Tomorrow is the day I start writing my comprehensive exams, so I thought it fitting to show you the room to which I will be chained for the next six weeks: my office. Although in need of some brightening up and more artwork, I’ve tried to make my office un-office-y by using more furniture and items you’d see in “living spaces”. We still have work to do, but I have some great ideas in mind.
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| “Before” |
Yes, my monitor and printer are HUGE. I can’t hide that and it is way too inconvenient to cover them up or move them elsewhere. What is funny is I actually need a new desk lamp because the monitor totally eclipses it. I’ve been searching for a great vintage floor lamp. To compensate for that “office-y-ness,” instead of using a traditional office desk, my hubby and I made a desk for me using an old treadle sewing machine base. My friend Ashley and her hubby created a similar one!
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| I use this hand painted Bulgarian vase for my pens (It was $1, at a yard sale. Sweet) |
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| Vintage chair and table My own artwork |
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| Handmade pillows |
The same grandpa who made our headboard (see here & here) made this sculpture and the one hanging on the wall above my desk for me.
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The area below needs some work. We’re going to turn it into an extension of the room, instead of a closet. I’m going to change out the handles on the filing cabinet and plan to create a huge magnetic chalk board with a colourful, vintage frame.
So, it is a work in progress, but it sure isn’t the dumping ground it was for the old home owners.
Wish me luck on my exams!
That looks great!! I really want to make a kitchen table with an iron sewing table base too! 🙂 Do you have a tutorial on that one?
Thanks Gina! I'm going to post a how-to soon. Thanks for asking. ~Tanya
What a great desk! And are you saying that there's a grandpa who's a painter AND a grandpa who's a sculptor? That would be waaaaaaaay unfair!!! 🙂
My grandpa is the (retired) sculptor – he used to have his own gallery in Toronto, but worked as a welder. Hubby's grandpa is the (still active) painter. We are super lucky to have such talented family members.