11.08.2011

HOME OFFICE MAKEOVER

new office

This fall the Dude and I have been busy doing a major overhaul of our apartment. I painted the walls in our bedroom and living room. Furniture was re-arranged, purged, and acquired. Now the part of the apartment that looks the most different is my office.

My office has gone through a few reincarnations. It takes up a portion of the living room, and it's been placed in different corners of it throughout the last couple years. This and this is what it looked like just before. Now the office is completely furnished with IKEA products. I've accepted that when it comes to office furniture and accessories, IKEA is really one of the best options. Their office furniture is so modular that you can easily create a custom office for yourself. I'm quite pleased with the results.

It's definitely a luxury to have extra work space finally! And to have all my craft supplies in one place instead of in five different places around the apartment. 

new office

I love having the rubber plant at the corner of the desk. It's nice to have plants near me while I work.

plants in new office

stuff in new office

task lamp in new office

The red task lamp, which I found at an estate sale, is one of the very few non-IKEA furnishings.

new office

vintage toolboxes - new office

My vintage toolbox collection.


stuff in new office

I read one chapter from Don't Sweat The Small Stuff every day before I start work. It provides plenty of good advice, reminders, and much needed perspective. Mountie coaster - I used to have a thing for Mounties.

The plumbing pipe desk we built is now the dining table. It's replaced the last piece of furniture from the Dude's bachelor days - a kitchen table that got sold on craigslist. He pretends to be indignant about my systematically purging his furniture, but deep down he knows that good decor means happy wife means he's better off.

Isn't it ironic now that finally when the apartment is set up in the optimal way that works for us and is starting to look decent, we've decided it's time to move?

6 comments:

  1. I always end up liking my apartments better as I get ready to move...and right now is no different. The good thing about the tiny space that we live in right now is it has guaranteed that we will not have a whole lot to take with us to the next place. My husband is still on a major purging kick, though. Reorganization and down-sizing feels pretty good! Your office space looks great now! I'm inspired. :)

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  2. Wow! Your office indeed loved the idea of being reincarnated! :) Kudos to a job well done!

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  3. Plants are absolutely wonderful additions to one's workspace. Nevertheless, I love how you have organised the stuff inside those artsy boxes—and how they're arranged on the shelves. Reincarnation, you say? Good job!

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  4. I like this office. The plants as well as suitcases are awesome. I really need office like this for work.

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