My partner is currently working from home in the nursery with a cot for a zoom background. If you are lucky to have the space to have two desks in the room, then I think you should do it. Although it’s not a permanent thing, it’s nice to feel comfy when wfh!
I do understand the desk issues, I’m WFH in a role I never would have before and have to work off the dining table. You are fortunate to have that space though, why don’t you you get 2 bigger desks from IKEA so you can both work there but then close the door in the evening? Or a bigger one you can fit both your things on?
The table is cute, but it really is small, not proportioned to the room. The office should be functional and the desk should be the highlight of that space. I hate to say that it's dwarfed in this room. That desk is ideal as a vanity or a kid's study desk but for the office you need to upgrade, ikea has so many options. And an ergonomic chair please. I feel bad for Rich really, it's hard to work from home as it is with all the distraction .
Love the arc! I think you have enough space in this room to get another desk in and then you and Rich could each have a desk. I think that houses need to toe the line between looking well and being functional, and if you’re both working from home two desks would be so useful instead of the console table and mirror - which admittedly looks a lot better. You could always put the console table in the loft until Rich is back to the office.
Who cares if it’s just a “trend” or everyone is doing it, that’s the beauty of sharing ideas we all find something we like and want to have in our homes too ☺️ love this!
I really like that West Elm desk and thought about buying it myself, but I really don't understand why you need such a large space for your office but only have a tiny desk and nothing else really? I really like what you have done with the arc, but again it seems squished in a corner and the rest of the room is empty. Wouldn't it be better to share the space with Rich since he has been WFH? Maybe get another small desk or one larger one that you could both share? Is the office bigger or smaller than Grey's room? If it is bigger would you consider switching your office with her room - I think then your office space wouldn't feel so sparse as it does now and that a lot of the styling issues are because the room is so bare.
Just get another desk. Chuck it on eBay when he’s back to work. The table top and leg separates in IKEA are cheap enough, about the same price as your paint and sample squares just cost. Sometimes working efficiently is more important than the photos.
Lily, just buy your husband a bigger desk so he can work from home comfortably. Out of the two of you, he's the one with a traditional desk job with an actual need for a desk and the room is big enough to fit two desks. Donate it to charity once he goes back to the office.
@@lydiasaunders1620 Yep, if he's desperate for one and struggling with the smaller desk this shouldn't even be a discussion in November he needed a bigger desk like 8 months ago! If a family member was struggling to work from home comfortably during Lockdown I would do whatever I could to make it easier and more comfortable for them (and I have btw). There is no reason why she can't put another desk in there temporarily unless she doesn't want to ruin the Instagram aesthetic but there is more to life than you room being Instagramable.
@@sharonbains1102 Agreed! didn't a single table in our flat, only the breakfast bar. But we just bit the bullet in Sept/Oct and asked our landlord whether we could remove the breakfast bar and he agreed! So now we have a dining table which my boyfriend works from and I got a foldable table (my mom had been kindly storing it for me) in the spare room. We have so much more space and its made us both so much happier. Wish I did it sooner!
Your paint keeps chipping because it’s Farrow & Ball. Our decorator warned us off it because of that reason and told us to get the colour matched in another brand - highly recommend that and will save you £££
That desk is tiny! I have a lot of paperwork and books to read through for work, and double screens, a desk like that would be quite small for me for working from home indefinitely.
I agree! I'd give up on making it 'instagram' and make it functional. Double desks for Lily and Rich. No point squishing and sharing when they have the space.
I picked one of the other colours when you posted your poll on Instagram, but now that I see end result, I much prefer your final choice. And looking at that whole corner now makes me think of a lovely warm sunset in a hot country somewhere. Love it.
I like that you’ve just gone for it, even though you think it’s not perfect. I think, in life, we often wait for things to be ‘perfect’ and can often miss out on just doing it. I’m definitely in favour of the concept “done is better than perfect” nowadays. The arch has come up great, adds some nice colour to the room, and gives that nook a focal point. Well done!
Hi Lily, just wanted to mention that my sister and her husband had heir bedroom in the loft but since being pregnant and having a baby, they found it very tricky having to go up and down the stairs to get to the bathroom in the night and so now live in the spare bedroom down a floor 🤣 I don’t know when you were planning to move into the loft but maybe wait until the lil ones are a little bit older!
