Our New Office

This is the project that actually came out mostly has I had envisioned.

This used to be the extra “empty” room—a place to store all sorts of junk, even if it wasn’t junk before it was thrown in here.

To make it a permanent office, Dwayne took out the closet. We were able to reuse the closet organizer Keith, our former housemate, built in Piper’s new room. Then we hired a drywaller to fix the walls and ceiling left bare from the closet removal.

Then I had to cover the deep blue accent walls with two coats of primer, as well as test colors. I quickly decided NOT to sponge or faux texture to get the Tuscan look I wanted.

I finally settled on this color, Summer’s End, to match the mural we decided to put up. I love the rich orange of this color—it has managed to be both warm and bright in our darkish room.

Then Dwayne and I spent one evening putting up this 8 panel mural. Notice the arches and balustrades?

The next day, the rug was removed and the laminate “hardwood” floors were installed. (We hired out two of the projects that I am sure I could have done on my own, but I had no shame in playing the pregnancy card this time. I would not have gotten the floor done in 3 hours one morning as our installer did.)

Once the floor was in, we were able to bring in the desk we found on Craigslist. I love the idea of having just one large, functional piece of furniture with a few chairs. My brother cut the trim one morning when he had some time to kill, and I was able to finish the rest of the trim and touch up work, and decorate. My favorite part? I carefully went through everything we put back in the office—if we didn’t use it, we got rid of it! Oh, and the fern. I love the fern.