Even though we’re still wrapping up some work in our sitting room (paint and some decor still to-do), we wanted to let everyone know what project we’d be starting after we finish. We’re psyched to be switching gears soon and finally getting to work on our home office.
If you took our home tour, you may have noticed that the office is not shown. There’s a good reason for its absence. It’s one of our catch-all spaces. Whenever we get packages delivered, they get opened in the office and the boxes usually get left there for a few weeks. What else is in there? Grad school books and binders, craft supplies, the rest of the books we own, an old computer… you get the idea.
What I’m getting at here is we don’t really use this space appropriately. We spend very little time in there and when we do it’s very task oriented. I go in to fax or scan something and leave.
We’d like to change that with this room refresh. That’s my main goal for this space.
You know what, the space doesn’t look too bad in these photos. We’ve since shifted the office desk to the wall and threw a bunch of crap in there. Consider these photos the high water mark.
So what are we planning to do with the office? Good question. We’re still kicking around some ideas in terms of layout and looks. You can follow our Home Office Ideas Pinterest Board to see what direction we’re heading.
We know we’re replacing the carpet and adding hardwood floor. That’ll probably be the first thing we do with the space. Of course, we’re going to be designing and building our own office cabinets and built-ins as well. The debate at the moment is whether I build the cabinets first, then do the floors and install everything or just do the floors first.
You can expect us to cover the entire remodeling process from design ideas to completion.
Should be fun.
