First off - I am happy to be back after a week long bloggin' break. I needed to take some time off to enjoy our foster pup, Driver, as well as refresh myself. For those of you who have never had a puppy, let me tell ya', you can't get squat done with one constantly biting at your feet or mysteriously quiet in another room. Just like a kid - when they are quiet there is definitely something going on!! Last Wednesday we brought Driver back to be neutered and adopted out and I am happy to report he was adopted the very next day. As hard as it was to give him up (clearly shown by the tears currently streaming down my face typing this) we are VERY happy he found his forever home so quickly. Good bye, Driver - you will be missed...
So now that Driver has left us, I got my butt back in gear and got some work done around the house...more specifically my office. A few weeks back we finished my office layout and I actually began using my desk. Feel free to read all about the desk, room, and overall layout here, here, and here. Once I started using the space I knew I would have some tweaks to do so we didn't permanently fix it to the wall nor did we fix the cabinets to the counter top...It all just sit in limbo waiting for my tweaks to happen. This weekend I tweaked away.
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The next step was to rearrange the desk cabinets...actually - I had to build 2 new base cabinets out of other cabinets as they were a custom size Ikea did not make. I decided to center my workspace under the top cabinets therefore leaving a 15 inch cabinet to my right and 45 inches to my left with a 30 inch opening between the 2 for my legs. This made a lot of sense for 2 reasons. 1. Symmetry - I hated being off center from the top cabinets - the bottoms I don't mind as I will need the space to the left of my desk for sewing...it makes it easier for the fabric to be laid out and not drag on the floor. 2. I can access the cabinet doors to my immediate right and left much easier now - the hinge placement didn't work on the other configuration...
The third and final fix of the weekend - a drawer!! I missed my old desk and the drawer it had right over my legs - all desks, in my opinion, need such a drawer. When I had done the original plan for my office I included a drawer from Ikea but it was not ideal...that method would take $90 and it turned out not to work anyway due to the drawer being too deep my legs wouldn't clear the space under it. Then my mind got to thinking...picture tapping finger on the side of my head...
I took my old drawer from my old desk and we attached it to my new desk. I simply removed the drawer and rollers from the old desk and measured where the holes were. It took some finagling and we had to drill the holes twice due to an error in calculation (mine, not E's) the first time but overall it worked great and my old drawer was new again! I just have to paint it and it will all mesh wonderfully! Perfection. Oh - and don't worry about my old desk...it will be a perfect table somewhere in the house - you can't event tell it is missing anything if you look at it from the other side!
Overall not too shabby of a weekend!
Next to do - hang the HUGE mirror I have been obsessing over, work out some magazine holders, and a photo wall. Things are looking up! What are you guys up to this week? Any big rehab plans or small detail oriented ones? Feel free to share in the comments section with a link back to your blog. I would love to see some new inspiration!!
Bianca
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