Office/Playroom Makeover - Coming to an End

First, thanks to preschool followed by naptime after lunch! I worked on this horrible room from 9 to about 4. But, it is clean, organized, and ready for those boys to come and play.

 Yes, the monster desk is still living here... But, now our office area is more organized and cleaned up. The plans for a 2 person desk is still up in the air. Also, I am going to fix up my chair - it is very old and needs some love.

 I can finally open the closet door without making sure nothing will fall on me. Yes, it was THAT bad. Now, my wreath are hung up. My crafting supplies are ALL organized - YAY! I can find my gift bags. And there is a nice little space for those 2 green crates to stay when they are not being played with (Thomas stuff and Little People playsets). I can find all of my holiday items. And, on the top shelf (Itso fabric bins from Target), I have Wedding Albums, Scrapbook albums that are completed, and Jason's childhood things that he wants to save for his little guys. Ah, a closet full of happy :)

 Here's the wall with the closet. Isn't it pretty? I am happy with this room now. I don't come in dreading over what I need to climb over and what dead spider I need to avoid killing further. At least they are dead ones. I can handle those much better. 

So, the cubby holds the boys toys: blocks, cars, balls, etc. I got these fun word strips that you see in elementary schools that I will use to label the bins. I got those at the Dollar Tree :) That blank canvas will have some artwork on it soon. I am still working on an idea for that. See that fun vintage TV - that was a present from my Mom's friend for Andrew. Very cute. I am also going to find a fun lamp for the top. 

See the bookshelf? I took the doors off. They were obnoxious. They didn't even work... So, poof! Gone! It looks a bit bare, but not for long. For right now, it is holding books, puzzles, and some things for when they are a bit bigger. I added a fun mirror from Target for $5! And that storage ottoman holds hats and sunglasses - dress up stuff. Thank you Mom and Kelly for the great hats for them! I am also going to hang up Andrew's Aquadoodle in here for him to play with. :)

Ah, a happy and organized office/playroom!

Next on the list:

1. Wall art

2. Chair makeover

3. Accessories

4. Lamp

5. A fun area rug

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This is How I'm Going to Die

I swear this office/playroom is going to be the death of me. I love my house. Granted, I would love it if I could pick it up and move it to a better school system. But, we have 4 years, so whatever. I can deal. That is problem though. I have 4 years. I have to fix this office before I lose it.


You have seen this place before...but recently, it got worse. Much worse. Oh, the horror.

I can explain! No...I can't.

Ok, see, what happened was this... We got a king mattress and the queen had to go into waiting until we both agreed on a mattress. After about a month, we decided the king was the winner. But the queen had stayed in the office against the window. And, you know...once a pile starts...it's just continues. Well, now the queen has been donated and I'm back to the reality of dealing with this horrible mess. YAY.

Now this room is small. The smallest our house besides the laundry room...but I don't think that counts. Anyway, we want to turn this into an office/playroom with enough room that a much nicer airbed (the really nice ones that don't seem like airbeds so much) can be place without blocking the doors or computer area. So, ugh...today I started the very long, headache filled clean-up.

I finally fixed the hall closet to be the actual linen closet for guests with towels, blankets, etc since we got our entryway taken care of with a fabulous coat rack. :) Then, I cleared out most of what I could in the office/playroom space. I'm looking at the mess that I still have to conquer and it looks like I didn't do anything... I HATE THIS ROOM!

Breathe...

Ok, so here's what we are going to work on in this room:

1. Jason, being Mr. Engineer Man, is going to bring in laptop home and get the layout scaled to size and do some fancy stuff like that. He wants to make sure my idea(s) work before getting into this. 
2. Get everything out of this room that isn't a)computer/craft/hobby related and b)playroom related
3. Get supplies for new DIY 2-person desk (more on this later - we have a few plans, but will narrow it down when #1 is completed)
4. Bon fire in backyard Sell monster desk
5. Sell my desk/chair
6. Get my chair to match Jason's
7. Either sell or fix up shelf to hold kid's books/some toys
8. Get table/chair set for boys
9. Get area rug
10. DIY wall art (fun ideas on this one!!)
11. New and improved airbed for guests.
12. Accessories and such to finish the look. 

I hope that is everything. I'm glad I just now made the list out. LOL Now, it doesn't seem as scary. The plan is to not spend a lot on this room since we do not plan to be in this house longer than 4 years. But, we do want it to be a kid-friendly area, but still be a place for guests, too. We will see. It will take the rest of the year. We plan to do this all in baby steps. Besides, I want to hit up a few thrift stores for the 2-person desk ideas that we are playing around with. Wish us luck! :)


Until then, we will dream of this playroom:

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