Office Unpacked

My office was the very first (and to-date the only) room I fully unpacked. If I didn't have my office in order I wouldn't have been able to spend my spare time writing lovely blog posts for my readers. I spent a year working for Kikki-K, which means I am VERY obsessed with stationary and love having things filed in their right place.

For the first time ever I have enough space to create a comfortable and inspiring work area, which I have struggled to leave since unpacking. Its fantastic to wake up on my 'non-work' days and work my butt off in a room I love. Especially when both of my windows face palms and one looks out to mount Coolum.

I still have lots of renovation work to complete in this room (ceiling needs replacing eventually, DIY chair project is in order, blinds need updating, lighting needs redoing, and the walls need painting) but for now its a fantastic space and one that I have never had the luxury of owning before!

Extra Space

Living in paradise sees us with quite a lot of house guests! All our friends and family live south so a sub tropical visiting break is often in order. Our new home has three bedrooms. One I have claimed as my study and wardrobe so I can spend my spare time (I only work casual) at home writing and updating my blogs. Our other room has been designated as a second bedroom and gaming room for my mans video consoles. 

In order for the room to serve its dual functions we are planing on a hideaway bed. A wise friend of mine recently told me that you should make your spare room comfy enough for a short visit, but no so conformable that people never leave. I think a hideaway bed will sever this purpose nicely! 

The fifth picture will be my main design inspiration. I really like how the bed folds over the couch. This will give somewhere for my man to play his video games (not that he has time for that nowadays with his important job), and will hide the bed neatly away in the closet for when guests arrive. The extra shelving space can be used as a spare office, gym or whatever my man decides he wants to do with 'his' room. 

The space we have to work with is currently a dumping ground for furniture and boxes (we aren't fully unpacked and don't plan to be until the walls are painted). The room already has a build in robe which will hold guests clothing and our large collection of wetsuits, and shelves for bedding. 

What lurks under a carpet near you

We were granted access to the property before the settlement date in order to start cleaning. I did a few days worth of wall scrubbing (only to find out that it was pointless later when we did the floor sanding). So the very first thing I did was rip up the REVOLTING carpet in my office.

Mr Science and I guess that the previous tenants used this room to lock their dogs up when they weren't home. There was doggy evidence everywhere and the carpet smelt like a wet St. Bernard. Sebastian the site manager watched on as I pulled up the carpet and underlay and swept the floor.

I have never been a fan of carpet and was not the slightest bit surprised at the fact I got one shopping bag worth of dirt off the floor in a quick sweep.

YUCK.

Looking forward to sharing some of the floor sanding experiences with you in the near future.