It's time for another TGI-Friday, and this week I'm including a home office update. Honestly, since we've been knee deep in exterior projects, we haven't made a ton of progress, but that's about to change! A little while back, I shared the design plan for the office. We've been buying several of the items, and I can't wait to start putting the room together. One of the big key factors, is going to be getting the closet shelves finished. Right now, it's basically just full of boxes making the room hard to organize. We also need to buy a small filing cabinet, because as much as we've been able to go paperless, there's still papers that need to be kept and filed. I did get the ...
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Office Design Plan
It's hard to believe a month ago the room for our office was stacked full of boxes. We couldn't even walk around in there. Every day I'd walk by completely overwhelmed and frustrated with not being able to find certain things we'd be looking for. As soon as I knew I'd be back to blogging again, putting the office together became a priority. So today, I'm sharing the office design plan and I'm so excited to see it come together! Affiliate links are provided below. Full disclosure here. Since Todd and I will both be using the office, I wanted it to be a nice balance of feminine and masculine... but we all know how much I love black paint and furniture. It wasn't really a ...
How To Organize Desk Drawers
We're back to the office today, and I'm sharing all about how to organize desk drawers. I desperately needed the desk and drawer space, but I wanted the space to work for me, not against me. In the past, it seems like my drawers always stay organized at first, but over time things slide out of place as the drawers open and close, or as new items are added. It was time to find a solution that would work for the long term. And let me preface this by saying, that I'm not one of those people who need every single space to be gorgeous and "magazine worthy". That's definitely not the case here, I just want the space to remain organized and tidy. The cheaper I can accomplish that, ...
DIY Leather Pulls
Cabinet hardware is always such a huge way of transforming a piece of furniture, or an entire space. Thing is though, cabinet hardware can be down right expensive. Lately, I've been loving all things leather, so when it came down to finalizing the cabinet hardware for the new office desk and filing cabinet, I couldn't stop myself from incorporating leather. So, we made our own DIY leather pulls! I honestly couldn't be more thrilled with how the pulls turned out, or how easy and budget friendly they were to make. Not kidding! Here's how we made them: Please note: Some of the links in this post are affiliate links, which allows us to make a small commission from your ...
The Office Desk: The Finishing Details
All week I've been sharing our tutorial on how we've built our new office desk, and today I'm sharing the last part, which is all about the finishing details. I couldn't be happier with how the office desk has turned out. It solves so many of our past office issues just by providing a bigger work space and more storage options... both of which we desperately needed. Here's the final installment on how we built the desk... When we left off earlier this week, I shared how we installed the countertop portion of the desk... After the countertop was installed, we had a few projects left to make the desk look "finished". You can see from the picture above that our filing cabinet ...
The Office Desk: The Countertop
Since the tutorial for our office desk is pretty lengthy, I decided to break it up into a few different parts. On Monday, I shared how we built the base, making a riser for the filing cabinet and determining the overall height of the desk. Today, we're talking about how we chose, and attached the countertop for the office desk. Here's where we basically left off: We decided to remove the actual "top" of the Ikea dressers, which created a more seamless look for the desk, and we built a riser for the filing cabinet, which made everything the same height for the countertop... For the actual countertop, here's what we bought: 2- Ikea Saljan Counterops, in white, at ...
The Office Desk: The Base
When we began the design process for the office, I wanted to make sure I'd have plenty of work space, as well as storage. The best way to do that, was to maximize the room by having the desk run along two of the walls, giving me plenty of work space. Because this is a pretty lengthy tutorial, I'll be sharing how we installed the office desk throughout the week, but today it's all about the base. As I mentioned above, and in this post, I really needed to have ample storage space for both office supplies and files. The base of the office desk needed to be a work horse too, and that's why we decided on using two IKEA dressers, plus a lateral filing cabinet. Here's what we used for the ...
Let’s Talk Office Chairs
We're getting close to actually finishing up our office, and now we're down to the point of putting in all the finishing touches that will really take this room to the next level. I still have a few tutorials to share, like the actual desk area, our DIY leather hardware and a few other things, but while I wrap up all of those details, let's talk office chairs, because it's still a big unknown. Deciding on an office chair has easily been one of my biggest hang ups for the room, and I really don't want to settle on a chair that isn't right for the space, or comfortable enough for me to actually want to sit and work for long periods of time. I have that problem now with our ...
The Office Shelves
When I was designing the space for the office, one of my major focuses, was making sure we had plenty of storage space. Our current office lacks in that area, and it seemed papers, projects, tools and office supplies were stacking up in every corner. I tried so hard to manage the chaos, but without a place for everything to go, it basically took over the room. I swore that wasn't going to happen in our new office, so I made sure to add plenty of storage space. Here's how we added the office shelves... I had originally thought that we'd build our own floating shelves for the room, and I was going to have them be a little bit thicker than what we ended up doing, but because we changed ...
The Office Blinds
We were able to make some great progress in the office these past few days and everything is officially coming together. I'm looking forward to being able to make the big office swap and start transferring all of my items over into the new space soon! It's very exciting... and that means we'll be sharing plenty of new tutorials and updates all about our new home office and how we're going to use the space. But today, it's all about the office blinds. When we started making over the room, the office had cheap blinds that we'd originally hung up right after we built the house and moved in. They weren't anything special, and they weren't quite what I was envisioning for the new space. New ...
Wall Lighting For The Office
Lots of glorious progress is happening in the new office. Anthony and I have been spending any spare time we can muster trying to finish this room before farming takes over and he's too busy to help finish our list of projects. And we really need to finish this room so the other original office can be completely cleaned out and turned into the new guest room space. The mess has to end at some point, right? But since we have been making a good deal of progress in the room, I'm starting to focus my attention on the finishing elements of the space. Right now, my brain is all locked in on wall lighting for the office. I originally shared my vision for the office lighting in this mood board, ...
