Photos: Right at-home office can maximize comfort

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Photos: Right at-home office can maximize comfort

Every Sunday, Private Quarters takes you inside Atlanta’s dream homes. This week: some inspiration for at-home offices.

The office in the front of Scott and Sabrina Serafin’s home acts as a command center for the family. Text by Shannon Dominy. Photo by Reynolds Rogers.

Caroline Normark used a mixture of mid-century and traditional Swedish furnishings, along with artwork, to add color and texture to the modern office space in her family’s Atlanta home. In the corner, a Swedish wooden chair passed down to her husband Paul from his grandparents is a reminder of Paul’s Swedish roots. The traditional chair complements the mid-century desk from Westside Market and the vintage Ello mirrored buffet from Peachtree Battle Antiques. Text by Lori Johnston and Keith Still/Fast Copy News Service. Christopher Oquendo Photography/AJC FILE

The crisp home office, accessed via leaded glass doors, has walls painted Benjamin Moore’s White Dove. Painted paneling and built-in bookshelves stretch to the ceiling. Christopher Oquendo/AJC FILE

Leah Matthews’ home office is warm and minimalist, with a desk from Wayfair and a chair from World Market. Both Leah and her husband Todd Matthews work from home — he as a technology director she as the owner of Studio Go and Studio To Go. Text by Shannon Dominy. Photo by Reynolds Rogers.

With stain in a natural wood color and chalk paint, a dining table that belonged to Josh Elliott’s grandfather was transformed into a desk for the home office. Text by Lori Johnston with Fast Copy News Service/Photos by Reann Huber.

One of the rooms that opens up to the pool area is Michaela Graham’s home office. When she renovated her home last year she enclosed this space, which used to be a family room, to make it a guest room and office. Text by Shannon Dominy. Photo by Reynolds Rogers.

Jill Edee continues the trend of white walls into her home office and onto the mantle, creating a backdrop for an original Saul Steinberg New Yorker print from 1976 that hangs above her office fireplace. Text by Lori Johnston and Shannon Dominy/Fast Copy News Service. Christopher Oquendo Photography/AJC FILE

“We have never been able to share an office, so I managed to carve out two small spaces for each of us,” Terrie Rice said. “They are side-by-side and mimic each other.” Text by Marena Galluccio/Fast Copy News Service. Christopher Oquendo/AJC FILE

A home office is carved out of space between rooms on the main level of the home. Contributed by Christopher Oquendo/AJC FILE

Adam Perry’s office is the only room in this 1951 home that he and his husband didn’t change structurally during their renovations. “It’s super cozy,” said Perry about the space, which has a low, slanting ceiling. On his office wall he also has a wooden clock in the shape of his home state, Massachusetts, purchased from Bed Bath & Beyond. Text by Shannon Dominy/ Photos by Reynolds Rogers

The renovations to the home included new built-ins by Pogue Cabinets that span the desk and around the office walls. Christopher Oquendo/AJC FILE

Dark walls, painted Sherwin Williams In the Navy, anchor the office in Angel and Sarah Traverso’s home. The framed art from Trinity Mercantile & Design is a great statement piece, breaking up the dark walls and adding a touch of red and yellow. Text by Shannon Dominy. Photo by Reynolds Rogers.

The office in Dana and Angelo Spinola’s Buckhead home is modern and elegant, with desks and cow hide rugs from Ikea and chairs from RH and Joss & Main. A large black-and-white photograph by Greg Lotus fills one wall. Text by Shannon Dominy. Photo by Reynolds Rogers.

Wireless technology can make almost any room a home office, but some buyers still prefer a separate location for privacy and quiet. CONTRIBUTED BY Ashton Woods Homes

Adam and Jessica Willhite’s home office in Grant Park features a wooden and iron work desk. The workspace is surrounded by art, photos, a guitar and graphic print curtains. Text by Marena Galluccio/Fast Copy News Service. Christopher Oquendo/AJC FILE

The 1920s sleeping porch was converted into the home office. An antique gaming table from Antiques Gallery of Sarasota, a vendor at Scott Antiques Market, and acrylic chairs are placed on an antique Persian rug. Text by Marena Galluccio/Fast Copy News Service. Christopher Oquendo/AJC FILE

The couple share an office, which was among the additions in 2000 and has views of the backyard. “There’s green all around and we’re together,” Daphne said. While much of the home has family heirlooms, the round table was found at a garage sale. Text by Lori Johnston/Fast Copy News Service. Photo by Reynolds Rogers/Fast Copy News Service.

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The office in the front of Scott and Sabrina Serafin’s home acts as a command center for the family. Text by Shannon Dominy. Photo by Reynolds Rogers.

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