a freestanding desk and beige floor.

Interior Design, Custom Furniture Design, & Art Curation by Chango & Co. Photography by Raquel Langworthy See the project in Architectural Digest
Expansive transitional home office in New York with a library, blue walls, dark hardwood floors, no fireplace and a freestanding desk.

Builder: J. Peterson Homes Interior Designer: Francesca Owens Photographers: Ashley Avila Photography, Bill Hebert, & FulView Capped by a picturesque double chimney and distinguished by its distinctive roof lines and patterned brick, stone and siding, Rookwood draws inspiration from Tudor and Shingle styles, two of the world’s most enduring architectural forms. Popular from about 1890 through 1940, Tudor is characterized by steeply pitched roofs, massive chimneys, tall narrow casement windows and decorative half-timbering. Shingle’s hallmarks include shingled walls, an asymmetrical façade, intersecting cross gables and extensive porches. A masterpiece of wood and stone, there is nothing ordinary about Rookwood, which combines the best of both worlds. Once inside the foyer, the 3,500-square foot main level opens with a 27-foot central living room with natural fireplace. Nearby is a large kitchen featuring an extended island, hearth room and butler’s pantry with an adjacent formal dining space near the front of the house. Also featured is a sun room and spacious study, both perfect for relaxing, as well as two nearby garages that add up to almost 1,500 square foot of space. A large master suite with bath and walk-in closet which dominates the 2,700-square foot second level which also includes three additional family bedrooms, a convenient laundry and a flexible 580-square-foot bonus space. Downstairs, the lower level boasts approximately 1,000 more square feet of finished space, including a recreation room, guest suite and additional storage.

This luxury home was designed to specific specs for our client. Every detail was meticulously planned and designed with aesthetics and functionality in mind. Features barrel vault ceiling, custom waterfront facing windows and doors and built-ins.

This extra tall library furniture is perfect for homes with high ceilings and large collections. Constructed from high-quality materials and finished with a light oak veneer, this statement storage solution blends beautifully with the interior decor. It features an assortment of shelving, closed cabinets and display space.

Photo: Amy Bartlam
Expansive eclectic home office in Los Angeles with blue walls and a freestanding desk.

This is an example of an expansive midcentury home office in London with a library, blue walls and medium hardwood floors.

Design ideas for an expansive transitional home office in DC Metro with a library, blue walls, dark hardwood floors, no fireplace, a freestanding desk and brown floor.

Photography by Linda Oyama Bryan. http://pickellbuilders.com. Walnut Home Office with Coffer Ceiling Adjacent to Master Bedroom.

This large home office allows for meeting clients or for seeing video conferences or finance channels. The high ceilings and windows allow plenty of light. http://arhomes.us/Montalcino1303

This home is in a rural area. The client was wanting a home reminiscent of those built by the auto barons of Detroit decades before. The home focuses on a nature area enhanced and expanded as part of this property development. The water feature, with its surrounding woodland and wetland areas, supports wild life species and was a significant part of the focus for our design. We orientated all primary living areas to allow for sight lines to the water feature. This included developing an underground pool room where its only windows looked over the water while the room itself was depressed below grade, ensuring that it would not block the views from other areas of the home. The underground room for the pool was constructed of cast-in-place architectural grade concrete arches intended to become the decorative finish inside the room. An elevated exterior patio sits as an entertaining area above this room while the rear yard lawn conceals the remainder of its imposing size. A skylight through the grass is the only hint at what lies below. Great care was taken to locate the home on a small open space on the property overlooking the natural area and anticipated water feature. We nestled the home into the clearing between existing trees and along the edge of a natural slope which enhanced the design potential and functional options needed for the home. The style of the home not only fits the requirements of an owner with a desire for a very traditional mid-western estate house, but also its location amongst other rural estate lots. The development is in an area dotted with large homes amongst small orchards, small farms, and rolling woodlands. Materials for this home are a mixture of clay brick and limestone for the exterior walls. Both materials are readily available and sourced from the local area. We used locally sourced northern oak wood for the interior trim. The black cherry trees that were removed were utilized as hardwood flooring for the home we designed next door. Mechanical systems were carefully designed to obtain a high level of efficiency. The pool room has a separate, and rather unique, heating system. The heat recovered as part of the dehumidification and cooling process is re-directed to maintain the water temperature in the pool. This process allows what would have been wasted heat energy to be re-captured and utilized. We carefully designed this system as a negative pressure room to control both humidity and ensure that odors from the pool would not be detectable in the house. The underground character of the pool room also allowed it to be highly insulated and sealed for high energy efficiency. The disadvantage was a sacrifice on natural day lighting around the entire room. A commercial skylight, with reflective coatings, was added through the lawn-covered roof. The skylight added a lot of natural daylight and was a natural chase to recover warm humid air and supply new cooled and dehumidified air back into the enclosed space below. Landscaping was restored with primarily native plant and tree materials, which required little long term maintenance. The dedicated nature area is thriving with more wildlife than originally on site when the property was undeveloped. It is rare to be on site and to not see numerous wild turkey, white tail deer, waterfowl and small animals native to the area. This home provides a good example of how the needs of a luxury estate style home can nestle comfortably into an existing environment and ensure that the natural setting is not only maintained but protected for future generations.

Expansive 2 story study.
Inspiration for an expansive contemporary study room in Miami with blue walls, a freestanding desk and light hardwood floors.

Photo of an expansive home office in DC Metro with a library, blue walls, light hardwood floors, a corner fireplace, a stone fireplace surround, a freestanding desk, beige floor, coffered and panelled walls.

A 1,000 gallon salt water fish tank was added to separate the office from the living room. New doors that completely open and stack off to the side add to blurring the lines from inside out.

Expansive beach style study room in Grand Rapids with light hardwood floors, a freestanding desk, brown floor and blue walls.

The villas are part of a master plan conceived by Ferdinando Fagnola in the seventies, defined by semi-underground volumes in exposed concrete: geological objects attacked by green and natural elements. These units were not built as intended: they were domesticated and forced into the imagery of granite coverings and pastel colors, as in most coastal architecture of the tourist boom. We did restore the radical force of the original concept while introducing a new organization and spatial flow, and custom-designed interiors.

Warm and inviting home office
Inspiration for an expansive traditional home office in Melbourne with blue walls, carpet and blue floor.

Photo of an expansive contemporary study room in Houston with blue walls, light hardwood floors, a freestanding desk and brown floor.

Here we go again, As a designer I like change, My tastes changes, my style changes and I am constantly learning new products, materials. This time I wanted to bring color and light to my office. For me this is the most important room as I am in it everyday for a minimum of 12 hours. I need to be creative for my client and I need to love what I do. I have to admit, I LOVE my OFFICE. What do you think? Would you be able to work in a space like this?