From cluttered catch-all to warm and workable. That’s the transformation we accomplished in converting a spare bedroom into a home office.

First, we gave the room a soothing color palette that’s neither overtly masculine nor feminine. For the walls, we used Benjamin Moore’s Hawthorne Yellow and added green and cream touches that are repeated throughout the room in the chair, rug, lamp and window treatments. A floral upholstered family-heirloom chair provides a personal touch and another splash of color.

Next, we selected the attractive, space- saving Tribeca Loft Hutch wall unit with its generous file drawers and adjustable shelves as the room’s stylish workhorse. A bookcase/file- cabinet offers additional storage and anchors a sitting area.

Inexpensive, custom-cut faux wood blinds in white and delicately patterned curtains complete the look. Mounting the curtains above and beyond the actual dimensions of the tall, wide windows makes the high- ceilinged room feel less cavernous.

“This is a dramatic change,” says Barbara Chandler, store design visual merchandise manager for Furniture Row. “It’s definitely organized — there’s lots of storage they didn’t have before. And now there’s also a place to sit and read and be comfortable.”