Dreaming of My Office

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For a long, long time I’ve dreamt of having a home office / library, a place to call my own.  It doesn’t have to be large or even fancy but bigger than the closet I attempted to work out of for a while and with doors that close, a wall of bookshelves and a comfortable desk chair, sturdy office furniture, and a sense of home, yet a sense of work as well, an atmosphere to help me stay focused and organized.

I dream of a cozy space with light walls, a large window for letting in light, surrounded by items that are all “me” and tons of pictures of my family.  All that things that help it to be both a sense of home but yet as I mentioned prior a sense of a place to “get the job done”.

Right now, my office desk still remains in the living room, which works for now, but I long for the day its in an actual office.  Where one day when I have loud teenagers instead of toddlers and babies I can go there to “get away”.  I probably won’t have other office furniture, though I would like an office table, something small so if anyone ever comes in to chat we can sit there and carry on a conversation.

The good news is, just before Brady was born, my husband and I made the decision to do some work on our home.  We have a 2 car garage for which we only use for one car, and we only have 3 bedrooms and 3 kids so we want Brady to have his own room, so we’ve decided to close in the garage to make our Master bedroom, adding a bathroom and walk in closet to create a “suite”.  Then, we will also add on a small  office, as well as an open air one-car carport on the back.  All in all the additional space besides the garage will only amount to 200 square feet, but it should help and I am excited.

My dad who is a home designer is doing the plans now and we should get started on it sometime this fall.  I will keep you updated as I pick out office furniture, wall colors, etc. I will also be redoing the bedroom since it will move I though why not get new bedding and decor.  If you have ideas, send them my way.

How about you do you have a home office?