My Basement Office: Less dungeon and more sunshine!

I'm so in love with my new office space. I have to give mad props to my husband Chris who drywalled the room and installed the window framing. Here's a little tour!

Picture 1 (above): The pencils in the Little Prince cup are from annabelle's "Pencil of the Month Club," one of my genius marketing scheme that resulted in a whole lot of extra pencils engraved with phrases like "Suitable for pocket protectors."


Picture 2: My family and a photo of my husband when we first met 15+ years ago. The window was enlarged quite a bit to make it a legal egress window. Now it floods the room with light, and unless a squirrel peeks into the window from above, I hardly notice that I'm in a basement room.

Picture 3: I painted the concrete a dark navy, though it took me two tries and $50 worth of paint from Lowes to get just the right color. The rug is the jute TÅRNBY rug from IKEA.

Picture 4: I rescued this yellow chair from its lonely life outdoors at an estate sale. I made the cushion from fabric I found at Bolt Fabric Boutique on Alberta Street, Portland.

Picture 5: My mom helped me sew these curtains. I love the pink and orange together--the top tabs are orange grosgrain ribbons and the fabric is "Garden Trellis" by Michael Miller that I found at Fabric Depot in Portland.

No art or pictures on the walls yet. I'll update soon to show the room's progress.

Inspiration Collage

My office is so close to completion! I will take some pictures in the next few days, but in the meantime, here is my inspiration collage.

A room of my own!

We're almost done with the downstairs room and I'm so excited to finally have a room of my own! Growing up, I shared a room with my younger sister until I was 13 and as an adult I've had my own room for a cumulative three years, the rest of the time sharing with live-in partners. That means I've only had my own space for eight of my *cough* 36 years.

I've had so many day dreams about what the room will look like, what color paint, what pictures I'll put on the walls, what type of rug, etc.

Here are some of my inspirations:

Fabric: Amy Butler, Inspiration boards via Decorology