My office is the first room in our home that you seen when you walk in. And it needs a lot of work. We never had a truly defined office space in our last house so we don’t have the right furniture either. I feel like this room needs to make a great first impression and my beat-up Expedit desk isn’t quite cutting it.
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So, this will be the next room I focus my attention on. As you can see, I want this room to have a very natural, serene feel to it because it is surrounded by nature on two sides.
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1 – I want to trim out my off-white drapes like these in the photo – using the method much like I did here in our former bonus room. I bought the fabric shown in #4 on eBay on Sunday to make the modification I plan to do the drapes not only on the front window but around the sliding doors as well.
2 – Thinking of carrying the Pale Silver paint into this room. Otherwise I may go with the Castle Path I used in the living room. Or Silver Sage and make it slightly darker than the entryway and hallway.
3 – I’m looking for a reasonably priced wood chandelier like this one {which is not reasonable at all}. The room is pre-wired for a chandelier {in addition to the four can lights} which makes my life easy.
4 – Kravet’s Windsor Smith Riad in Clove. I have loved this print for awhile and have the Seafoam colorway in our living room. I scored five yards on eBay for a steal. Retails for $149/yd and I got it for $25.
5 – I am using my Sussex Beige Linen Club Chairs in this room to make it feel a little more formal. Will add throw pillows like #6 and #7 to the chairs and other furniture in the room.
6 – Love this pillow combo {from etsy seller elegantouch}. Includes #4 as well as my beloved Betwixt in Aqua and #7 below. Perfection.
7 – I am OBSESSED with this fabric and have been for some time – Schumacher’s Avebury Vine – and I love the piping some sellers add to it on Etsy. I’ve decided this is the perfect room to use the fabric in because I think it will work well with all the outdoor views I have in this room. Not only is there a huge window facing our front-yard trees, but there is access to my courtyard on the opposite wall.
8 – This isn’t the type of furniture I’m looking for, but the layout is right. Thinking of possibly doing built-ins along the wall that is currently brown {see below} and then have a floating desk in the middle of the room.
As a reminder, here is the room {all from different days but I wanted you to see all angles}. The first shows the entryway and the office doors off to the left {also shows how necessary the trim/door painting is as well as the Pale Silver paint color listed above}.
The hardest part now is finding some affordable/stylish office furniture!
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Love your inspiration board!
Good idea to bring the Pale Silver into your office- I think it’s much easier to work in a space that is bright and inspiring!
Love, love, love it! Can’t wait to see it all come together!
Love your inspiration…this will be beautiful and useful.
This is going to be gorgeous! I love where you are going with this space. So happy to find your blog. I’m your newest follower. 🙂
Great space! Where did you purchase your curtains? Thank you.
The white drapes were purchased from Overstock. The link and details for the product are in this post: http://www.lifeonvirginiastreet.com/2013/01/drapes-light.html – down the road I plan to add the Riad fabric as a trim accent. If you have any other questions, please let me know. Thanks!
I love your inspiration board. What program did you use to create it? Can’t wait to see your vision come to life.
Thank you! I made it in Photoshop. I haven’t found anything else I really love so I make Photoshop work since I already had it.
I would LOVE to know where you got the glass office sliding doors ??? Thanks!
Thank you! Unfortunately, our house was several years old when we bought it and they came with the house.