In which Alison dreams she has seven different fabulous careers and admires all these smart ladies’ studios and home offices. All images by The Selby.
Let’s start out with my miniature fear that this, one day, will become my desk. It’ll become overrun by postcards, ceramic birds, family photographs, and small notebooks for lists I never make. It seems to spell chaos. It actually kinda looks like my mom’s desk. Or my dresser. In all fairness, Carter, who’s an author and Ralph Lauren VP Advertising, totally has the right idea: A perfectly kept office is a sign of a misspent life. (Right guys?…)
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I don’t even know how I’d become a scientist at this point in my life, but the prospect of mixing together beautiful scents to make test-tube perfume is a pretty cool career. Super brillian scentologist, Sissel Tolaas, has a nose for a good work space too. And I seriously wonder if she only subscribes to magazines with white spines.
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This is exactly the sort of fairytale sewing room I picture for any costume designer or made-to-measure vintage designer. The sort of place where I would sit hunched up for hours, drinking tea and listening to Joanna Newsom. Wonder what this girl, Karlee Slater of The Golden Age, listens to when she works…
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This is way too good to be true. If I was stylist and vintage store owner, Charlotte Rust, I would definitely work from home. I mean, she’s got LPs, she’s got lounge-y couches, her desk’s on her roof and her bed’s above her kitchen (so genius for late night snacking.) Would never go into the office.
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In my next life, I will make confetti as my profession. So my office will always look like a party room, waiting for the guests. Seriously, I’ll drape my work from ceiling hooks and spread out new orders on the floor. It’s gonna be the best. Until then, I remain totally envious of Julie Ho of CONFETTISYSTEM.
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This totally satisfies my cravings for leading a power-woman lifestyle in a clutter-free dream office. As if my office will ever be stay this white. But Cecilia Dean of Visionaire wears it all to well and makes me wanna swear an oath to a lifestyle diet of minimalism and art books alone.
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Obviously when I become a famous writer, I’ll own so many freaking books that I’ll have to cram them in anywhere. Like my kitchen. Or maybe Leslie Arfin just like cookbooks. Whatever, bookshelves are really inspiring no matter where you put ‘em. Either way, I’d definitely keep my writing sticks in a Dolly Parton mug.
