On the 4th Day of Christmas ...

... this blogger gave to thee ...

... four private spaces...

... three things unfired...

... two little birds...

... and a corner shop made of felt.

Throughout my life, I have always hated when I was working, having someone peer over my shoulder and in particular that peering that only teachers and curious parents can do, that leads to instant onset paranoia.

I actually found working around people really quite hard until university, where actually working in a big open jewellers workshop with people all around me actually seemed to be be conducive to work. But still, every time you'd sit at your desk, you'd be in your own little bubble, adorned and arranged however worked best for you, despite the identical nature of the spaces.

This is what I like about the Koloro-Desk created by Torafu Architects. You take a box...

... you coat the interior of the plywood cube with a colour polyester coating, leaving little windows to give you more or less privacy and shelving, allow special holes to place pot plants, a matching stool and a pendant light and you have your own private studio of design. A place to nest at ease.

You could easily have a beautiful little studio space. A dressing table to contain the insane amount of cosmetics you accumulate over the year. A play space or doll house for your children...

 His and hers office spaces to keep your work lives separated and quell any arguments over who's the messiest (I will admit to being the owner of a messy jewellers bench. However I also have a giant clear down at the end of most projects, where everything goes back to where it's supposed to live. Boxing my space off would be conducive to the sanity of any potential relationship.)

The Koloro-desk and Koloro-stool, are part of the Ichiro-series were designed to showcase the technique used by Ichiro, a decorative plywood company and show their customers their dedication to accurately and consistently custom tinting their polyester coated plywood products. (The name Koloro, comes from the Esperanto word for colour and the companies desire to show off their vibrant selection of colours.)

Designed to showcase the companies product and allow you to create your own environment within these petite private spaces.

Link | Torafu Architects: Koloro-Desk
Link | Koloro-Desk by Torafu Architects via Dezeen
Link | Torafu Architects: Koloro-Desk/Koloro-Stool via This is Paper
Link | Koloro Private Desk via Pinterest
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Listening: Snow - Rosemary Clooney

Monday Mood Board: Peach, Gold & Teal

Row 1: Home is Where the Bag is by Jo Meesters via Velvet Palette,

Origami by Calexico7,

Confetti System's Studio via Artessen

Row 2: Iridescent and Bronze Glitter via Pinterest,

Sparkles via Bijou and Boheme

Admittedly I was at a bit of a loss for inspiration for Monday's mood board*. I've been trying to give myself a more inspiring space, i.e. I've been tidying/rejigging my room so I can actually think rather than just switch off to ignore the mess. So initially, as I'd resurrected my lava lamp, I considered basing a board on a Bokeh photo of the glitter lava lamp variety, thus explaining the two images at the bottom. The lamp image however looked rubbish in the mix, so I decided on what we have, Peach, Gold and Teal. An odd mix perhaps, but it's actually quite a pretty combination.

You may have noticed these mood board are all rather colour based. I've always been kind of obsessed with colour. Maybe it's the dyslexics hatred of black and white, or the fact that I am drawn to the bright colours, but it's always something my jewellery has lacked. Despite resins and enamels being an option, I've never really embrace my colourful side. So maybe these will give me a little incentive.

I also love the image of Confetti System's studio, the photos I've seen of it - a few I may post once I've lurked around their site a bit - show a really busy, bright and joy filled studio. Which reminds me of uni. Apart from the fact that it's missing the panic, but I'm almost certain it's there. It's the kind of studio I would like to work it, so maybe I need to go into full on window design or making decorations.

Sorry for being a bit lacklustre again, like I said I've been trying to sort my room and the most progress I make, the more mess I'm making. Plus windows and more knitting for more windows. Fun.

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Listening: Howie Day - Collide (Acoustic Version)

*Incidentally, I keep calling them Monday Mood boards even on Tuesday or Wednesday purely so if someone searches for them on here they'll all appear. Also it means that my LinkWithin widget actually groups four of them at the bottom which looks pretty. When I don't add the Monday they don't appear. Which shouldn't bother me but it does a bit.