When I went to identify what I liked about those spaces, however, to identify what was attractive to me and made me want to create, I found the cupboard bare.
I didn't actually pin beautiful, heart quickening spaces.
This was the sort of thing I was pinning:
This does:
and this:
I don't know why, but this nearly made me cry. (I think I was up past my bed-time):
I think I had such a strong reaction just because it is so obviously a space designed for creativity--for the openess and clarity of mind one needs to bring to the process--not the stuff, not the things--but the essence, the spirit.
I am somewhat surprised by the lack of colour in these spaces, but then again, scrap booking,which is my current major hobby is consumed with colour--at least for me. So having a creative space which emphasizes textures and balances light and dark elements as exquisitly as these do, seems natural to me.
Here are my takeaways:
1) Large work surface. Huge table--not a desk.
2) Tons of natural light, please!
3) Materials: natural wood. Painted wood. Distressed finishes. A little bit of metal. Wicker. Interesting task lights. Kind of industrial turn of the century-factory-like looking.
4) The containers match. There's an extreme cohesiveness to everything on display.
5) There's an open, airy feel in all these images. Ther's a fair bit of white space--and in all these spaces it is, actually, white!
So first you were pinning good storage systems and then inspiring spaces. Quite a difference. I too love that image from Vosgesparis, I can imagine architects working there. Perhaps they have most of their storage hidden. Love the industrial feel in many of the pictures.
ReplyDeleteGood takeaways, I think you've narrowed it down quite nicely.
I agree that often it's better to have your 'creative space' be a subdued colour, because the materials you use will be full of colour and it may end up being a bit overwhelming and cluttered feeling.
ReplyDeleteI can't imagine having that much space to work with for a crafting/creative room!
Onshore--Thank you! I am wondering how to use what I have in the dining room to approximate the feel. (Swap out Green Kasset boxes for natural fiber, maybe?) But function is first, as always!
ReplyDeleteI love the pics of the large tables. One of the things I crave, if I ever get a space of my own in our next house (ha), is an enormous table. In our last house my desk was actually a dining table, and oh how I loved it. It seemed so ready for creativity, just waiting for me to come up with something awesome.
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