The first room in our home that we wanted to give a ‘revamp’ to was my son Donovan’s bedroom. After he left for college his room looked a little worse for the wear and needed some freshening up.
We decided to convert his room into an office for me, that could also function as a guestroom.
It is charming little room that has its own bathroom and its own entrance from the backyard, which makes it ideal for meeting with clients.
The simple renovation started with a little demo, tearing out the closet to give the room a bit more space, removing and replacing the French doors with a new slider, and replacing the window. Marc added some shiplap to the ceiling to give the room a little more character, which I love! Then we brightened up the room by giving it a fresh coat of white paint. I found this wallpaper from Anthropologie and I am absolutely crazy about it! Seriously, every time I walk by this room and see this wallpaper it makes me happy. It’s funny how certain things can do that.
Each piece of furniture that we placed in the room has its own unique story.
For the desk I knew I wanted something vintage. The room was so small so it was hard for me to find something that I liked that would fit. Then we had the idea of using our old dining room table. It is a drop leaf table and we tried just taking the leafs off. The size was right and it works perfectly!
The bookcase is a piece that we moved from the entry of our home into the office. Marc built it for me when we first bought our house 25 years ago. I had seen one just like it in a Pottery Barn catalogue. At the time we couldn’t afford to buy it, so instead he made it and surprised me. He’s the best, he’s always doing things like that.
The cognac leather swivel chair I purchased with money that I made from my first paying design job.
The art is a sweet gift from my parents.
Everything in the room is meaningful and special to me. When I am in the space I get a sense of well-being. Definitely consider this when decorating your home, each piece matters. We don’t need to have our homes full of stuff for the sake of décor. It’s important to surround ourselves only with the things that make our hearts happy.
It’s fitting that our first renovation would be for my office, being that it is the first step into my career <3
