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Still Growing Up – Office Style

19 Oct

I was looking back at old posts last week and was shocked by how much Chris and I have grown up since moving into our house. Is that still a thing even after you’re considered an adult? But I had previously cleaned out what was the Craft Room and put my touch on it, turning the room PINK and deciding to keep a lot of the previous clutter out. And now it has transformed again.

PINK and decluttered (compared to before)

He also decided to buy himself an official drum set (he’d been learning on a set of electronic ones), so I decided to upgrade my desk which transformed the entire room with a u-shape desk, bookcases and file cabinets. And with the white furniture, you can really see how light and bright the room turned out! It’s been nice having a place for my computer and to do crafting, with more organization, and room to display all of my keepsakes, like the flowers and cloche display from our wedding. And even a designated place for my official work, without too much adjustment.

YIKES! Before the first remodel

I mentioned that I started working from home at the end of last year, but that wasn’t even the catalyst for it. After our wedding in April, Chris decided to repurpose half of the rooms in our house. Our previous gym became a music studio/theater room, my previous office took on a storage role (the main thing our house is severely lacking) and the Craft Room became my new office.

My new (grown up) office after the wedding

When I started working from home, we really took a closer look at what that would look like. I had office jobs before, but they usually at least allow for opportunities to get up and go for a walk, usually for meetings – but mine were all online now which meant more sitting and less moving. We invested in what we thought would be a decent chair and a riser for my desk so I would at least have the option to stand.

The flexibility with the riser is nice, and it’s super easy to use since it is motorized. But I didn’t think how it might effect things when I am just sitting, which I’ve done more than I initially thought I would. At my previous job, I ended up developing an issue with my shoulder and figured out that it was because my desk was too high compared to my chair making me type with my shoulders shrugged all day. And the riser was starting to have the same effect since it raised my keyboard another couple of inches off my desk even at its lowest.

My chair was also starting to tilt to one side and it allows me slouch too much. So it’s now time for another change – I’m going to try it without the riser and trying out a new chair! We’ll see how it goes.

And for those keeping track of puppy status, the cords under my desk have now been tidied.

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Room with a Purpose: The Craft Room

1 Oct

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When we first found our house, it looked like it had 3 bedrooms.  This was one of my wish list items, along with 2 bathrooms and at least 1200 square feet.  Upon further research and learning about real estate, we learned that that the third room can’t be classified as a such since you have to go through the second to get to it – it doesn’t have its own access to the rest of the house – so it would instead be considered a bonus room.  This was okay, it just removed the question of which room would be the guest room and which would be the office, no big deal.

The previous owner’s Second Room – now our Office

When we moved in, we started by focusing all of our efforts on the master bedroom and getting it ready which ended up taking 3 months to finish.  In the meantime, we lived in the bonus room.  Once we officially moved into the master bedroom and essentially into the rest of the house, we found homes for the majority of our things and started to realize our own needs.  The master bedroom was the master and the second room became the office as planned, and we stored our items without a designated home, although very disorganized, in the bonus room.  Realizing the cost of setting up a guest room for as much as it would be used (we’ve now been in the house for 2 years and have yet to have overnight company), we realized that dedicating an entire room to this purpose might not be the most practical or financially efficient, so it was now a room without any real purpose.

But, towards the end of last year, it finally started to find one when Chris suggested and highly encouraged me to finally buy a sewing machine (I’d been wanting to learn how to sew my whole life). Once we got it, I obviously needed a place to put it along with everything that goes with it, so Chris and I compromised.  The Florida room would be his room and used for his gym and I would take the old “storage room” to be used for my own purposes, whatever they may end up being. 

Once Covid hit South Florida, Chris was staying at work due to needing to maintain the buildings 24/7 for his entire work week, leaving me without much to do. I am not good with entertaining myself and TV only goes so far, so I started doing jigsaw puzzles again. Thomas Kinkade is my favorite artists, so I did several of his, starting with The Nativity, which I had bought on Amazon around Christmas and never got to, and continued with as many as I could find.

Fast forward a few more months, add an obsession with a podcast and Chris mentioning the idea of making the wreaths and the purpose of the room was clearly defined – it was now the craft room and the storage room…the stuff still has to be stored somewhere. But more changes will be coming, so stay tuned!

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