hi guys! i guess today's post is for the night owls. haha. i totally had this almost all ready to post at 10 this morning, and then other things came up :)
i've been wanting to share with you all where i "go to work" on your blog designs each day, and well, tada! here it is:
super glamorous right? haha. i wish! part of the reason i decided to share this with you now (even if i was slightly embarrassed because it's nothing fancy), is because i wanted to keep it real. this is upstairs in our house, in our loft/toy room area. so that means this is also where my little sidekick plays all day and where we mostly hang out. i love it because 1. it's always so bright up here/has awesome lighting and 2. it's open. i hate working in rooms/confined spaces! the wall opposite overlooks our family room, which is another thing i love, because if i'm working on a design late at night and my hubby is downstairs playing xbox, we can still talk/see each other and not feel like we are rooms apart. is that nerdy? hah. it works for us, so i don't even care.
we are renting this house, because we aren't sure if we want to stay here forever AND because we wanted to get a feel for the area first before we buy/if we buy. anyways, so that's another excuse as to why i haven't painted the walls or become more adventurous as to making this little "office" space more girly and more me.
so this desk. go ahead and laugh (my sis-in-laws did, haha). growing up, my dad put together a desk like this and we were always doing projects and homework and crafts on it. so when we moved here and had more room, i knew i wanted a big open desk space like that again to work on. because i didn't want to go out and buy something too huge and fancy right now, i opted for my dad's desk version. the top is just a counter top from Home Depot, the 3 "legs" -one on each side and one in the back (hidden behind the file cabinet) - are also from Home Depot, just cut up a 9"x12' board into 28" long sections. they are attached with simple "L" brackets...and then obviously we got the file cabinet (from Walmart).
that white board is what keeps me organized. i put everything on it, and in that pic up top that i took yesterday afternoon, it actually looks pretty bare! that's because i'm slowing down on my custom designs to get ready for this Little Miss to arrive!! the wall shelves are a huge help because they keep my desk space/work space free for other projects, like when i use my Silhouette SD.
that folding table (on the far right) i actually just brought upstairs last night so i could pull out my sewing machine and work on some new projects (and ps: i just finished one last night that i can't wait to show you guys)!
here is a typical shot of what my desk looks like on a daily basis: ▲ a plate from a snack i've eaten while Bronx is napping ▲ fonts i've written down on a napkin (from said snack) while creating a header for someone ▲ my little book of quotes, where i pull inspiration from when creating freebies ▲ a book i'm reading ▲ a book Bronx loves me to read to him (Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer-he is obsessed. and yes i know it's March) ▲ my bamboo tablet ▲ other random papers of people's custom orders (i like to write these out and hang them up on my whitboard so i can see them instead of going back and forth from my email) ▲ and i think i spy my iphone charging cord
anyways that's it! hope you liked seeing a little peek at where i am everyday!
*do you have a work space at home that you love?
*it's Friday night! what have you been up to? we met with friends at Cold Stone for some yummy ice cream, just got home and put Bronx to bed, and in a few minutes will probs start a Netflix movie or something... :)
Love it! Thank you for keeping it real! My "workroom" is the living room right now. One day, one day......
ReplyDeleteI am jealous of that space you have to work in! I would love that kind of space for all of my sewing/crafts and everything I do on the computer! That desk idea... genius! Now I just need the space! :)
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