Home office glamour: ideas for interesting & intentional DIY artwork

When you work from home, it can be extremely difficult to stay focused, to stay inspired and to stay on track. Knowing how important our surroundings are to our success, I am always very intentional with what I surround myself with. Especially when it comes to the art.

The thing about artwork is that it will always have an impact on your mood, on your emotional state. It can positively or negatively affect you, depending on what you decide to put in your sight. They say that the art that you are instinctually drawn to will speak to what you need in your life at the time. So, if you listen to that and put up artwork that you really like, it can enhance your overall emotional well being.

Most people have art on their walls for years. They take in the same artwork every single day. Artwork can be expensive so I totally get wanting to keep the art you have always had. However, in your work space, I want to encourage you to change up your artwork to match or equal your current mood. Or you want to hang artwork to inspire you for where you want to go and what you want to manifest.

The artwork has to speak to where you are wanting to go. For me, the below artwork spoke to my future. A photo of girls getting ready together to me symbolized support in my work, the cheetah art print for me represents a fierce side of myself and who doesn’t have Chanel on their vision board, am I right?

FENG SHUI TIP: Gold is the color of success, so when it comes to your home office I like to encourage you to decorate with gold. I personally love to hang gold frames for the art in my work area. It pulls in wealth. Just like to gold crystals Pyrite & Citrine pull in wealth, the metal will do the same thing energetically. If you want to learn more about how to Feng Shui with crystals, read this book.

Lately I have been inspired by art walls at home because I know the impact art has on your Feng Shui and I am really loving some of these. Right now is the perfect time to create artwork at home. It makes for good Feng Shui because when you put effort and intention into your art, there is magic behind it! You created it. You made something to be proud of, which encourages more feelings of pride in yourself. This is how Feng Shui works, its exactly like the law of attraction! Your home becomes your real life vision board.

Because I’m sure you don’t want to spend a ton of time or money creating DIY art, I wanted to share 2 ideas for interesting art.

1) FRAME SHOPPING BAGS. For me. CHANEL is my absolute favorite brand. I love how minimal and chic the logo is. It always inspires me to be conscious of branding and reminds me to continually dream bigger. To reach for more. Anything Chanel is always giving me something to reach for, something to aspire to. THAT’s exactly what you want to feel when you are working, right? It can always remind you of a very special shopping experience. Artwork that brings up happy memories is uplifting, encouraging and will totally spark joy a la Marie Kondo. OR if you just want the look, you can find them on Ebay.

2) LOCAL LUXURY MAGAZINES. I am always grabbing the latest issue of my local Paper City or Modern Luxury Design. They always have good stuff for the vision board and they make great guest bathroom reading material. You can always find them in my home. Fun tip: Grab the larger sized issues so if you find inspiring images, they are big, bold and beautiful. Perfect for framing. This photo below I ripped out from one of my mags, its a photo of a woman with jewels all over her face. I ordered a black gallery basics frame from Amazon and voila. Very chic art for my home office aka LOVE ASHLINA HQ aka my jewelry making work station. It always inspires me to keep going and create interesting, unique stuff.

I never used to like gallery walls. But once I started using interesting photos, magazine tears and different things in frames. It made my home so much more light hearted fun and enjoyable. For more fun tips, listen to this podcast episode to inspire you for your workspace.

Happy framing!

Weekend decorating idea: upgrade your bed frame

Well we all know just how much I love a set of blush pink sheets. They literally will change your life if you give them the chance. I have loved every minute of sleeping in beautiful pink sheets but lately I have been feeling a bit of bed envy. While our bed is well made, low and modern, I have noticed that daring and bold beds really make a room feel more complete. When you’re making your bed every morning, the entire experience should light you up, it should make you feel like you are living in the most lavish of spaces.

Typically in a room, the bed lies in the Fame bagua of the space. Red really energizes the energy in this space well, so selecting a soft red or pink for a bed is fabulous for this area. If you don’t know where your bed is, do me a favor and read this post to learn more. Anyway, when your bed rests in that specific area of the room or home, your bed will play a MAJOR role in your life. Think about it this way, if your bed was a representation of how you are seen in the world, your reputation, how people perceive you….what would you want your bed to say about you? You also want to think about the photo that sits above your bed. This will explain how you what legacy you want to leave.

Back to the topic at hand. I have been inspired to look for a new bed for us and who we want to be as a couple. Let me selfishly just say, I really want a pink bed. Not sure how well that will go over but a girl can dream, am I right?

So just for a little bit of reference, I would like to share this bedroom with you. Black walls paired with a blush pink bed is absolutely gorgeous. In Feng Shui, black is a color that represents being grounded and pink promotes happiness and love. It’s a completely divine duo. Via @andthentheywentwild

Here are a few beds I really like right now…..

This beautiful bed has some serious style.

Beautiful tufted bed with a dash of metallic glamour. This bed is a steal!

I can’t help but love the retro vibe of this posh pink bed, it just screams vintage glamour.

A few more options with a little bit of flair…

I’m not mad at this pink palm print bed either. It’s very Palm Beach Shabby Chic. It’s subtle yet still brings something to the table. Could you imagine it against a black wall? Chic.

Metal and fabric canopy bed. So very glamorous.

So, with a bed in the Fame area of the room, you really want wood. Fire is the element of Fame so wood nourishes and supports that fire to keep going. However, if you happen to have a bed that rests on the opposite wall, in the Career (water) area, metal would do well there. A bed like this would make all your getting famous dreams come true.

I especially love this beautiful velvet and metal canopy bed with a unique sort of tufting.

Black lacquer nightstands look so good in that photo, so these are a glamorous and affordable option.

I love a good mirrored nightstand too.

Oh, ok so full disclosure, this is NOT a Wayfair sponsored post. I just like ordering from Wayfair because when ordering home furnishings online, I need good and specific reviews. I find these to be the best and most accurate. I do my best to only promote and select what I believe to be helpful, useful and beneficial for everyone. Having access to the finest of design, I find these online outlets to be a stiff competition when it comes to looks, the quality may not be as good as a higher level item, but I move a lot and always change furniture so these online outlets are a really good fit for my current lifestyle.