The New Office

You may remember the "before" photo taken after our youngest got married in August and flew the coop. (sniff) We still miss her a lot. But Earl needed a new office and since the space opened up.....

 Here is an update on the office so far. It's not finished, we need shelves in the closet, and I need to decide on a window treatment, although the sunlight coming through is wonderful! The room he used before is on the north side of the house and was a lot less sunny.  He can look out over the back yard and watch the deer, and other wildlife playing.

I was afraid the gray he chose would be too dark, but I really like it! It helps that the room is so bright. I also looked for a rug that would bring in a little color. I am not usually loving the orange and rust tones that are found in this rug. In fact I would usually tell you I don't care for those colors at all, but the rug is more on the terra cotta side, less orange, and has some touches of gray in it that goes so well with the colors in the wall. I think it looks nice with the new desk too. A friend was going to donate the desk to get it out of her garage and I told her we would haul it away for her. Anything for a friend right? ;>)  We both love how it has turned out so far.  Actually, with the last of the kids gone it is going to cause a ripple effect as we spread out to the two extra rooms that used to be their bedrooms. A computer will come out of the living room, some of my craft stuff is coming out of our bedroom, everything will be spread out and rearranged. It's going to be a long process, but I am looking forward to freshening things up!  I'll continue to share as things evolve, if I waited until they were done you would never see them! What household projects are you working on?