Tired of Your Home Office? Built-In Cabinets Just Might Work For You!
Tired of your Home Office? Built-in Cabinets just might work for you! I’m grateful every day for my home-office. I adore having my space to create, play, and learn in. When we first bought our home over 10 years ago, I was happy to choose some office furniture that met my needs. I have lots of electronic equipment and needed lots of desk space. Plus, this office isn’t that big of a space. Also, I had to house a guest bed in here as well! We get company at least monthly, and I want them to be comfortable and have a space of their own.
As you can see in the above image, it’s a small space, (about 11×11) and I had to make it work. I have my red day bed, which I adore. It’s so comfortable. Guests sleep like a baby in it.
And, there is the beast I call my desk. It does work perfectly for me in terms of size, but its way oversized for the small office. I can’t handle the wall shelving anymore. I’m so over it. Plus, the end table that houses the TV, that’s gotta go too! While I love the piece, acquired at Pier One, it’s causing so much congestion in an already small situation. I adore my dual monitors – I’d have three if I could! Oh – and the wires….I am so over the wires. A built-in desk and hutch would surely solve all these issues!
Then, as you can see above, I have a beautiful chest of drawers that I use to store a lot of various items from socks to electronic equipment. This piece of furniture has to go too!
OK, so now for the make-over! I’m still in the process of working this out, but I think I want built-ins. I could easily find a nice desk and hutch, but I’m seriously considering this look!
I love the amount of space they packed into this unit above. And the lighting – wow.
Not exactly what I have in mind, but I do love the workspace.
In the image above, this is more in line with my vision. I love the ambient lighting both high and low. I would need to expand this across the entire wall which would give me far more workspace – ideal!
Here is another beauty! I could live with this with some tweaks. I think I would choose black as my final color – and possibly a granite counter-top! I could settle for a new desk and hutch :( – Not exactly my vision but, I just might have to be open to this possibility as well.
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