Office Inspiration Board

office inspiration by Racheltx on Polyvore.com

So, here's the plan (minus the bookshelves which I didn't have a good picture of and am still trying to decide whether or not to keep black, paint white, or some other color).

Dark green walls, white slipcover from Ikea to tie in with the big white desk that is already in the room, side tables in natural stained wood, a big reproduction of a Texas map, accents of silver and chrome, a little bit of plaid, bamboo blinds and seagrass rug...

It's coming together, bit by bit.
(finally)

Dark Green Inspiration

If you remember, this is where we've last left our color decisions for the office:

Chris wants a dark green for the walls, but I think the greens he's chosen are a little too dark for our small room.

So, I've pulled some images to show him for inspiration:

I'm still debating on whether I'd paint the bookcases white (to go with our white desk), or if I'd paint them the same color as the walls but in a glossier sheen. Also, whether I would keep the slipcover blue or get a new one either in white or beige.

Hmmm..... decisions.

Of course, this is just MY thoughts for the office. Chris has his own "vision", as he's told me. I would like to find a good color that we both love and can be happy with (and that doesn't look black on the walls!)

More to come!

Baby Steps

It's going to take a while to sort through all of this, but we did make some progress!

Okay, so the couch is still camoflaged by crap, but the bookcases are in place. And one has been filled up.

You'll notice that you can now see the top of the desk!

Progress, people! Progress!

We also played with some paint. Chris wants green - like "golf" and "country clubs" and "the Fox and the Hound" (a pub). So he chose really really dark greens. I am trying to steer him towards gray. Or at least not so dark green.

So, it continues...

Dang

So, I'm trying to upload pictures of our office (don't get your hopes up - it's still not finished!), but Blogger is being really really really slow and not uploading them. We got a little work done, more than what it looks like, but still have a ways to go.

Oh, and we played with a little paint.

But, for now, no pictures. :-(

Weekend Plans

So, this weekend, hopefully we'll be tackling this:

My husband's office.

Well, and mine too. But this is "his" room.
Can you tell???

(Truthfully, though, I'm a little guilty of adding to the piles in here, too.)

We have plans in mind, it's just going to take a lot of work.

A lot of work.

So wish us luck.

Hopefully, you all will be doing more enjoyable things, like my niece is.

Isn't she the cutest??
Wish I were there to swim in the pool with her.

Have a great weekend!!

Working from home today

Due to my allergy to ant bites and a swollen toe, I'm staying home today. It's really too bad that my home office doesn't look like this one from John Turck. I've had this image for a while, I think it's from 2006 or so.... but I still think it looks like a beautiful place to work from.

Hope your week's off to a great start - better than mine, anyway!