Home Office Update

A house often becomes a home little by little.  Our home office update is no exception.  Using what we have to create a functional space is as far as the budget has allowed at this point.

It was an adventurous year with our reno project and James was excited to get his home office into this space.  Since the room has more square footage than he needs, we came up with a plan to utilize the rest of the room.  Well, it’s been a little over 6 months and he is quite settled, but the rest of the space is not.  I keep reminding myself that we do things little by little and it will eventually get to what we want it to be.

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But in the meantime, I wanted to share with you what it looks like right now.  We’ve simply been using what we already have until the budget is there to add the fun ideas that I have in mind.  Let’s take a peek and call this a “pre-makeover home office update!”

HOME OFFICE BEFORE

Going way back, this is what our home office looked like prior to renovating the space.

One year later and the room was ready to be used.  {Click HERE to see the entire amazing before and after!}

HOME OFFICE UPDATE

Literally, once the paint and floors were dry, we moved James into the space and added touches to make the room feel more homey.  I already had this rug, curtains, roller shade, chair, lamp, and table, so this was basically a free makeover!

The plan is to add a trundle bed to the nook on the right.  It will serve us with some storage underneath, as well as an extra bed.  But we also wanted it to be available for every day use as an extra “couch” to hang-out or read.

Opposite of where the trundle bed will go, we have a second-hand table with an extra tv and laptop.  My kids will often use this space to work on special computer projects that only James can help them with.

Originally, I had planned to add a long dresser to this wall space.  My thought was that it would add some storage for office supplies.  On top, would be a tv that could be used for movie nights.  But now that I see my kids utilize it for fun computer “work,” I am brainstorming on how to add storage, space for a chair and laptop, and movie nights.

Are you ready for this?  I cannot even look at this picture for very long.  {Ha!}  I am blessed with a husband who is very low maintenance.  With that comes the ability to function in a “not pleasing to the eye” environment.  Don’t tell him yet, but I will eventually get my hands on his office space.  😉  For now, I leave him to his work and the office he created with whatever he could find extra in our home.

With the pitch of the ceiling, James had to be creative with the closet.  For a while, this was open and we thought about adding a curtain.  And then a friend mentioned free doors that may work.  After a lot of cutting and splicing, the doors now fit the closet.

FUTURE PLANS

I’ll be honest and tell you that I was holding off on this office update.  My pride wanted to share a perfectly curated home office with all the functional beauty.  But, patience is a virtue, right?  And I am leaning into that and the reminder that this takes time and it’s okay.  We will continue to use this home office as best as we can and be content to…little by little…create the space we know it can become.

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