Office Reveal!

   I'm happy to report that I finished most of the work on my little back room office this weekend.  I still have a bit of zhushing to do.  The office is visible from my kitchen and  includes a powder room, which is not finished yet.  I still need to pull it all together.  I need a rug and artwork and I'd like to paint my wooden office chair too.  But without further ado, here are the before shots:

before

before

And now, welcome to my office:

pantry door

powder room door

back door

I love the fresh colour scheme and the way it looks so much cleaner now.  All that ugly, dark wood made it hard to feel creative!

For those interested:

Wall Colour:  BM Woodlawn Blue

Trim Colour:  BM White Dove

Back Door Colour:  BM Kendall Charcoal

Desk Accessories: Crate & Barrel (little bowl and tray)

Silver Tray:  vintage, my parents

Wicker container:  West Elm a long while ago

Tulips:  Backyard, thanks to Audrey

There is more to come on this project.  I'll be hanging the curtains and adding a rug and artwork, etc.  I'll keep you posted!

xo Meg

Office

I've been working very hard to get my office looking good.  It's not done yet but I think it's already looking better...

Sorry for the dark photo.  I guess that's what happens when you take an iphone
photo facing a sunny window!

It has actually taken a whole lotta paint to get rid of the orange-y stain on the wainscotting.  This is three coats and a zinsser primer coat.  Pain in the butt.  But I think it looks pretty.

This one's brighter, but fuzzy.  I'm certainly no photographer (obviously).  We are painting the exterior doors a deep charcoal grey.  I can't wait to see how this looks in here.  I'm also thinking about painting the pocket door to the powder room in charcoal grey but that is undecided.

I'm off to work, just thought I'd give you a sneak peek!

 I hope you all have a lovely weekend.  The weather here looks good so I think we'll be setting up scaffolding on our house and beginning the exterior work as well.

xo Meg

Rain, Rain Go Away!

Of course on the day I decide to climb a 40 foot ladder and begin prepping my home's exterior to paint, it decides to rain.  Clearly I will remain indoors with both feet on the ground instead.

But I'm not going to let that interfere with my reno plans!  There are so many things to do inside too.

I cleared out my office and powder room.  I'm currently washing everything down with TSP.  Next up, prime and paint. Hopefully it doesn't take too many coats to cover the pine boards!

xo Meg

Working Girl

Today I started a new job.  It was exciting for me to go into an office, since I've been working part time from home since I had Audrey.

I'm feeling a little brain drain right now, though.  So instead of my regularly scheduled Monday post, I'll leave you with this pretty office.

via

xo Meg