40 Modern Minimalist Home Office Ideas and Designs

small home office

The sleek and stark minimalist design is not for everybody. We still crave for the flamboyant décor, the colourful walls, and the charming accents. But, with the right mix of styling and materials, you can create a colourful, personalised and modern minimalist home office that will fit your style and personality. Here are some creative modern minimalist home office ideas and designs to steal!

1.       Modern Farmhouse

This streamlined home office features the neutral colours and clutter-free environment of a modern minimalist interiors, while managing to retain the charms of a farmhouse-themed room. The walls, floors and desk are neat and efficient, while the smattering of dainty and delightful accents provide the idyllic charms.

modern farmhouse home office

2.       White Office Nook

Turn an awkward nook in the house into this ultra-modern home office. The all-white interiors make the space bigger than it is, while the glass wall lets in ample of natural lighting. The wall-office design includes custom-built cabinets with smooth facings, shelf desk and mobile seats.

white nook home office

3.       Room with a View

Great home office idea for apartments! Choose a nook next to the outer walls as your office, install a divider/storage shelving, and add an office desk next to the wall. You will have amazing views and the cityscape in front of you while working.

home office with a view

4.       The Ladder Desk

Functional, efficient, modern. The ladder desk is an innovative option to set up a home office where space is very limited. This sleek and practical workstation can be set up anywhere in the house – the bedroom, the living room, in the kitchen or the hallway. You can even DIY your own desk!

ladder home office desk

5.       Whimsical Accents

Don’t take the fun out of your office. While minimalism goes for clean surfaces, uncluttered environs and minimal accents, keep your workspace unique, fun and personal by adding your favourite things. This modern minimalist home office includes stars, flowers, baskets and other quirky items to its minimalist design.

small modern home office

6.       Organised Clutter

When you can’t avoid the clutter, get creative with your organising. This modern hallway home office looks neat and organised despite the profusion of supplies, materials and other office stuff in it. The entire wall serves as its storage with wide shelves, baskets and boxes. With all the stuff out of the way, the small office desk is kept clean and efficient.

organised home office

7.       Cool Industrial

Add rustic warmth, edgy charms and strong personality to your modern home office by adopting the cool industrial theme. This spectacular and modern home office includes brick and wood, cool grey steel and black metal accents.

modern industrial home office

8.       A Wall Calendar

A wall calendar is functional and decorative in one. Make use of your blank wall by creating a huge wall calendar that will help you organise tasks, keep tabs of your deadlines and remind you of important dates. You can design your wall calendar as colourful or as dignified as you prefer, just get creative!

creative modern home office

9.       Floating Shelves

This tiny corner home office is a complete workstation, but without the bulk. The trick is to make use of the vertical space, and instead of keeping things on the floor and hampering your movements, take them up with some floating shelves.

small modern home office

10.   Dignified Colours

The strong tones of warm wood, brass and copper give this classic home office its dignified ambience. The modern desk features black tabletop and brass frames while the warm sheen of copper shines from its fascinating chandelier and side table. Light grey sofa and ceiling provide contrast and balance the interiors.

sophisticated modern home office

11.   Living Room Nook

The most popular modern home office ideas and designs are small and efficient. This living room wall office takes just a metre of wall space. Add a couple of storage shelves and a desk shelf, enough power outlets and a seat, you got yourself an accessible, complete and compact home office.

modern hallway home office

12.   Glass Desk Window

You don’t have to spend hours working while facing a wall. This innovative home office idea lets you enjoy the outdoor views and the natural lighting with a desk window. Upgrade your regular wall home office by adding a window! 

modern minimalist home office

13.   Charming Pastels

Add colours to your modern and minimalist home office! Pastels are soft and cool to the eyes, the tones will not clash with the neutrals and cool ambience of the minimalist interiors. This modest and modern home office only features the essentials but is made to look bright and engaging by its charming pastel accents.

modern home office

14.   Scandinavian Minimalism

Airy, practical, modern. The bright and well-designed Scandinavian interiors is perfect for the efficient and practical home office. Featuring white walls, bare wood and light pastel accents, the result is an outstanding home office that is functional as it is gorgeous.

Scandinavian minimalist home office

15.   Luxurious Elegance

The right mix of minimalist elements can give your room an elegant and luxurious finish. This sophisticated home office features a basic desk, light grey floors, warm wood shelving covering an entire wall and Scandinavian copper pendant lights. The classic arched window wall adds a good dose of old-fashioned charms.

elegant home office

16.   The Corner Office

This corner office is a compact, fun and personalised space for comfortable home office works. The built-in desk and storage shelves are designed to complement the space while the all-white walls keeps the nook bright and spacious. Colourful and cheerful accents bring in the fun vibe.

corner home office

17.   Black Walls

Dignified, imposing, enigmatic. The black walls of this black home office interiors hype up the drama. A solid wood desk, practical seats and minimal accents, the room exudes serious business and efficiency. Floors and ceilings are on light tones to counter the walls and keep the room from looking too dark.

black modern home office

18.   Mountain Home Inspired

A modernised look for the charming mountain home design. While the room is streamlined for the modern minimalist look, it is also full of rugged and rural inflections of nature – the faux hide rug, wooden desk with bark drawers, the hardy-looking geometric chandelier and the wide glass windows.

rustic modern home office

19.   Stylish Racks

Sleek, sturdy and functional. These stylish racks provide ample storage and display spaces. Its clean minimalist lines and solid black colour are perfect complement to the white room interiors. A black desk and bucket chair complete the chic black and white theme.