Yes, I know a lot of people who have a loft conversion and they don’t work with young children. Like going up and down if you child wakes up etc. I’d make the loft the office/spare room and keep all the kids and you on the same level until the children are old enough.
I think the pink tones in the prints actually look really nice with that yellow, they're all lovely and warm together. If we only decorated because we wanted everything to last forever, we would never decorate children's bedrooms for fear that they wouldn't like it as they grow out of it, I say just go ahead and decorate however makes you happy! It's your home after all, no one else's opinion matters if they're not the ones living in it!
Wow! The arch looks amazing, given me such inspiration for a dead space I have at home. Loved watching this, this morning whilst I was getting ready to film my TH-cam video ❤️
Absolutely love this little DIY Lily! You did a wonderful job! It's so great doing colours like this to bring in some warmth it was the perfect choice.
Thanks for uploading earlier, Lily. I watched the video while having breakfast and it's the perfect start of the day. 😊 Really nice effect with the arch 😍 I appreciate the realistic DIY video. I don't trust all the other ones which make it look so easy when I know if I do them the result will be far from perfect 😂
I agree. Playing it safe is booooring. I realised that when we moved to our forever home. And the thing is once you learn what it feels like to genuinely loooove something, an idea or a design, you don't get sick of it :) and that is really rewarding once you've worked it out. I've got this crazy dark moody wallpaper going into our powder room downstairs. I've loved it for years so excited to put it in. Then my husband was like I love it too! why don't you run it from the front door up the wall of the staircase! That's when I had to pull the reigns in... Hahaha. Let's just enjoy the powder room for a while first! Love the yellow arch. It's great!
i just painted the colour block arch as a small entryway type of thing in my tiny apartment! i really love it in my own space and love how it turned out for you too!!
Hi Lily! I love this idea of the colour block arch! I think I’m going to try it on the wall behind the head of our bed! Think that would look really cool! 😎
15:52 : I’m so bad at numbers, I just look at them and don’t understand them 😂😂🤩🙌🏼 You made my day, same here 🙈😂 But beautiful end result, love it 🥰 Happy Sunday from Switzerland 🇨🇭🙋🏻♀️😘🍂
@@lilypebbles I’m really bad with numbers. There is a maths version of Dyslexia, called Dyscalculia. It’s something I have but I’m glad I’m not the only one that really struggles with measuring!
“Numerically dyslexic”! Yes! I have dyscalculia and was only diagnosed in my 20s. It’s a thing which doesn’t have much awareness and you might have it :) we are usually more creative and better at writing than others, too!
Oh I love the arch! A thought re the lamp - you could put a floor lamp in place of the little table and pampas grass, that way it would be in front of you so you could point it towards your face when on a zoom (and it would still give the same visual height as the pampas grass). Then maybe a small table to the left of the desk for some extra surface area to put papers or drinks on would help solve the small desk issue (If you search 'tray table' on Ikea they have affordable ones that you can store away when not needed) :)
The wall looks great. Are you considering doing something on the wall next to it? Vertical stripes of a chair rail, perhaps? Mirrors would look nice over the desk or console table. Can't wait to see more videos like this.
Dyscalculia is a thing indeed. It is as common as dyslexia. I liked the colour you choose for your office. I think paint is the best thing you can easily play around with in your home, if you don't like it, you can always repaint.
We just moved to a new house that we're decorating (we can't renovate it much yet) so I loved this video. I'm planning on doing some colorblocking in my future baby's nursery, but still can't decide if it's going to be an arch or maybe painting the half bottom part of a wall
Number dyslexia is a thing, it’s called dyscalculia. My partner was discovered to have it when at school after years of failing maths. In reality for him it means finding it almost impossible to complete ‘quick’ math sums / rounding / apply sale discounts(!), read numbers in sequence, and even struggling with calendar dates and telephone numbers. Maybe you fall on the dyscalculia scale too? Love the realistic room make over! Take care xx
What does that mean though? Is it that you can’t do additional, subtraction, multiplication or division? Or just that you don’t know what approach to take? I know a lot of people can’t do mental arithmetic, but you’d use a calculator for something like this. Like in this video, I don’t understand why you wouldn’t start out with the circle in the middle and then do the vertical lines to the floor from the half point of the circle. I know dyscalculia is a thing, but I’m not sure that was the issue here.
