The Office

I needed a space. Not a room, but a space. “The office” was in the living room, on our big wall, but it caused the furniture to be too cramped. I moved to the corner of the same room, but got booted for the Christmas tree.

I moved into the dining room, in the corner again, {perhaps it was a hint?} but as you can see below-not working. Not enough storage, not enough place to stretch out, and not inspiring.

I wanted somewhere that wasn’t closed in, was in the sight line of the kids, didn’t take up too much real estate, and was cost effective. {!!!}

Dreaming of a solution.

Before-

I happened to be dreaming as my husband perused. At the very same time!

When I started voicing my distress, and how I was going to go down in the hall of hoarders if something drastic didn’t change soon…he let me know he had been looking for a solution and hadn’t found one. He had planned on making it my Christmas gift. I had to start looking after that.

My solution?

Inexpensive track shelving from Lowe’s.

After-

It took two trips to find the right configuration, and we made a trip to the big city for the accessories.

I love it!

The little touches, the splashes of color. I love it all. I saw so many designs online with lots of white-but that just doesn’t fit me, or our home. I really like the vintage look-also primitive.

A dresser now holds the wireless printer on the other side of the room, and the space saving chair scoots in close enough to not bother our dining room seating too much.

I love seeing other’s spaces, so I thought you would enjoy me sharing mine.

Shopping info-

Lowe’s-

3 large shelves & 2 small 

Tracks

Lamp

Target-

Clock

Wall art

magazine holders

picture frame

Hobby Lobby-

Glass tilt jar

Paper mache “K” {painted deep ocean blue}

Metal basket

Photo boxes

Linens and More for Less-

Orange fabric boxes

Staples-

White “better binder”

From my house-

Glass jelly jar pencil cup

I left plenty of space to grow, no sense in building a space you fill up instantly. We can also build to the sides if needed, we made sure everything was completely centered on the wall.

Do you have your own office space? How do you make it work for you?