How I Decorated My Cozy Art Studio
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There’s a very particular kind of magic that happens when a room feels like it has lived a hundred years before you ever stepped inside it. That’s the feeling I wanted for my art studio...quiet, warm, a little bit mysterious, humming softly with old-world charm. Somewhere my creativity could come alive.
Most of the pieces in my space I’ve collected over the years: wooden vintage drawers with secret compartments, a long-armed brass lamp that glows like candlelight, and an old chair whose shape alone feels like a story. I love how these things bring a sense of permanence and sturdy strength. They ground me when I’m painting worlds that don’t exist yet. When you spend a lot of time in a room, the feeling inside becomes important.
Layering is my favourite part of design—textiles draped over the back of a chair or over a desk, stacks of books, sketchpads half-tucked under one another, tiny objects gathered in bowls. Nothing too perfect. Just enough to suggest that the room is used, loved, and constantly evolving. I'm always caught somewhere between messy and put-together, cleaning up just to unleash the paintbrushes and mess it up again.
And the light… I always soften it. Filtered through curtains, or reflected off warm wood and brass so it feels gentle rather than sharp. It turns the studio into a cocoon, especially in the early mornings or late afternoons when everything goes amber as it streams in my big window.
It’s a small space, but it feels like a refuge—part workshop, part library, part little world of its own. Exactly where I want to be when I’m creating.
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