Project PFP Continues!

Hello Friends!  Yes, I know...I took another 2-week hiatus, BUT in my defense, I have been ULTRA busy these past 2 weeks and soon you guys will know (and see) why!  We, and by we I mean my husband Jason :-), have been working diligently to get little Peanut's nursery in order and while he's been painting and doing all of the other DIY projects I have dreamt up in my head, I have been planning and hosting!  My friend Eni came to visit me last weekend and I was so busy having fun, that my blog post went out the window!


But, I digress...


Project "Prep for Peanut" (PFP) continues!  This week we're gonna take a look at the new and improved office.  Now, this is the room that I use in my house THE LEAST!  But hubby uses the MOST. So, it was absolutely necessary for us to get this room in order, especially since all our important papers and stuff are in it (papers and stuff, they sound really important, don't they? ;-) ) Anywho, Jason has been utilizing this office almost daily for the past 1.5 years (1 year and 7 months) as he has been enrolled at UF getting his Masters in Engineering.  He will be done in May, praise the Lord! So he has spent, and will continue to spend (until May), a fairly large amount of time in this office, so I wanted it to be a place where he could study and focus, but also not make it so "office-y" so that when he's done, we can all still enjoy the room!  I hate unused areas of the home so I try to make each room and user friendly as possible.  So this office serves as Jason's place to study and a place for me & Meelo to go when we're ready to bother and harass him :-)


How can anyone resist this face?

(This is Meelo, our 3 year old Lab Mix)

Ok, so here we go.  I'll show a few before pics first, and then we'll transition to after....Enjoy!  Oh!  Keep in mind that the office design was a kinda spur of the moment decision.  We literally came home one day and said, hey, do you wanna re-do the office?  And just like that, we were off to Home Depot to pick and purchase paint!  Then we took the trek (1 hour drive) to Ikea and got lost in the showroom and this is what we ended up with! :-)  This somehow became a mess over these past few months and needed some re-vamping and organization!  And for that, we had to call in the reinforcements!  Ok, well we didn't exactly call them in.  My mommy came to town for a routine visit and graciously helped us a few of the days that she was here (thank God!).  Ok, now enjoy!

BEFORE (Don't judge us, a lot of brilliance takes place in this room! And blame Jason! Lol):

And AFTER:

And that's all!  Thanks again to my wonderful Mother for all of your hard work, we could not have finished this mess without you!

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--Lisa