My Poor Neglected Office
It probably doesn’t look like it, but my barren wasteland of an office is actually making some progress:
It’s a blank slate! With a pile of yet-to-be-hung artwork in the corner! Wooooo! Since I mentioned progress, that implies there’s a before picture. Behold:
Pardon the terrible iPhone picture. My bad.
Considering that this has been our dumping ground for over two years, I guess it could’ve been a lot worse in here, but it still felt like a Nothing Room instead of a place where I could get all of my work done (I sit in here when I write, but my sewing machine is currently taking over the dining room). The daybed is a stray leftover from our family room in the condo, and we plunked it up here when we moved because I was TRYING to make this into a den/office combination. That was as far as I got with the idea, though, because as you can see I ran off to work on other parts of the house and left this room to die. Aside from painting the walls and making a bulletin board, I’ve left it alone.
Until now! Things are about to get real up in hurr because I’m tired of having little bits of my work life all over the house. The room needs to have space for me to sew, write, package orders, and do assorted DIY projects, plus all of the related storage that comes with that stuff. It would also be nice if Hubsey could have a little nook of his own since he works from home with me on Fridays and has taken to wandering the house with his laptop. We mulled over a couple of ideas, but after some brainstorming over dinner last night we busted out the measuring tape and I sketched an actual plan:
Mega Desk will be big enough for me to spread out Monday-Thursday when I’m in here alone, and then on Fridays I can scoot over a little so Hubsey can plug in, too. There’s going to be a “reading” area by the window, which will most likely be where one of us will sit with a computer, but a girl can dream. We’re hanging onto the Expedit that’s already in here because why would you ever get rid of one? It’s going to be storage central, but I also plan to work in some other kind of shelving as the legs for Mega Desk since I need a lot.
As far as the decor goes, I want a piece of dramatic, oversized artwork on the desk wall. I haven’t decided if we should go with a map, a print, or a DIY painting, but there’s going to be a lot of real estate to fill. I’ve been eyeballing stuff similar to these two spaces:
Although, let’s be real, artwork is coming later. I need to build Mega Desk first! Or should I say, MEGA DESK. (I’m so excited!)
Are you doing any room overhauls now that we’re all trapped inside avoiding the cold weather? What’s your office like? Do you have a MEGA DESK? What’s been the saddest, most neglected room at your house?
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