Home Office Before and After

Two months ago while flowers were blooming, birds were chirping and grass was growing at an insane speed outside of the house, I realized if I had to work indoors most of the day, I needed to be in a room that's not as dark and messy as my home office. Acting on impulse, I quickly drew up a mood board (which was shortly upgraded to 2.0) to revitalize the room. Though it's pretty much a wiping-the-slate-clean type of transformation (replaced every single piece of furniture and fixture), this project turns out to be quite painless and enjoyable.

So here are before-and-after pictures from different corners of the room. You can click on the image to enlarge.

BEFORE

AFTER

 

 

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AFTER

BEFORE

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AFTER

Sources:

• From Ikea: Ikea's office furniture rocks!
• Billy bookcase x 3 in white with custom crown moulding;
• Micke desks x 2;
• Rast dresser hacked in library chest style;
• Malm 4-drawer dresser in white;
• Ribba photo ledge in white.
• Bergère chair: a family gift.
• Ikat drapery fabric from Tonic Living, sewing by yours truly.
• Antique Windsor comb-back chairs x 3 spray painted in Krylon Satin White. Chair pad fabric from Etsy.
• Ceiling light fixture: Semi-flush white organza/linen double shades by Z-Lite.
• Lantern: Bowring.
• Framed art prints on the wall: "Noon I" and "Noon II" by Caroline Gold from Allposters.ca.