Office Space

The office is currently the most disorganized room in our home.

We've got two bookcases crammed with dvds, cds, books and other junk. We have two file cabinets that sit on the corner but mail is always on the desk :o(  I always have the best intentions to keep up with the filing, but that never works. I think mostly it is because the office we have now is not functional.

So I dream of one day having a nice, organized offices with lots of shelving where I can place my books and other special mementos.

Offices that look like *these...

*  Photos taken from Better Homes and Garden Magazine website

Hope everybody had a wonderful weekend.

As promised I am updating some the blog with some projects we've actually been able to finish!!

 

We got an old library card catalog from my mother-in-law. At first I thought of using it in a craft room. I thought all the drawers would be great for storage. But since I don't even have the beginnings of a craft room, we decided to use it in our dining room. 

Here it is in the garage all taken apart ready to be painted.

We painted the old brass hardware a fresh coat of stain nickel.

And Voila! Here it is in our dining room serving as a perfect place to store all of our booze! =) We stored wine bottles inside the drawers. They were the perfect size!

 

And just for grins... here's another picture of our dining room! 

Jeremy and I did all of the chair railing and picture molding and painting. Well, he did most of it. I mainly watched and measured =) I know these are not the best quality pictures but I didn't have any others with me now. Since our house is up for sale now, I took these from the realtor's website.

I loved working on this project =) It goes to show that a piece of furniture can be much more than just an old card catalog.

WOW Can't believe it's been over three months since I've updated the blog. Time sure goes by fast!

Since my last update, yours truly has graduated from college! 

It took me six long years, but I finally have that piece of paper in my hands =) It is such a relief to be done with school. 

Before graduation I was busy trying to find a job. Luckily, I was offered a position in an engineering company before I even graduated. That was amazing! I'm so thankful that I was able to find a job so fast. I know some of my classmates were still looking for jobs after graduation, and I definitely didn't want to be in the same position.

I thought that after being done with school, I would have all this free time in my hands to do all my projects at home. Well, that doesn't seem to be the case at all. Other than the fact I don't have to worry about homework, projects or exams during the weekend, I feel just as busy.

So I haven't spent much time giving the attention I would like to give to my home and my on-going-never-ending projects... =(

And in the meantime, Jeremy and I decided to put our house for sale! So, with the impending possibility of a move it is difficult to concentrate on anything but keeping the house cleaned and organized!

I day-dream constantly of lazy days that I can spend sewing and painting, and rearraging furniture... The list of things in my head I would like to do keeps getting bigger and bigger!! =)

I do have some pictures of some quick projects we were able to finish before graduation and before putting our house for sale. I will have to post about them here.

Hope everyoby has a wonderful weekend!