I am so proud to announce that our home office is finally finished. I’m not kidding, I literally stood at the entrance of the room and looked around for a good 10 minutes like “Wow, You (the room)put me through the ringer and you’re finally done!!” For those of you, who are unsure of where this room is coming from take a look here.
This was the room that was so neglected due to it just being that room where if we didn’t know what to do with an item we would just throw it in the office. My choice of color was an ugly green that I decided to go with to coordinate with some ugly green ottomans I had purchased before. Just friggin scary all around!
Okay so for this design I was looking for the complete opposite. Here was list of things that I wanted for the new space
- New wall color/neutral colors but full of color accessories
- A space that both the hubs and I can use
- Gender Neutral Space, nothing too pink or girlie
- Creative Space (we’re both very creative so something that was energizing and motivating)
- Bring in the natural light as well individual lighting for both of us
- Storage
Everything on this list, I’ve achieved. I’m so excited to share this journey with you. I’m actually writing this post in my office and of course instead of the hubs sitting next to me, his pint size version is in his place of course coloring. I love the fact that he can now come in without us worrying too much that he will hurt himself.
So here are some pics of the way things used to be:
Before: The green machine of a room was dark and lacking natural lighting
After: I invited natural lighting and painted the room navy blue and white to bring the neutral elements in
Before: The room was only equipped for one person and we needed to be able to have both of us use the room.
After: I created a desk with solid wood and table legs from ikea to create a desk that took up the entire wall where both the hubs and I can utilize the space together.
Before: Just a mess of a shelf space that was. We threw everything in there and was in desperate need of a storage system
After: Cleaned up and donated some books and organized my magazines, electronics and cds.
Here are some other images of the space
I’m so pleased to have a great room that works for my husband and me. It’s been a long time coming but I’m so happy that it is behind us and now we can enjoy it. Please “like” if you like and share if you care! I’m so proud of my room and our new creative space.
Let me know if there is a room in your house that aches you? I want to hear about it.