A few months ago, I’ve shared some pictures of my writing room during my interview for The Writing Desk series.

So I thought, why not do the same on my website? It’ll give you the perfect excuse to procrastinate for a few minutes, too.

Or, if you’re actually looking for some home office inspiration, I hope you find it in my little jungle of houseplants (spoiler alert).

Minimalist home office inspiration: my overall vibe

Much like the rest of my house, I wanted my writing room to be simple and minimalistic, so I’ve only added meaningful items that are either useful or make me happy when I look at them.

Or that spark joy, like Marie Kondo would say.

The actual writing desk

I’ll be honest: I picked this writing desk two rented flats ago, before I fell head-over-heels in love with industrial decor.

So, unlike the streamlined wood-and-metal pieces of furniture in my living room, it’s more shabby chic, I’d say.

While I might get a different one once I buy a house, this bad boy has been serving me well so far.

I usually try my best to keep my writing desk free from clutter and only have a lamp, pencil case, laptop, diary, and notepads on it, but… oh well, let’s just say I maaaay have tidied it up (A LOT) before taking these pictures.

My green colleagues

Let me introduce you to my houseplants and succulents.

At the moment, I have thirty scattered throughout the entire house, seven of which in my writing room (no, you’re not counting them wrong: the pot on the right is currently empty).

Sooooo, from the left (on the window sill) you have Grassy, Punk, Quentin II, Nikki, and Roger.

Marylou is the huge monstera who’s slowly taking over the room, and then there’s Jane dangling from the top shelf. She wouldn’t even reach the bottom one when she was given to me as a housewarming present: now her leaves are literally touching the floor! #YasQueen

The view

Unless I scale my business like crazy within the next couple of years and can afford a millionaire-worthy house by the sea or in the forest, I can already tell that I’ll miss this view when I stop renting and eventually buy my own place.

Right now, when I’m sitting at my writing desk, I can only see trees, the sky, and the occasional squirrel or magpie.

How magical and inspirational is that?!