I absolutely love your taste in interior design! Also please would you be able to let me know the name of the eyeshadow you're wearing, it's gorgeous x
So beautiful, I adore your interior style and your house is my interior goals for sure! One tiny question, were is the mug you are holding at the beginning of the video from please?
Loooove it, look really good, the colour choice is on point👌you did not show around the finished room, but if you look at that corner doesn't it seem cluttered? Or it might be just the perfect amount right now, but with the standing lamp wouldn't it be too much? Maybe you could try to rotate back the desk like in the begining of the video, play around to see :) btw great work Lily, your house looks STUNNNNING!!!
Oops sorry! I’ll do an update video soon when I add the finished bits. I love the opposite wall with the console table and then the built in shelves and cupboard have stayed the same (I did a video on these on IGTV). There’s a big blank wall on the other side which I’m going to leave this way for now... Rich has a peloton coming for a trial lol x
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My partner is currently working from home in the nursery with a cot for a zoom background. If you are lucky to have the space to have two desks in the room, then I think you should do it. Although it’s not a permanent thing, it’s nice to feel comfy when wfh!
I do understand the desk issues, I’m WFH in a role I never would have before and have to work off the dining table. You are fortunate to have that space though, why don’t you you get 2 bigger desks from IKEA so you can both work there but then close the door in the evening? Or a bigger one you can fit both your things on?
The table is cute, but it really is small, not proportioned to the room. The office should be functional and the desk should be the highlight of that space. I hate to say that it's dwarfed in this room.
That desk is ideal as a vanity or a kid's study desk but for the office you need to upgrade, ikea has so many options. And an ergonomic chair please. I feel bad for Rich really, it's hard to work from home as it is with all the distraction .
Why does the desk face the fall... understand cant be opposite window due glare ...
Love the arc! I think you have enough space in this room to get another desk in and then you and Rich could each have a desk. I think that houses need to toe the line between looking well and being functional, and if you’re both working from home two desks would be so useful instead of the console table and mirror - which admittedly looks a lot better. You could always put the console table in the loft until Rich is back to the office.
Yes I was thinking the same or at least a larger desk. Looks lovely but needs to be more functional. Love the colour blocking.
Yes, they have the space, just put another desk in there.
I agree. You can make a couple's office look stylish anyway.
you should let rich get a bigger desk, I would find a bigger desk that fits the space with the arch
Who cares if it’s just a “trend” or everyone is doing it, that’s the beauty of sharing ideas we all find something we like and want to have in our homes too ☺️ love this!
I really like that West Elm desk and thought about buying it myself, but I really don't understand why you need such a large space for your office but only have a tiny desk and nothing else really? I really like what you have done with the arc, but again it seems squished in a corner and the rest of the room is empty. Wouldn't it be better to share the space with Rich since he has been WFH? Maybe get another small desk or one larger one that you could both share? Is the office bigger or smaller than Grey's room? If it is bigger would you consider switching your office with her room - I think then your office space wouldn't feel so sparse as it does now and that a lot of the styling issues are because the room is so bare.
Just get another desk. Chuck it on eBay when he’s back to work. The table top and leg separates in IKEA are cheap enough, about the same price as your paint and sample squares just cost. Sometimes working efficiently is more important than the photos.
Lily, just buy your husband a bigger desk so he can work from home comfortably. Out of the two of you, he's the one with a traditional desk job with an actual need for a desk and the room is big enough to fit two desks. Donate it to charity once he goes back to the office.
Especially because he is desperate for one!
@@lydiasaunders1620 Yep, if he's desperate for one and struggling with the smaller desk this shouldn't even be a discussion in November he needed a bigger desk like 8 months ago! If a family member was struggling to work from home comfortably during Lockdown I would do whatever I could to make it easier and more comfortable for them (and I have btw). There is no reason why she can't put another desk in there temporarily unless she doesn't want to ruin the Instagram aesthetic but there is more to life than you room being Instagramable.
