...big tour of the little house - where the magic happens

...my office, naturally. ;)

In the spirit of we didn't want to have any rooms that weren't used on a daily basis, our guest room is also doubling as my office/scrapbook room.

It is perfect.

It's tucked away at the back of the house, so when I am working from home and a sitter is here with the kids, they kind of forget that I'm here. And it's awesome to sit at my desk and watch them run across the backyard.

Like every bedroom, it also has a huge walk-in closet where I keep a lot of my scrapbook stuff (I had extra shelves installed) and I also keep my printer in there.

Map from here. Gray pillows are IKEA. Coral are West Elm. Ikat one from here. And you can just pretend there's a pretty upholstered headboard behind the bed.

Fake plant from IKEA. I pretty much hate fake plants, but man this looks so real I've almost accidentally watered it a few times. Picture of my grandmother in the back, topiary that my mom painted, and wood block from Carron.

It was hard to get a good picture of my desk because there's really not a time in the day when the light isn't pouring in. I had to get a big monitor for one of my new jobs, but it's nice because I can just push it back when I'm scrapbooking.

My desk is vintage Pottery Barn. Most of our furniture is vintage Pottery Barn, because we bought it back when we were young and could actually spend money on things like furniture. Baskets are from IKEA. I keep old Studio Calico boxes under my desk for layout storage until they get filed in albums. And you can imagine some pretty window treatments, too.

Kind of like pinterest, but on my wall:

I have no idea where that clippy thing is from but it's awesome. Rolodex from here. Cart is vintage Pottery Barn too (it has baskets on it that hold my paper and the drawers hold things like stamp pads and thread).

And...that is where the magic happens. :)

Comments

[Eloise]

I love your house and am enjoying the tour!

How is your mom? Thinking of her (and you).

[Becky Trump]

Your pretend headboard makes me feel SO much better about our spare bedroom "pretend headboard" ;) Love your office!!!

[Natalie (QSOgirl)]

Gorgeous! And so tidy! Does it tend to stay that way? We just moved, and we're trying to figure out what to do with our spare bedroom/craft room setup. (BTW, I really like that MD print-- we just moved to the Baltimore area and love it here!)

[Magdalena/Rockermorsan]

I love this tour! Thank you so much for sharing.

[melanie]

LOVE.

[Brooke]

Out of all the 'scraproom tours' I've seen, yours is by far the nicest. I love how you mix everything together and it isn't about showing off your 500 mists. We need that for our space. 3/4 office, 1/4 scraproom. Right now it's interesting!

[Keshet]

I am LOVING this tour so far. And that fake plant is awesome!