September 25, 2014

Home Office Tour (2nd Time)

Well last fall I welcomed you in via vlog to my home office and my personal touches that I added to the room besides painting it from ugly tan to beautiful grey and a striped accent wall.  You all know by now that I love change and I got the itch when I started seeing all these fun makeup tutorials pop up on my pinterest feed.  I thought to myself, I have no place to do my make up! I have a small master bath that was somewhat remodeled when we moved in (new vanity and toilet) and of course I chose a vanity based on looks and not functionality. Well I'm surely paying for that one now.  I have no countertop space besides the area to the left/right of the sink and that just allows my toothbrush holder and some soap. That's about it.  With that said, you can probably imagine how awfully messy it is (come on, I'm messy to begin with) and with make up products, hair products, and tools all over the place, it really is just not nice.  I said, that's IT.  I'm going to figure out somehow to make my home office into a more functionable area so I can do my hair, and make up.

First and foremost I have to give a major shout out to these nifty pieces of foam and plastic that were invented. The EZ Sliders were seriously a life saver when I had to move my heavy ass bedroom furniture around the weekend before.  I used them again this past weekend when I swapped things around in the formerly cat room-turned-office room. P.S. if you are kind of turned off by the price tag, $16.99 and $19.99 do not doubt yourselves. If you are moving any kind of furniture in a carpeted room, you want these. Just get two $5.00 off coupons and go to Bed Bath! (P.S. I really liked these products and wanted to share.... I wish I was promoting them because I got them for free! ha, yea right).

Ok, so moving along. Here are some pics!

I'm really so happy with how it turned out.  If you didn't tune back to last years post with the vlog, basically I had everything set up opposite.  Moving the mirror wasn't an option as I drilled incredulously large holes in the walls to place anchors so it was staying (and partially because I was super lazy to fill the holes in and paint over it). I picked up the small* vanity mirror for $19.99, the little bowl that I place bobby pins, hair ties and clips in for $6.99 and the perfume/hair product tray for $12.99 all from HomeGoods.  I do so well there!  I already owned the 5 tray organizer so I moved it from my closet to here, thank goodness it's not TOO ugly, and I "made" the make up brush holder (trip to the dollar store to buy the cup and beads). OH, I lucked out finding the nailpolish tray in Marshalls, and that was $4.99.  I'm really digging my new space.  At first I thought it was not going to work with inadequate lighting, but it actually is just about right. So far, I've been able to do my make up 3/4 days (I was home "sick" on Tuesday) prior to leaving to get to the van. Success!

*I say small because it fits on my desk, but it's actually quite large! So perfect for doing makeup and my hair.


And because it wouldn't be fair not to share, my favorite furry friends were helping me as I rearranged the room around:


13 comments:

  1. Absolutely love your space!! Can i move in and work in the office with you!! Also that first picture of your cat is simply hilarious - the face it's giving is like "are you serious!?"

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  2. You're home office is beautiful! I can't wait to finally have an office/jewelry designing room! I love all your light tones you chose!

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  3. I love your office! I love those EZ sliders too! They are such a life saver!

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  4. This turned out so fabulous! I love all the organizers and details . . . seriously all of your house posts are making me want to move in!

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  5. Absolutely beautiful space! So well put-together. Great job!

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  6. I love it - so pretty!! I have wanted to do something like this but I like to wash my hands often when i do my makeup and I like to stand, so I know I wouldn't use it. Boohoo. I love your desk though! where's it from? :)

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  7. So jealous that you have a space like this! I would KILL for one!

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  8. Umm what!? This is awesome! It looks like it's from a magazine!

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  9. This is STUNNING! Straight out of a magazine! I like that mason jar thing with the flowers in it.

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  10. ah, please come decorate my apartment! i love this room.

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  11. Seriously, come over here and decorate my office for me. This room is gorgeous!!
    Where did you get your desk?

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  12. it looks gorgeous! love the details!

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  13. I love how you kept your mini office space minimal to clutter. I think it helps a lot that there aren't any big distractions around to keep you from doing your work. Hahaha! Anyway, your furry friends definitely look adorable, Lauren. I bet it's hard to keep working when you have two adorable cats wanting to play with you always. Hahaha! Thanks for sharing! All the best to you! :)

    Hubert Cole @ Pear Workplace Solutions

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