Home office

Ever since I was a wee little girl I've dreamt of having my own home library one day. Never once did I fantasize about my wedding or meeting prince charming... it was always the home library wish. I envisioned it to have high ceilings with my desk backed up to tall windows that had long lacy curtains. The book cases would be so high that you would need one of those library ladders...
well, this year I figured 'ah, what the hell... I'll try to make my own home library now with what I've got. Why wait, right?

After I leave my work office I often work from home in the evenings. The room I called my office was also being used as a second living room. It had the TV in it that we watched all of our movies on and the boys had some toys 'n things in the room as well. All of this in a small 11' x 11' room with 8 foot high ceilings. As you can probably imagine it wasn't the best place for me to get my work done in.

Once I had a vivid idea in my mind I talked with the hubbie and he liked the concept. It was a PLAN. I was going to transform the small, cramped-up living area into my home library/office where I could clear my mind and focus on whatever it is that I needed to focus on (travel planning, photography, scrapbooking, etc). The boys needed an area in the room as well where they could do homework and arts 'n crafts. I immediately got to work making my plan with the small budget that I had.

Overall, I am pretty satisfied on how it is turning out. Here is a peak of what it looks like so far...


Before Pictures: (sorry so close-up, all I had was a 50 mm lens on my camera at the time)








Beautiful desk area right?!










Now: