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Well, I had a different post
planned for today, but I repainted my office last week and now I’ve fallen down
the rabbit hole of all things office décor.
With that said, I decided to scrap my original post for now and post
about some ideas and things on my wish list for my home office. But first, a little back story…
We moved in our house almost
ten years ago and I knew going in that I would be able to have a room all to
myself. I had always, always wanted a
hot pink room with black furniture. While
I have enjoyed my hot pink walls these last ten years, I never actually really
enjoyed the black furniture. I honestly
don’t even know what I was thinking putting it in there. All of the black bookshelves and the black
desk made for such a dark space.
So over the last 6-7 years I’ve
been sloooowly replacing the black furniture with my first and one true love –
white furniture. I painted my desk white
years and years ago and that was the first step to brightening up my
office. Then, maybe four years ago I ditched
the black bookshelves (PRAISE!) and purchased four of the Billy Bookshelves
from IKEA. BEST. DECISION.
EVER. I could not love my
bookcases more, y’all! They completely
transformed the entire room!! After that
change, I have been pretty content with my room ever since, but these last few
months I have been toying with the idea of painting the room a lighter pink – a
nice blush color – to brighten it up even more. I only have one window in my office and it
faces north, so it really doesn’t get much sun.
This past week, I decided to
take the plunge and paint it. I
ultimately decided on “Little Piggy” by Benjamin Moore for the wall color, and
now that the office is painted, I’ve decided that I want to redecorate all the
things!! Well, not all the things, but
more of the things. (I can see Brian
rolling his eyes now as he reads this.)
Obviously we are on a very tight budget now that I’m not working at a
corporate job, so I’m hoping to collaborate with some brands that I love to get
the office completed. If that doesn’t
happen, then I will obviously have to purchase all of the items so that would
make it a very sloooow process.
So today, I’m going to share
a few items I have already purchased for the space and I’m also going to share
a few items on my wish list.
COLOR PALETTE
Before we get started, I thought
I would share a general color palette with you so you can see what I’m going
for. Obviously the primary color in the
room will be the blush pink walls. The
second most used color will be white because of the doors, trim, and
furniture. Then I am going to continue
to decorate with lots of gold/tan accents – curtain hardware, picture frames,
throw pillows, baskets, and other knick-knacks.
I already have most of the gold accents so we do have that going for us. The next color that I want to use is bright
pops of different colors. I recently
rainbowtized my bookshelf and fell head over heels in love with it and it inspired
me to add more pops of color to the room.
Lastly, there will be tiny bits of black in the office, too. My computer, printer, and TV are all black,
and several of my storage boxes are white with black dots. I love black and white as long as the black
isn’t so overpowering.
Now that you know what I’m
going for, it’s time to share the items that I either have or want for the
room.
BLUSH PINK
Since the wall color is the
blush pink, I probably won’t be decorating with too much pink. Maybe some pink flowers here and there, but
other than that, the walls should do it!
WHITE
While I have a desk for my
office, I’m actually looking for something about 15 inches wider than my
current desk because I want it to fill in the gap so the side will be flush
with the wall. My current desk is pretty
small and I have a giant monitor that takes up the majority of the space. I found this desk and it would fit in
my space perfectly. I also love that it
has shelves on both sides. This would
allow me to put my printer on a shelf down below so it won’t be in such a
prominent place. Printers are such an
eyesore!!
And I'm also accessorizing with this cozy pom-pom blanket from Amazon. I’m always freezing so a nice blanket is a must for my home office.
GOLD/TAN
Now for the fun part, the
golden and tan hues! My current office
chair is positively awful and cheap. I’ve
had it for ten years and it has been uncomfortable since day one. I would love something similar to this office chair from Pottery Barn. It’s gorgeous
and sleek and looks much more comfy than the hunk of junk I have right now!
I currently have a white and
gray chevron chest under my window and I could kick myself for buying a piece
of furniture with such a trendy pattern on it.
Sigh. I’m completely over the
chevron, so it’s on my long-term list to eventually get a light tan linen
storage ottoman to put under the window.
I love this one! Anybody know how
to recover these? That would be way
cheaper!
I got some spending money
from my grandmother for Christmas, so I bought this basket from Target because
of its lovely golden hue. I’m using it
to store my pom pom blanket when it’s not in use. :o)
I also love this tobacco basket from Hobby Lobby. Don’t know
where I would even put it in my office, but it would make for a beautiful tray
if I had a space for it.
I currently have a cheap
white curtain rod in my office and would love to eventually replace it with
something nicer. This one from Amazon is
absolutely GORG!
It’s no secret that I’m a
HUGE fan of Emily Ley’s and her pineapple pen cup is also on my wish list. So cute!
I purchased these gold and white dot bins from Target when I was decluttering and
reorganizing my office last year and I love them so much. They hold all of my old diaries, scrapbooks,
yearbooks, etc. and they make my shelves look so much tidier and cleaner than
when the books were there!
Technically this chandelier
isn’t gold, but it does have bronze accents and it needs to appear in my office
immediately!! I currently have an ugly
ceiling fan in there now, and I want it OUT since I never use the fan in my
office. Don’t get me wrong… I will
always have a fan over my bed to sleep, but I don’t need one in my office.
RAINBOW
My best friend and I used to
rainbowtize all the things way back in high school so I have proof that I have
always been obsessed with all things rainbow.
I recently rainbowtized my bookshelf in my office, and I’ll never go
back to alphabetical order after seeing how happy that corner of my office now
looks.
I think that may be why I’m
so attracted to Emily Ley’s Simplified brand… because all of her stuff is just
so happy. I recently bought her Happy Stripe Daily planner as well as a Happy Stripe calendar so those will be displayed
prominently somewhere in my office.
In addition to rainbowtizing
my books and having a happy planner and calendar, I also just want to
incorporate other little pops of happy colors around the room. I’ll primarily do this when I decorate my pin
board. It would be nice if it was the
fancy Pottery Barn one, but it’ll probably end up being one that I make
myself. Ha!
BLACK
Finally, as I said before,
my computer, printer, and TV are black, and I also have a few other pops of
black and white around the office. I
have one of these boxes from Hobby Lobby as well as a few other 12x12 boxes
that are similar to this pattern and they look SO CUTE! The black accents are now few and far
between, but they are still there!
Well, who knew I could
ramble on and on about colors like this?
Let me know your thoughts on everything!
I plan to do an office reveal eventually, but like I said, it will be
slow going since we’re on a budget. In
the meantime, you can always follow along with the refresh on Instagram
Stories. I’ve posted lots of
behind-the-scenes stuff on there and even done a few polls, so be sure to
follow along!
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