Completely agree! So ridiculous that Rich doesn’t get a proper desk 🤦🏽♀️
^ this! 💯 agreed on that. #RichGetADesk
@@sharonbains1102 Agreed! didn't a single table in our flat, only the breakfast bar. But we just bit the bullet in Sept/Oct and asked our landlord whether we could remove the breakfast bar and he agreed! So now we have a dining table which my boyfriend works from and I got a foldable table (my mom had been kindly storing it for me) in the spare room. We have so much more space and its made us both so much happier. Wish I did it sooner!
He’s working from home, let the man have a desk!! 🙄🙄🙄
It’s so funny that you think it’s an overdone trend, but I literally haven’t seen it before. So, in my mind, you’re creative and brilliant🤣
Your paint keeps chipping because it’s Farrow & Ball. Our decorator warned us off it because of that reason and told us to get the colour matched in another brand - highly recommend that and will save you £££
Lol I was thinking the same thing. So expensive when good old fashioned Dulux is much better quality
Saying Papyrus as "papy rus" instead of "pap ay rus" really made me laugh. Love the choice in colour :)
I know 🤦🏻♀️ you know when you just read a word totally wrong lol
Love it but ngl the candle does look a bit fallic 😂 but even then, why not
That desk is tiny! I have a lot of paperwork and books to read through for work, and double screens, a desk like that would be quite small for me for working from home indefinitely.
I agree! I'd give up on making it 'instagram' and make it functional. Double desks for Lily and Rich. No point squishing and sharing when they have the space.
I think if / when this becomes a kids rooms you could put their single bed in front of the arch as a pho bed head which would be cute 😊
That’s what I was thinking! x
Good idea! (I think you meant faux by the way. 😊 It's French for fake)
Appreciate the early upload 😘😘
I picked one of the other colours when you posted your poll on Instagram, but now that I see end result, I much prefer your final choice. And looking at that whole corner now makes me think of a lovely warm sunset in a hot country somewhere. Love it.
Ooh, it's crazy how easily that paint chips! Especially for a relatively pricey paint :/
I like that you’ve just gone for it, even though you think it’s not perfect. I think, in life, we often wait for things to be ‘perfect’ and can often miss out on just doing it. I’m definitely in favour of the concept “done is better than perfect” nowadays. The arch has come up great, adds some nice colour to the room, and gives that nook a focal point. Well done!
Hi Lily, just wanted to mention that my sister and her husband had heir bedroom in the loft but since being pregnant and having a baby, they found it very tricky having to go up and down the stairs to get to the bathroom in the night and so now live in the spare bedroom down a floor 🤣 I don’t know when you were planning to move into the loft but maybe wait until the lil ones are a little bit older!
Yes, I know a lot of people who have a loft conversion and they don’t work with young children. Like going up and down if you child wakes up etc. I’d make the loft the office/spare room and keep all the kids and you on the same level until the children are old enough.
I freaking love it! I think what makes it is the off centered prints. It just gives it life and movement. So beautiful and cozy.
I think the pink tones in the prints actually look really nice with that yellow, they're all lovely and warm together.
If we only decorated because we wanted everything to last forever, we would never decorate children's bedrooms for fear that they wouldn't like it as they grow out of it, I say just go ahead and decorate however makes you happy! It's your home after all, no one else's opinion matters if they're not the ones living in it!
"Unless they're my plants, then they bring a bit of death to the room" hahaha
I was laughing so hard when she said that 😂😂 Love her 🖤
Wow! The arch looks amazing, given me such inspiration for a dead space I have at home. Loved watching this, this morning whilst I was getting ready to film my TH-cam video ❤️
It’s great!!! Makes the desk space much more inviting and cozy 😍🏠🤩
Ive genuinely been LOVING your content lately, Lily! Great job, and really great background musician the time-lapse bits XX
Absolutely love this little DIY Lily! You did a wonderful job! It's so great doing colours like this to bring in some warmth it was the perfect choice.
Thanks for uploading earlier, Lily. I watched the video while having breakfast and it's the perfect start of the day. 😊 Really nice effect with the arch 😍 I appreciate the realistic DIY video. I don't trust all the other ones which make it look so easy when I know if I do them the result will be far from perfect 😂
I love the color blocking aesthetic - it looks really nice! Enjoy.
