I need some help. I've decided to tackle the office once again.
My office isn't terrible. Not at all. I just want to make it more functional. I've been doing all my scrapbooking in here now for the past month and I want to make that easier to do. I also wish to bring all my craft supplies into this one area (besides woodworking of course) so that I'll be more willing to DO crafts again. However... Baby M gets into everything! So, I want to make something work that will allow me to sort of barricade it off and yet have a play area for her in this room as well. Something that she will hopefully be able to grow into.
This is currently what my office looks like, and I just changed it on Friday too. I brought up that one shelf wonder to put along the wall there for some of my supplies... as it keeps the desk itself free and clear (which is SO nice). I wish to keep this aspect the same (I cannot really move the desk again, as it will probably fall apart if I do). Now for the hard part. Below is a picture with two different layouts I've been toying with that incorporate two more furniture items that we have in our house in storage. Why not use them?
Option 1 was my original idea, but the more I looked at the room, the more oblong it looked, which seemed weird to me, and the smaller Baby M's play area seemed. So, I fiddled to get Option 2... however I can't barricade it off quite as nicely as option one due to the drawers (or cabinet doors on the desk) being in the way. I do like the L-shaped play area though, as it lends itself to more creativity on my part. I was thinking of doing option 1 for now, and eventually changing it over to 2 when I don't have to barricade her so much (man... do I sound mean or what?).I'm really excited about this. I found some bins at the Dollarama for $1 each that stack, and they are such fun colors, I want to get a small bookcase for baby M yet in here too, get us some new pillows for our bed and retire the 'old' ones to the area using the bright shams I got for basically nothing, gather up the fun colored blankets I got and spread them around in a hodge-podge way, do something for curtains, paint the walls a bright fun color (I hope to find cheap paint somewhere as I'm sure this will only be temporary anyway), and I saw some cute rugs shaped as leaves that come in a set of 3 for $9 that I want to buy. I wish to block off the 'crawlspace' under the large desk with a metal sheet that will serve to house magnets for some fun as well. How can you tell I'm excited about this?
I can't wait till it's all done... :)
6 comments:
I love reorganizing furniture. When I was a teenager I'd move my furniture around all the time - gets my creative juices flowing! Unfortunately, our house now has rooms that don't lend themselves to much rearrangement, although our family room had a nice readjustment when C's toys took over!
Looks like it will be a better use of space when it's all done! Have fun with it!
I remember changing my room around again and again when I lived at home...and then swapping rooms with my siblings a number of times,too, just for the fun of it! Our house now doesn't have much options for rearranging though. Hope it works out for you and M!
Reorganizing furniture is so difficult for me! Wish you lived close! I can never visualize anything. Maybe that's why I am so challenged at playing pool!
Oh my! You are super organized! I wish I had that amount of concentration, organization, dedication! Can't wait to see the finished project!
I like it. I can hardly wait to see it finished!
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