Not the only one thinking of nooks and niches

I am not the only one thinking of a cozy niche or a reading nook...



From Coco+Kelly

Storage and Glee: reading nook

I agree with the writer of Storage and Glee when she shares this nook with her readers



She said "Functional bookshelf/stair combo leads to the perfect red reading nook." Smart solutions to keep books, provide a stair and sits and a perfect reading nook with (most likely) a nice view. Here her original post.

10centdesigner - smart office niche idea

Last week I also came across a smart solution for accommodating a work station within a tiny niche.



I like the sleek result of this renovation work by 10centdesigner. A place full of light and splashes of colors.
Here for you to enjoy. You can also click on the image to get to the original post.

Happy New Year! And lots of inspiring rooms!

Happy New Year!
Why not starting 2011 with lots of inspiring rooms?!

Here some I found in the last couple of days...


Colorful and shiny room. The natural roller curtains. Most likely, the HEMNES sofa/bed from IKEA, that we have considered as a possible solution for the guest room. It easily expand to a double bed + it has storage space beneath.


I like the practical solutions about this room. Lots of shelves and storage space. With lots of color to cheer things up ;)

Then a DIY (Do It Yourself) project, the transformation of the Billy bookshelves also from IKEA. We have a couple of Billys as well, and I have always thought of doing something with them to spicy them up a bit. Here the final result

Found through Design*Sponge, original project from Sharon Pakir.

About the office. Here an idea I like

where the desk and other storage space are kept together by the continuity of the wooden plate above them all. Through The Marion House Book

And from the same site, a solution for sliding door.

We plan to use sliding door between the living room and the hopefully soon-to-be baby-room/office/guest room. We are still not sure that the wall we want to set the sliding door into is or is not a carrying wall, so we are considering having the doors outside the wall, like those in the picture above. I like the sleek solution to cover the carrying rail.

And for a delight, have a look at this calm, relaxing and amazing apartment found through MadeByGirl

Many sleek solutions, like all the storage space behind this white wall

and the illuminated shelves for a even more dramatic effect of the pieces displayed.
The light and the soften use of the purple color (one of my favorite) throughout the whole apartment.

And even more bright the top floor where you can also find the office corner

Again I love the continuity of the surface of the desk and drawers. And continuity of another white storage wall in the bedroom

Just so lovely, with the nook for sitting and reading

More here. Just lovely!

And if you are not tired yet. Here two more things.

One from ApartmentTherapy, ideas about beautiful organized homes


And this one AtCasa, a bright white apartment full of sleek and smart solutions


What a great way to start the year!

Post on reading niches/nooks at Apartment therapy

A couple of days ago, I discovered this post about book nooks and reading rooms at Apartment Therapy homepage, so I thought to share it here as I have been looking at a few others reading niches previously (here, here and here)


If you click on the image you can visit the original post at Apartment Therapy. Enjoy! ;)

Two lovely niches

I am in love with niches as you might have understood by now (more on niches here, here and here ).

I find niches also quite practical, they usually exploit the space offering multiple functionalities which is a critical aspect if you have limited space.

So in this post at Desire to Inspire, an idea for a compact desk solution with lots of drawers for storage.



While here at Dwellers without decorators a lovely bed niche.



It seems green is quite a popular color for bed-niche (remember this one?)

Help for inspiration

We have been having this idea for a long time. We wanted to add some more storage space in our small bedroom. So we have been thinking on adding some wardrobes on each side of our bed and maybe some cabinets on top (kind of a 'wardrobe niche bed'), but inspiration has always been short.

As you might have guessed from previous posts, I am a big fun of Kim and Jo's blog Desire To Inspire. I have always found great ideas, inspiration and a sense of refresh in their blog. Among other things they post on their blog, there is a session dedicated to "Reader requests". So today I decided to send them a message to get some help.

Here is a picture of a "wardrobe niche bed" Kim has recently posted on another reader request's post on a completely different topic (pendant light).



Do you also have suggestion for a "wardrobe niche bed"? Or do you actually have one?
What are your sources of inspiration?

Dillon Kyle - Bedroom niche

A few days ago a Desire to Inspire post about Dillon Kyle caught my attention.

Very intriguing style!

But I was particularly wondering about two beautiful bedroom niches.

This green office/bedroom with the small bookshelves in the wall, the wall color and the poppies (I think they are from IKEA...at least I remember something like that a few years ago), the spot lights, and the desk (probably also from IKEA)...


Isn't it adorable?

And the second room is the one on the left side of this picture

Well I am not sure if this is a bedroom, but you could always use that red sofa as a bed. I love the light of this room, the use of white and red, the storage space below the sofa-bed, plenty of space for books and other stuff on the shelves all around the room, the dark floor and the bright carpet.

Plenty of reasons for liking these room! Don't you agree?

Sofa/Bed/Reading space ideas and another sources of inspiration

Here more ideas and inspirations come for the studio.

I like the idea of having a sofa full of comfortable pillows where one can stop, relax and read (as I might have shown earlier). Here come two wonderful ideas, with drawers for storage space underneath ;)


From Justin Bernhaut through Coco+Kelly

And the colorful sofa in the next picture (on the right)

From Haus Maus by Holly Becker, author of another very interesting blog decor8

I found in fact more inspirations from another decor8 post here. I love many things from the bright office in this picture



The light, the natural roller curtains, the plain desk, the side shelves...should I add more? Lovely!

Another great, slick office is the one from Young House Love



Again another plain desk and colorful (without overdoing) solution.

What do you think? Where to you get inspiration from for your office re-design?

More ideas for the studio

Here two more inspirations concerning the studio.
One is for a cozy corner combined with the possibility to host some guests


From this post at Elements of Style

And here another idea from another of my favorite blog "Ikea hacker", a customized solution from Bestå cabinets


From Ikea Hacker

What do you think? What are your inspiration for your office/guest bedroom?

Home office idea

Here at Houzz you can find a lot of home office ideas

I particularly like this one

contemporary home office design

I like the nook to read by the window and how the space is efficiently used.

What do you think?