Making Your Home “working friendly” [Collab w/Muji]

The Spring 2020 lockdown reshuffled our home habits in many ways. One of them is having two people working from home with different working styles. For instance, I like a quiet working area as my creative work is heavily computer-based requiring attention to detail. Whereas my partner needs to be on the phone or videocalls for most of the day. At the beginning, I just left him to the office room and started invading the dining room table but soon I realise that I needed to bring a more permanent form of organisation to this room too. It would need to be simple, functional and yet stylish. That’s, where Muji range of home organisation and pared-back stationery, came into play!

Disclaimer: This blog post is a collaboration with Muji. All views, photography* and product selection were my own. I have been gifted the items to produce content around them.

*with the exception of the products cut-outs.

Repurposing a Dining bench into Open Storage

I converted the dining bench into a storage area with the discrete PP Drawers in grey. It allows me to store stationery, fabric samples, paper, shipment supplies, etc away. These drawers are stackable so I can add more if my needs change! The A4 Craft Cardboard Magazine Holders allowed me to hide the interior magazines and books I use for inspiration yet make them easy to reach. The large Circular Fan White will enable me to have a comfortable breeze of airflow when I am working on the computer while remaining very silent thanks to its low noise design. It is my current favourite Office Must-have!

Desk Area

In order to bring wellbeing into play, I chose a Circular Fan White which is by far the more stylish I’ve seen and extremely quiet! An Unglazed Ceramic Stone diffusing a subtle essential oil smell is placed on my desk. Keeping my mood uplifted during working hours. The stationary like the ABS Stapler , White 12-Digit Calculator has a petite size and minimalist design which fits nicely into my decor. I like white stationery in general as the colour disappears on my desk and as a result, doesn’t feel so messy even when I have most of them on the desk.

Storage cabinet

The storage cabinet was also in need of a little clean up so I used the PP Drawers and rattan baskets to separate areas. The cabinet looks neater and I can access what I need much faster. Maybe one day I’ll think about adding some name tags but for now, this is working perfectly for me! Thank you Muji!