I agree. Playing it safe is booooring. I realised that when we moved to our forever home. And the thing is once you learn what it feels like to genuinely loooove something, an idea or a design, you don't get sick of it :) and that is really rewarding once you've worked it out. I've got this crazy dark moody wallpaper going into our powder room downstairs. I've loved it for years so excited to put it in. Then my husband was like I love it too! why don't you run it from the front door up the wall of the staircase! That's when I had to pull the reigns in... Hahaha. Let's just enjoy the powder room for a while first! Love the yellow arch. It's great!
Oh wow, it was really relaxing watching the changes, and I LOVE the new desk corner, the colour arch is gorgeous! 🥰
I absolutely love it! Thanks for sharing the pampas grass, it’s gorgeous.
The arc looks great :)
Also, you looked SO happy and SO fresh/almost exuberant in this video! I really really enjoyed it
i just painted the colour block arch as a small entryway type of thing in my tiny apartment! i really love it in my own space and love how it turned out for you too!!
I love the new set up :) the desk facing the wall looks so much better indeed.
Love the arch! Bring so much light and brightness to that corner :)
Love this video Lily and loving your hair! You look really happy at the moment and it’s lovely to see x
The wonky ness gives it character xD I think it looks really nice Lily!
I love the desk space. It’s hard knowing how people will react but I love your choices!
Hi Lily! I love this idea of the colour block arch! I think I’m going to try it on the wall behind the head of our bed! Think that would look really cool! 😎
There is dyslexia and dyscalculia for problem with calculating. So yes it does excist ;)
You could do a plug in hanging light, I think that would be nice too!
Loved this video Lily! Super fun to watch the process x
Wasn’t ready for the early upload, but really appreciate it ♥️♥️♥️
Ps I love how it turned out
15:52 : I’m so bad at numbers, I just look at them and don’t understand them 😂😂🤩🙌🏼
You made my day, same here 🙈😂
But beautiful end result, love it 🥰
Happy Sunday from Switzerland 🇨🇭🙋🏻♀️😘🍂
It really is a life issue of mine lol
@@lilypebbles I’m really bad with numbers. There is a maths version of Dyslexia, called Dyscalculia. It’s something I have but I’m glad I’m not the only one that really struggles with measuring!
Dyscalculia is just as common as dyslexia. Numbers and time can often be tricky.
It is really nice. Have fun and enjoy! Also, you look beautiful. I really really like your vlogs. ♥️
“Numerically dyslexic”! Yes! I have dyscalculia and was only diagnosed in my 20s. It’s a thing which doesn’t have much awareness and you might have it :) we are usually more creative and better at writing than others, too!
Oh I love the arch! A thought re the lamp - you could put a floor lamp in place of the little table and pampas grass, that way it would be in front of you so you could point it towards your face when on a zoom (and it would still give the same visual height as the pampas grass). Then maybe a small table to the left of the desk for some extra surface area to put papers or drinks on would help solve the small desk issue (If you search 'tray table' on Ikea they have affordable ones that you can store away when not needed) :)
Love this shade, really warms up the space 😍
The arc looks so lovely in that corner! Love the colour!
Looks Soo perfect and Instagramable!
The wall looks great. Are you considering doing something on the wall next to it? Vertical stripes of a chair rail, perhaps? Mirrors would look nice over the desk or console table. Can't wait to see more videos like this.
i love it just adds a little subtle interest to room ,i love the ikea floor mirror hope that is still available x
It looks so, so good! I'm inspired to take some mini DIY risks. As you say, "Life is not perfect."
I loovvvee the way this looks 💛💛💛
Dyscalculia is a thing indeed. It is as common as dyslexia. I liked the colour you choose for your office. I think paint is the best thing you can easily play around with in your home, if you don't like it, you can always repaint.
The space looks so great! I feel inspired!
This is co cool! I absolutely love it!
Loving your renovation content, as always! :)
We just moved to a new house that we're decorating (we can't renovate it much yet) so I loved this video. I'm planning on doing some colorblocking in my future baby's nursery, but still can't decide if it's going to be an arch or maybe painting the half bottom part of a wall
So gorgeous!! I haven't seen this trend before!