modern home office

20.   Space and Simplicity

Blank spaces, clean lines and spaces. This home office is free of clutter and visual noise. The walls and floors are lined with hardwood planks, the desk is a sleek, efficient and stylish black, the storage cabinets are smooth-faced, and the wide windows provide natural lighting and amazing views. Perfect!

modern minimalist home office

21.   Lakehouse Chic

Charming and friendly, this snug and engaging home office design is perfect for sunny and light-hearted individuals who likes to mix work with fun. Its white interiors keep the room looking bright while the light-toned wood accents bring in a refreshing and charming vibe.

charming home office

22.   Hidden Ports

Clutter is out in the modern minimalist genre. This secret port hub can help manage the inevitable office electronic clutter. Installed strategically on your desk or near the work area, you will have an accessible power and charging hub that will also eliminate unruly wires cluttering your work area.

hidden port hub

23.   Pretty in Pink

This bright and pretty home office features a lot of pink accents. From the rose gold planters, the blush chair and strawberry blooms, the colour keeps coming up. Its mint green wall is accentuated with wood shelves, pink work desk, potted plants and white accents.

pretty modern home office

24.   Glass Office

Define your home office with glass walls. Whether you wanted an office that is accessible and visible or don’t have a room specifically for one, you can create an enclosed and private office by installing glass partitions. Clever!

glass home office

25.   Modern Elegance

Even the streamlined minimalist design can be elegant. This modern home office go for ashy black walls, light snakeskin patterned rug, white ceilings and sheer curtains. The large wall frames give the room a classy look while the irregular shaped desk provide a quirky and fun vibe.

modern elegant home office

26.   Corner Pocket Office

This tiny home office is fully functional, complete and even charming! The quaint corner office is made up of a custom-built corner desk, a chair and a table lamp. The white desk includes shelves and drawers for storage.

tiny corner home office

27.   Corkboard Wall

Stunning, rustic and modern. The sleek wood elements of the room give a strong rustic look to the minimalist interiors. Adding the corkboard wall is both a functional and styling feat. The natural tones of cork complements the wood, while providing an easy storage and display option.  

rustic modern home office

28.   Wall Organisers

Preventing office clutter is a mix of minimal acquisition, creative organisation and efficient use of available space. Wall organisers like pegboards, corkboards and these wire mesh organisers free up your counters and desks of small office items that made up most of the clutter.

modern minimalist home office

29.   Shades of Blue

Feature wall painting will brighten up a blank wall without cluttering it. This feature wall includes random blocks of blue shades. An easy DIY project for everybody. You’ll just need paint, painter’s tape to create the blocks and a couple of hours over the weekend. Get creative in choosing your colours and design!

modern tiny home office

30.   Outdoors, Indoors

Can’t get enough of the outdoors but need the comforts and safety of an indoor office? This indoor/outdoor office will give you the best of both worlds. Build the office extension facing your garden or your favourite views. Install glass walls and skylights for that outdoor effect.

backyard home office

31.       The Bare Essentials

White, modern, serene. This simplicity of the design delivers what is essential and eliminates any excesses. All-white walls and ceilings, attractive and sensible wood flooring, a wide shelf for desk, wall-installed lamps and seats as needed.

modern minimalist home office

32.       Bright Colours

This minimalist home office design defies the monochromatic schemes of minimalism. While it follows the clean lines and less clutter styling, the design does include a lot of bright and colourful accents. The result is a modern and engaging home office.

colorful home office

33.       White Attic Office

A modern and gorgeous attic home office! Transform a dark and musty attic into this bright and engaging home office. Its while interiors, wide glass windows and the skylight make the room appear bigger and brighter. Add in some charming wood accents to cut the white monotony.

white attic home office

34.       Rustic Accents

The right décor and accents can turn a room from boring to fabulous. This snug and welcoming home office was transformed from an ordinary modern room into this charming work hub by adding the reed window shades, a live edge wood desk, some potted plants and personal effects.

charming modern home office

35.       Stylish Minimalist

Pretty and chic, this small home office adds stylish to modern. The light grey marble-inspired wallpaper is the perfect backdrop to the white and pink interiors. The modern home office setting includes a sawhorse table for desk, a table lamp, a chair and a few inspiring personal accents and mementos.

pink small home office

36.       Tropical Settings

A complete office in a corner. Well-lit, efficient and complete. This mini home office includes a small desk with a ledge drawer, a lamp and a box shelf for storage. The few potted plants perk up the corner with bright green colours and freshened air.

small modern home office

37.       Pops of Yellow

This modern home office consists of a desk, a chair and wall shelving. The modern and cool grey interiors get a perky boost from the pops of yellow accents. Yellow cabinet facings, warm yellow shelf lights and bright yellow table accessories brighten up the room.

modern home office

38.       Patterned Walls

Give your modern home office personality and colours by customising its walls! This efficient and modern home office gets an upgrade from its all-white interiors to a cool and chic white and blue office just by dressing up a wall with white and navy-blue wallpaper and adding blue accents including the knit basket and chair.

blue and white home office

39.       Modern Boho

Modern, charming, quaint. This white modern office is bright and minimalist but with a lot of whimsical and quirky accents including the rattan chair, bright rug, pouf and the macramé wall feature. Potted plants bring in additional colours and cool vibe.

modern bohemian home office

40.   Compact Chic

A small and efficient home office need not look like an afterthought. This well-appointed and well-designed mini home office is in chic black and white theme. The white interiors sets off the minimalist office desk and its complementing black chair. Sleek shelving offers ample space while the wide glass windows let in natural lighting and serve as a display ledge.

chic black and white home office

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