The Office Begins...

This room has been many things in the short amount of

time since we built our house a little over a year ago.

First it was an office painted yellow, then it changed to our second 

spare bedroom with a bed for guests, & now it's being transformed into

an office once again... & I'm bringing you along for the journey.

The room is painted Benjamin Moore's Bennington Gray

& it's ready to become a place of inspiration, crafting, &

a great place to work, but for now it's under construction...

I decided to start with the gallery wall in the office since

it will be the main focal point as you walk in the door to the room.

Empty Frames?!? I didn't even notice... haha Yah, I know they are empty,

but I didn't want to rush getting prints for them.. I wanted to collect

them over time & I think the frames are great on their own for now.

First I laid out my collection of frames out on

the floor & played around with grouping for a while until

I was happy. As you can see I added items later

when they were on the wall, but it's the general grouping 

idea that matters the most.

I then stenciled the shapes of the frames onto newspaper

& cut out the shapes to hang out the wall to get the placement

right & see where the nail holes should be. 

I added in the other items during editing so you can see 

the placement of them as well. 

Obviously the wall looks bare with the empty desk &

empty room... but the office is coming along & the wall will 

be the perfect feature in the office. & that bottom frame? It's a handy

little chalk board/magnet board.. how fun is that?

I am probably going to add more frames & other

items to the wall & that's the beauty of a random gallery 

wall like this, you can always add & move things around.

& this table? I got it for $10 & it's the perfect size for

crafting, & all of my accessories.. it just needs a little love.

I want to fill this wall with memories & inspirational 

prints.. I already love the one print I have on the wall.. 

an embroidered piece of burlap that 

reads forever, for always, & no matter what...

& did you notice my obsession with gold has carried into

the office? Most of these frames were found at antique stores

& I love the original gold finish.

So the office has begun. I am so excited to keep working

on it & I have so many ideas in my head. I can't

wait to bring you along on the journey of "The Office".

I am going for an eclectic antique room with a masculine edge..

Does that make sense? Well, let the journey begin!

Here was the office today after I was done sewing... It's always nice

to see someones home not all perfectly staged...

The wires are killing me.. Don't worry, those are

going to be taken care of shortly...

So there you have it.. the beginning of the office.

I hope you are all have a great weekend... My weekend

has been wonderful.. spending time with my husband...

today we spent time at the Farmers Market & downtown..

we went out for coffee & lunch at a local coffee shop.

This afternoon I delivered a lovely piece of furniture I just finished

to one of my best friends for her babies nursery {post soon!}

& tonight my husband wants to take me to go see "The 

Wizard of Oz" at our local Civic theater.. a very lovely weekend

& may I add that I'm sick? It seems everyone has this soar 

throat ickiness, & I hope it ends soon for all of us, but I'm not 

letting it ruin my fun weekend!!

Talk to you soon..

xx Liz Marie

Progress of the office:

DIY Deer Head Click {Here}

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