Really enjoyed your video :) What colour paint is this wall?? I love it!
Looks so good 🤍
So odd! We have those lamps and they are the best, they’ve never unscrewed!
Hey Lily 🤗 you did such a fab job, it really does look amazing 🥰 xxx
My favourite kind of videos, thank you Lilly, can really tell you're feeling more your self xxx
Early upload is great, Thanks so much Lily Xx
Number dyslexia is a thing, it’s called dyscalculia. My partner was discovered to have it when at school after years of failing maths. In reality for him it means finding it almost impossible to complete ‘quick’ math sums / rounding / apply sale discounts(!), read numbers in sequence, and even struggling with calendar dates and telephone numbers. Maybe you fall on the dyscalculia scale too? Love the realistic room make over! Take care xx
👍 love the arch, perfect shade
Love this❤️ So fun!
Well done Lily! It looks so good 😄
Love your home, it’s really looking great!❤️
That arch could also be really pretty as a faux headboard one day!
18.44 how it's happening god that's pretty good 👍 your make a amazing decor
Numerical dyslexia - dyscalculia! Have a look, you may genuinely have it ❤️
I have that!
What does that mean though? Is it that you can’t do additional, subtraction, multiplication or division? Or just that you don’t know what approach to take? I know a lot of people can’t do mental arithmetic, but you’d use a calculator for something like this. Like in this video, I don’t understand why you wouldn’t start out with the circle in the middle and then do the vertical lines to the floor from the half point of the circle. I know dyscalculia is a thing, but I’m not sure that was the issue here.
I absolutely love your taste in interior design! Also please would you be able to let me know the name of the eyeshadow you're wearing, it's gorgeous x
Love this! Great job :)
Love it Lily 👏 💛
That plant on the console table with the holes in the leaves triggered my trypophobia haha 🙉😂
So beautiful, I adore your interior style and your house is my interior goals for sure! One tiny question, were is the mug you are holding at the beginning of the video from please?
I think it was West Elm years ago in the sale x
Hi Lily, what is the F&B paint on the walls, it is such an interesting combo with the yellow
I'm about to buy that desk but Im not sure about the leg's space . If you could sit on the chair at the desk would help me a lot.
It does really give some purpose to the desk being there. Like it belongs there, instead of being pushed there out of lack of options
This looks really good. How did you do the arch? Thanks for sharing.
I call this colour: "Anna's sweater" :-D XoXo
Try William wood mirrors for an arch mirror, I’ve just got a Matt black large arch one from there and it’s just 👌🏼👌🏼
love this video, so chilled for a sunday morning. Can i ask where your jeans are from? im looking for some that are this shape and style
Wheres the rattan plant pot from for your large plant? love it!!
I think some dark green elements will look very nice next to tge yellowish arc😊
Yes I have dark green on the opposite wall ☺️
"face palm" to me 🙃
Loooove it, look really good, the colour choice is on point👌you did not show around the finished room, but if you look at that corner doesn't it seem cluttered? Or it might be just the perfect amount right now, but with the standing lamp wouldn't it be too much? Maybe you could try to rotate back the desk like in the begining of the video, play around to see :) btw great work Lily, your house looks STUNNNNING!!!
Oops sorry! I’ll do an update video soon when I add the finished bits. I love the opposite wall with the console table and then the built in shelves and cupboard have stayed the same (I did a video on these on IGTV). There’s a big blank wall on the other side which I’m going to leave this way for now... Rich has a peloton coming for a trial lol x
Love the mug that is starring as your co-star in this video! 😉 Your office is looking great now!
Loved the video :)
You can put that desk lamp on the console
get a wall sconce that plugs in instead! saves space on the floor and you still get light!
Love ❤️!
When she said, "I feel like I'm in stage 2 of renovations" I thought she was going to say, "I feel like I'm in stage 2 of lockdown" lol pandemic brain
I absolutely adore your interior choices! Beautiful!
Where are your jeans from?! They look great on you.
When you were showing the paint color, I said to myself, “Is that a tit tarp?” Now I can’t stop laughing. 😂 Love this video!