19 of My Favorite Home Offices Around the World

There are a lot of rules when it comes to working from home: Separate your workspace from your living space. Make sure your background isn’t too chaotic. Find a quiet place away from distractions.

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When I look around my home office (if you can call the awkwardly placed desk in my tiny apartment a home office), I see a lot of things that make me happy. I see the houseplants that I’ve miraculously kept alive. I see my favorite vinyl records that I like to listen to while I work. I see the comfy chair I sit in when I need to zone out and scroll through my phone for a while.

I see the space I spend most of my time these days.

When work went virtual earlier this year, I was sent into a mad scramble trying to build a makeshift office. There were so many rules: Separate your workspace from your living space. Make sure your background isn’t too chaotic. Find a quiet place away from distractions.

And as much as I tried to follow these rules, I quickly realized that some of them didn’t matter. What mattered was finding what worked for me and building a space that I would actually enjoy sitting in for eight hours a day.

I had a feeling this journey was a universal one, so I turned to Instagram for some inspiration. Here are some of my favorite home offices from around the world. I hope they inspire you to put together a space you enjoy too.

These are the offices I wish my office could look like: neat, organized, perfectly decorated.

France

A post shared by ✨Inspiration Bureau Chic ✨ (@chicbureau) on Sep 30, 2020 at 9:39pm PDT

England

A post shared by Nafisa Insan (@nafisa_insan) on Aug 27, 2020 at 8:06am PDT

Denmark

A post shared by Annemette Moesgaard⚡️ (@amoesgaard) on Feb 8, 2019 at 7:53am PST

United States

A post shared by Caroline • When & Wear • NYC (@carolinestfrancis) on May 5, 2020 at 5:30am PDT

India

A post shared by JAYASHREE & VENKATESH ✨ (@happycubes) on Sep 20, 2020 at 4:58am PDT

Japan

A post shared by Annarisa ☺︎ Home Decor (@maro.anna44) on Sep 1, 2020 at 8:50pm PDT

Sometimes, even if you love your home office, you need a place to clear your head. These non-traditional workspaces give me afternoon creativity vibes.

India

A post shared by backpackandmemories (@veeralpathak) on Sep 30, 2020 at 1:51pm PDT

Poland

A post shared by Weronika Frączak 🎓 Lawyer (@law.study.habits) on Sep 14, 2020 at 2:01am PDT

Singapore

A post shared by Celest Lim (@celest.lim) on Apr 9, 2020 at 3:59am PDT

Canada

A post shared by ❤︎ 𝔸𝕃𝕀 ℂ𝔸𝕋ℍ𝔼ℝ𝕎𝕆𝕆𝔻 ♥︎ (@ali_catherwood) on Jul 22, 2020 at 6:09pm PDT

Anywhere

A post shared by Courtney + James 🚐 🗺️ VanLife (@drivingdeedee) on Oct 5, 2020 at 12:51am PDT

Who doesn’t love a city view? Or a double monitor? Sign me up.

Australia