DIY Closet Door Tutorial For Our Home Office
I'm back today with another update on our home office... the closet doors! When we started converting the guest bedroom into our home office, I knew the closet doors would need some help. When we built the house a few years ago, we didn't want to spend any extra money on fancy closet doors. We didn't really have it in the budget, but knew we'd update them when the time came. So today I'm sharing our DIY closet door tutorial for our home office. The difference in unreal! Before I share the tutorial on how we built them, let's take a peek at what we started with in the room... They were your basic, cheap bi-fold closet doors... nothing fancy. One of the knobs wouldn't stay on, ...
New Office Window Trim
When we first started talking about moving the office into the guest bedroom, one of the first projects I wanted to tackle, was trimming out the two windows. When we built the house a few years ago, we didn't have extra money in the budget to trim out each and every window, so we opted to do round bull nose corners with a simple window ledge. Lately, I've wanted to start transitioning them over to something more custom looking, and the office was the perfect room to start, especially since we did the awesome grid board and batten walls. And because we wanted the walls and window trim to flow seamlessly, we actually started with the window trim first. Here's how we transformed our ...
Grid Board & Batten In The Office
Our new office space is coming together beautifully, but when we started with the blank and bare guest room (read more about the room switch here), I knew I wanted something to help transform the space. I wanted something different. I wanted a place where I would feel inspired to work everyday. I wanted to feel cozy and warm and welcomed. Adding grid board & batten in the office did just that, and paved the way for everything else we'll be adding and creating for the room... From the very beginning, I knew I wanted to do some sort of a wall treatment, but I wasn't exactly sure which way I wanted to go with it, although this picture inspired me a whole lot. I spent a few days ...
Home Office Mood Board & Design Plan
Just a few days ago, I spilled the details on our first big project of the new year. And when I say it's a big project, I mean it. It's basically an entire room makeover from start to finish. Every single element in the room is being added fresh, which makes this an exciting project! Starting from scratch allows me to really nail down exactly what the room will look like, and how it will function- an important element for our new office. I need it to function well, it's a necessity. Today, I wanted to share our mood board for our new home office, and the overall design of the space. We've already begun the process and I'm excited to say everything is looking amazing, and this room is ...
Creating Our New Home Office
Happy New Year! I didn't intend to take last week off, but we've been so very busy working on new projects, I didn't want to over extend myself by trying to get the blog caught up with new posts. Slacker blogger, I know. Lots of new stuff to come though, I can promise you that! I have big plans for the new year. I have high expectations. 2016... wasn't great. It was tough in several ways and I very much was looking forward to a fresh, clean slate. Anthony and I have been prioritizing several areas in our home that need to function and work better for us. At the top of the list, our home office. If you're a long time reader, you know I've been working on our office, or trying to work on it ...
Makeover Week: The Reveal
Oh my goodness! Today I am sharing the reveal of makeover week! When my mom and dad initially told us they were going on vacation, and then when my mom purchased some new office furniture, I really, really, really wanted to give their office a makeover.... as a surprise! My mom sells real estate and is always so busy. I knew she'd get home from vacation and hit the ground running to catch up... finishing the office would take a back seat. I also knew she'd be stressing about finishing her office, so I decided to take matters into my own hands. My dad gave me a $400 budget and I went shopping for the last few things I knew the room would need to finish it off. Before my mom left, ...
Huge Office Picture with Custom Frame
I promise, we are still working on our home office. Honestly, I haven't wanted to just "bust it out" and be done, because rushing though it would mean that I, rushed through it. And while it may work at the time, will it last the long haul? So, I've been taking my time. Adding things that make sense, and removing the things that don't. And that takes time. A few months ago I contacted my lovely friend, Jenna Sue at Jenna Sue Designs. I knew exactly what I wanted to add to our office. I wanted a bit of personal meaning in a space that I seem to be spending more and more and more time in. I sent her the picture, and she printed it out... You might just recognize the tree from the ...
DIY Molding Frame
And speaking of our office makeover... :-D I've been working on a gallery wall. A few years ago my grandpa moved into a smaller place and decided to down size some of his things. He had an awesome collection of frames with thick molding and I've been able to use the majority of them on the wall. Recently though, I decided I wanted a specific shape of frame, so I ran to Home Depot and purchased 8 feet of crown molding for our DIY molding frame... It turned out beautifully! Here's how we made it: I bought 8 feet of stainable crown molding... Then, Anthony measured and cut the corners. To get the right angle, he placed each side of the crown molding flush on the saw and cut ...
Painted Office Cabinets
As you know, I've been jabbering on and on about how the office needs additional storage space for my growing collection of crafting/ painting/ sewing supplies. As luck would have it, a while back I stumbled upon a beautiful set of cabinets with glass doors. I knew they'd be perfect for the office, so I loaded them up and brought them home. For months (upon months and months), they sat in our garage, collecting dust, while waiting for me to decide what I was going to do with them. I had the hardest time deciding if I was going to paint them white to match our desk set or refinish them and stain them a lighter color. I went back and forth several times, but ultimately decided to give them ...
Scrap Wood File Folders
Hi there! It's been a bit quiet around here since I've been at Haven, my first blogging conference! I had such a blast meeting all of my favorite bloggers and attending classes to help this place grow! And I guess Atlanta wasn't ready for me to leave as scheduled, because our flight ended up cancelled at the last minute and my mom, aunt and I stuck around for another day until we got a new flight. It was fun, but I am so unbelievably happy to be home! Before I left, Anthony and I worked on a few projects for the office. You may have heard me complain about the lack of organization in there, so I couldn't wait to build a few new things to help make life easier. And because there's nothing ...
