Your study may be a small room that will need to spread its wings. A fitted office, whether shop-bought or custom-made makes the best use of the space available. If this is not an option, try to choose a desk with plenty of drawer space and remember you can never have too many bookshelves.

Although functionality is the order of the day, don’t forget that decorating the walls and windows, adding touches of colour and controlling the light will make the study a far nicer place to be. Avoid heavy patterns or bright colours, there is already enough going on. Light colour schemes of taupes and creams will create a natural ambience, inspiring hopefully a clear mind that is not being distracted by an overpowering décor. Books and a few treasured possessions or collectables from your travels strategically placed will give an intimate feel to the room, it is still after all part of your home.
 

In a small room it’s a good idea to keep the window treatment simple, blending with the wall colours and style of office furniture. There are many window blinds in neutral fabrics such as the Carrara Natural Roman Blind or the Valley Oak Wooden Venetian Blind which will provide privacy without bringing the walls into your space. It will be easy to find a perfect match for the walls with either of these delightful colourways.
If your study is small then you may not have a choice of computer screen positions, so if sunlight is going to be a problem, then you may wish to consider a blackout blind of some description. A blackout roller blind or roman blind gives you total control of daylight and is available in a good selection of colours or alternatively in a metallic look such as the Heavenly Silver Roman Blind – the chic silver colouring looking great complimenting the other metallic details of the computer and office equipment.


 

A metal Venetian blind is a perfect solution for a small office window as the blind closes neatly to the top of the window, leaving the sides of the window opening free to allow as much light as possible into the room.  A chic metallic finish - the Silver Metal Venetian Blind perhaps, will create a more formal office environment, whereas for a more informal look go for the more delicate feminine colourings such as a stunning lilac colouring. Poles and Blinds offers this colourway in vertical, roller, roman and venetian blinds, the colourings of the lilac blind and the silver of the hardware and computer equipment always makes for an appealing contrast.