Office Space.

My workspace is a small bedroom in the upstairs of our house.  It started off as Gus's bedroom but we moved him to a larger room down the hall once Greta was born, and this room had such good light that I swapped my original office space for this one.  I am incredibly fortunate to have a space like this- I know many of you work out of your dining room, which I have done and know what a pain that can be.  Because the space is small, I wanted to get the most of it that I could while keeping with our vintage meets cottage feel we have going on.

The walls were medium blue that I honestly never really loved, but it was so hard to find a blue we liked that we just went with it.  It was going to be a boy's room so it would be fine....until it became and office and those blue walls were starting to become a hassle at product photography time.  I had been wanting to change the space for awhile, but given the fact that when we renovated the house, each room was totally stripped out, I was hesitant to paint walls with nice carpet in the room.  Finally I decided it was time.  Product development wasn't happening due to the anxiety creative block that was thrown my way, so I figured that sprucing up the space may kickstart my ambition.

Each photo below is the old space followed by one of the new space.  I am so thrilled with it.

Do you love it??

A few of the obvious changes: the walls went from blue to the coffee-and-cream tan that we used in all of the common spaces in the house.  Even though it's not a stark white, it is so much brighter in there, and even though it's brighter, I feel like it's much cozier somehow.  The sewing table moved from the nook to the wall when you walk in, and the Expedit that was on that wall went into Greta's room to tackle a situation desperately needing baskets/shelving.  In place of the sewing table, my patient husband and I built three of the skinny Billy bookcases, which he ardently bolted together and to the wall because he's awesome like that.

The work table stayed in place, but I got a new shipping station, and let me tell you how awesome it is to have all that stuff- scale, tissue, labels, mailers, printer, and laptop on top when I need it- in one spot.  The other filing cabinet went across the way, allowing me to get the mannequin off the floor.  The two shelves scored at the dump were replaced with one new shelf from Home Depot, and then artwork was painstakingly and agonizingly hung up as slowly as humanly possible (more on that soon).  I recovered the seat on my chair- another desperate situation (tutorial coming soon)- and my husband made me an awesome clock, which was always sorely missing up there.  I got a full-sized ironing board and over-the-door hanger to keep it out of the way, sending my bowed, college-days mini tabletop ironing board to the exchange shack at the dump.

The room really makes me so happy every time I go in there.  It turned out closer to what I envisioned than I actually thought I could do, and I love all the small touches and details that add some fun to the space.  It's a room I want to spent time in, and I feel like I was a lot more thoughtful with how I set it up this time than the first time around.  It's evolved to be more functional for my business and more enjoyable personally, so what more can you ask for?

I'd love to hear what you think, or if you're working on your own creative space, or if you are still dreaming of your own space.

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