My little Office

Oh I'm so tired now!! I worked all day Sat on the office and was entertaining all day Sunday, work and 2 walks today plus started my sisters wedding invite!! So I'm off to bed now but I wanted to update on the office... It's not finished yet but I'm really pleased with how it has turned out thus far!  

I can laugh now but as I was painting this blackboard wall and thinking to myself how easily the paint went on I stepped off the ladder, caught the corner of the tray full of black paint and flipped it up all over myself, I had shorts on - my 2 legs, arms and back were covered in streaky black paint along with the WHITE door, WHITE floor and the saddle board!! But thank God it only put 2 little dots on my newly laid carpet in the hall! I very nearly cried but there really was no point - I lost an hour cleaning up the mess... I still can't believe I did it - so clumsy as usual!! 

Work in progress..

Well I started my office last night, I was sitting on the couch at around nine when an idea hit me, I worked through til 1:30 and I'd hate to show you the mess that I'm surrounded by now and I'm only half way there but I love how it's looking so it'll be worth it... perhaps I should have painted the surrounding walls first but I was so excited to get started once I thought of it.

For years I have been addicted to magazines used to be mainly fashion, now it's mainly interiors (it was wedding mags for a good 8 months - I ended up with hundreds!). What better way to inspire myself than to pull out fabulous pages and create a wallpaper. I really love the fashion shots interspersed as they are mainly from 2006 mags and the styles have stood the test of time. I had a few great issues of Italian Vogue to pillage too!

Creating my creative environment...

these office spaces have the cosy, lived in feeling I'm hoping to achieve for my little office

Bureau pics

Made another purchase today... a sisal rug in Meadows & Byrne for 60euro...so the theme is set...black, white and gold. I already had these Ikea curtains and I got a present of the beautiful mohair blanket.

Writing Bureau

I'm very excited..I had been eyeing a writing bureau in TK Maxx for the last four weeks priced at a reasonable 267euro but with the ban on shopping prior to NYC I couldn't part with the money, I visited this table pretty much every day and on Saturday I went in with my Mom and there it was reduced to a mere 120!! I couldn't resist! So I sit here now in my element tapping away! I can't find the camera though so I'll have to wait to upload some pics. 

On Saturday after the purchase I rushed home to clear out my dump room which has acted as an in-house shed for 2 years, I set to work clearing space in the garden shed to house all the junk we have stored and spent hours clearing the space, it's still the horrible lemon color that the builder chose and my lovely floor boards which were painted white have gone yellow in parts so I have a bit of work to do to pull my office together but I am very excited as this the last room to be tackled! In search now of some armchairs that I could perhaps spray paint and upholster and a coffee table and my little room will be well on it's way ...oh the plans I have once this room will be finished... I'll have no excuses then!

Office love 3

I'd love to see this space with people at work

Innvire, Netherlands