Saturday, July 18, 2015

Home office

My latest construction project is to turn one of the two bedrooms upstairs, the bigger one, into a home office. I wanted to put some built-in floor-to-ceiling bookshelves and cabinets against one wall and some lower storage shelves under the dormer window. A large worktable desk  I've been using in the basement for crafts will work great in there with some sort of task lighting. I plan on bringing in a twin daybed I had in an extra bedroom in the city. That way I can still use the space as a guest room in a pinch. An overstuffed upholstered easy chair in the corner will complete the furnishings.
Here's a sketch I did of my idea, I gave this to the carpenter for guidance:


And here are BEFORE pictures of the empty room:




And here are some pictures of the room in progress: 


The old window will also be replaced with a '6 over1' paned version to match all the other windows in the house.




I love the beadboard at the back of the shelves, it's also on the frontispiece of the cabinet doors (they're loosely placed in the cabinets in the above photos). 
I think the beadboard is a nice'cottage-y' touch.
After all the millwork is done the room will be entirely painted, stay tuned for the progress.


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