We built a house last
year, and the one (and only) thing my husband asked for was an office that
would be just his. Since we have moved in, it has been used as an
office...as well as a guest room, play room, and storage center!
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Christmas tote? Or side table!? You be the judge.
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| Pay no attention to the baby laying on the floor. |
As Christmas was approaching I decided to
finally get started on making the office 'his'. Since he has no real concern for decorating...I choose a rustic theme. I love the look of old wood
and rust!
Beth saw that the antique fair was coming to
town, so we went! The best part of the antique fair? NO KIDS! We met loads of
fun people (including a Canadian who wanted me to leave my husband and marry
him), and a couple from Kansas with some fantastic stories. We spent most the
day, and walked away with some old pulleys, 10 Canadian license plates, Prince
Albert in a can, a rusty scale, and an old mine explosives box from 1956.
We spent a total of
just under $100 at the fair, and I felt we did quite well for ourselves.
The next step was
to start planning the room. Since I have never been much of a planner, I decided
to take a different approach for once. I grabbed myself some graphing paper and
measured everything in the room. Then I sketched it out with a pencil and ruler.
Once I was finished, I popped the papers into my scanner and saved the file.
After that, I opened each on in Photoshop so I could outline all my pencil marks
with thick black lines. This allowed me to print copies to draw on directly
without having to start over each time I changed my mind.
Then I moved back to
Photoshop! I started making multiple layers so I could manipulate things (such
as changing wall color with one click, opening sliding doors, moving pictures
etc). After I was finished I was left with my final layout for the room.
The East wall will have three picture frame windows. I plan to use an assortment of picture sizes to fill the panes just
enough to allow some of the wall color to come through the glass.
These are the windows that were taken out of an
old barn that was torn down at the family cabin.
The North wall will have two sliding doors that
will be close to block light when needed. I am making these out of 6ft long
1x8's that will be held together with 1x3 furring strips. How to get the track
to work? ...still working on that. We have an old scythe (don't ask where it
came from) that I am thinking of mounting above the windows. I am hoping that
will be high enough to keep our two year old from getting to it.
The East wall will have the same sliding door, and will be
accompanied with three pallet shelves. Yes...these are shelves...made from
pallets!
The final wall will include something that I don't have a name
for an adjustable suspended shelf. It's basically a shelf system made out of 1x4's and glass from picture
frames. I will have more later on that. I am also planning to putting my license
plates here above the computer desk.
So that it! I have
all my plans done. Everything (except for my track system) has been purchased,
and I get to start distressing wood, and building! I plan to construct each
element first, and then put the room together all at once.
Wish me luck!
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