Office Dreams

 

It’s been just over a week since I found out which of the new offices at our church will belong to me. It’s just a little peanut of an office. Not a ton of room, but it’s absolutely perfect for what I need!

                Ever since I saw it, my mind has been spinning with ideas of how I want to set up this little room that will be my home-away-from-home. My goal is to create a space that is both functional and homey. It is also extremely important to me to display items that tell the story of my journey to this place. I’ve been thinking carefully about how to tell that story in notes and pictures. I think it matters to keep those things visible so I never lose sight of what God has called me to and why I’m here!

                Want to take a peek at some of my ideas and collections for this little space?

                Years ago, when my brother-in-law set up his church office, post-tornado, he used a dining room table as his desk. He said he liked the space it afforded him, and it doubled as a conference room table when he needed to meet with people. I loved that idea and have seen the value in it in my own life in recent years! I have that sit-stand desk in our overflow office at home, and I do quite a bit of work on our home dining room table and kitchen island. Jeff is right. The space is nice, and I like standing to work.

                My hope is to find some sort of island or counter-height narrow table to serve as my desk. I want to have a little room for projects, and I want to have the option to stand to work! (Here’s an idea of the type of desk I’m looking for…)

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At the beginning of the year, I found this vintage table in a consignment store. With the drop leaves down, it’s the size of an end table, and I thought it would fit nicely in a little corner or next to a chair, if I end up putting a chair in here. (Jury is out on that…I’ll have to wait to see what space is left after I put in the main things.) I love the option to put leaves up, though, to hold extra things as needed.

I’ll also have bookshelf space in there, and I’ll use baskets and cubes to hold my office supplies, just like I do in my office at home.

Speaking of bookshelves, I think one of the hardest decisions will involve figuring out which books in my collection need to live at home and which ones need to live at work! The very idea of having them in two places feels a bit like splitting up a family, but I will figure it out eventually.

Now…on to the décor!

                I found this clock at the Goodwill a few weeks ago and put it in my (growing) office pile. Isn’t it cute?

                I found this little organizer at another thrift store last week. Not sure yet what I’ll put in it, but something fun and organizational will end up in here!

                This is the art print my parents gifted me for Christmas that I’ve been saving for my office. I told you about it a few weeks ago, but it holds great significance for me.

                It’s been years since I shared this picture on the blog. I took this photo fifteen years ago, added the verse to the print, and shared it as a gift to several people. This was my parents’ print that hung in their home until they moved last year. They gave it back to me, and I kept it to hang in my office.

                Ryan gave me this little pour over and these coffee canisters back at our anniversary, and they’ve been waiting for their new office home, too! (Did you really expect this little office to be void of some kind of mini coffee station?)

                Somewhere in the garage, I have a little tub of things I didn’t have room for in our house when we moved in – but I wanted to keep for someday. I need to pull that off the shelf and add it to my stash. (I don’t even quite remember everything inside that tub, so it will be a bit like Christmas when I find it!)

                There are all the teeny details I haven’t figured out yet…pictures and maybe a little lamp and some faux plants. (No windows, so real plants wouldn’t fare well.)

                It’ll be so cute when it’s done, but for now it’s just a dream on a board! Thanks for letting me share my ideas with you today! 😊