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Home Office Reveal

November 10, 2018 by Chris

WOW. I may be a few days late, but I made it! Our modern home office is 96% done, and in my mind that means done. Six weeks seems like a long time to work on a project until you factor in my full-time job and my lack of energy after I get home from said full-time job. Enough about me. How ’bout that room, eh?

wall of bookshelves painted

Modern Home Office

I think it’s only fair that we take it back to the beginning, eh?

And then we built the shelves. Yay for the shelves! They were a game-changer, but man. The room still just didn’t reflect my style as much as I thought it would.

white home office

The One Room Challenge came along and basically propelled that gnawing idea going on in my mind. I needed to do something with this space, and I just needed to bite the bullet. Otherwise known as painting the bookshelves. Say that with echoes, of course.

home office makeover

Can we take a moment to talk about the pain in my butt shelves? Let’s just say this-I am never painting them again. For the rest of my life. Or the rest of human existence. Just sayin’.

diy Ikea bookshelves

They needed to be painted. It had to happen. But I wouldn’t call it 1. the easiest project I’ve ever done or 2. the smoothest. Because we built Ikea shelves, I had to be extra cautious with painting laminate. I did everything right….but it still had its flaws. I’ll come back another time to talk about those.

how to style bookshelves

I have been passionate about travel for years now and have been to numerous countries. But how do you reflect your love for travel without turning your house into a giant display of postcards? Ya don’t. Almost everything in the room is either from one of my travels, or it symbolizes some where I’ve been. Cool!

diy bookshelves

One of the biggest surprises was this wall. I’ve had shelves here for years, but with the bookshelves, it was well…a lot of shelves.

home office shelves

I ordered a large sheet of cork roll (no seams!) and installed it. It was going to be a dead space of sorts, so it was a perfect fit! Stay tuned for how I hung it. It was actually quite easy!

how to install cork board

Painting the bookshelves, painting the dresser, and installing the cork board wall were the hard parts. Once those were done, it was just a matter of decorating to pull it all together.

modern home office

I needed to put years’ worth of travel into this room without it being gaudy. And to be honest, that was the fun part. I gleaned several decor pieces over weeks and weeks (gotta spread that budge out too!), so everything could remain cohesive.

modern bookshelves

I am beyond thrilled with it being finished how it turned out, and I now sit in the room for no reason. I also have tons of things to talk about–including tutorials–but for now, let’s just appreciate that I completed a project within 6 weeks. Not 6 years.

home office black shelves

The source list could be a mile long with 96 square feet of bookshelves, but I’ll do my best to answer those questions for you. Nearly my entire desk area is from World Market, however. This picture is to record the moment the desk was clean. 🙂

World Market office

And of course one of the stars of this whole show is the new sputnik light. I love how bright this room is now, and the light is just stunning. Here’s a little evening shot to show ya.

sputnik light

I’ll certainly be back with all kinds of posts on this room–lots to say–but thank you for following along with it. I’m a procrastinator. If you suffer from the same ailment, perhaps the One Room Challenge is something for you too. Go check it out!

One Room Challenge

Source List:

Bookshelves-Ikea Billy

Dresser-Ikea Malm

Desk, rug, lamp, desk tray, chair-World Market

Cork wall-Bangor Cork

Round mirror-HomeGoods

Sputnik light-Amazon

 

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Well, hello. Ahem. Allow myself to introduce..my..self. My name is Chris! And I’m a blogger! I got into blogging after spending months reading all the inspiration that is found in blogland. I thought to myself, “Self, I can do this. I might have something to offer too!” And so it began...
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Well, hello. Ahem. Allow myself to introduce..my..self. My name is Chris! And I’m a blogger! I got into blogging after spending months reading all the inspiration that is found in blogland. I thought to myself, “Self, I can do this. I might have something to offer too!” And so it began...

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