We are in the middle of redoing my office here. It’s not a big space at all, but we designed the back wall to face the back yard and it features wall to wall windows, which makes it feel larger than it really is. I just love it! The only con to it is the

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We are in the middle of redoing my office here. It’s not a big space at all, but we designed the back wall to face the back yard and it features wall to wall windows, which makes it feel larger than it really is. I just love it! The only con to it is the sunlight that blares through in the early morning since it faces east. So I will be putting lots of thought into a working window treatment that I can lower to block the sun and raise to get the lovely view. Looking through several interior design pics of offices, I’ve made no bones about my attraction to cream colored furniture…and mostly greens and pinks as far as colors go. This color combo really gets my creative juices flowing, which is what I am in desperate need of. [More on my home office/craft room to come. For now, I just want to share inspiring offices!]

LOVE that table….LOVE that chair…LOVE that lamp! Ah!

Look at that gorgeous window and the perfect organization in here. Oh my…

Why is this on here? I dunno. There are certain elements that I like about it – the window, the walls, the big butterfly art…but in a lot of it is too dark for my home office tastes.

Again….awesome organization. Neeeeeed!

Does my desk need a skirt?

Could this space be any more calming? That memo board with the bird fabric is fantastico~! I love this, but definitely need more pops of color for my space.

I really enjoy this view and that antique green desk! It’s probably not gonna happen for me, though…

Here is an office that actually folds away when not in use. You see that, right? The table folds up to the wall, and the doors below close to transform back into plain cabinetry. THAT is a good idea!

I’m not so much a fan of all this darkness for the home office, but it’s the way they did the shelving here that jumps out at me! That is so cool…

Various florals? I need you!

I love the neat ‘n tidy desk space! All of the pinks and the flowers grace us with feminine charm! <3

Does anyone know what the fabric is used in here for the drapery panel to the right? I love that big, bold pattern!

So YES – definitely pinks and greens to inspire me! Do you know what colors inspire your creativity?

Hopefully, I will be checking in again soon with some before and after pics of what we’re working on. In the meantime, this gives me a lot to think about!

This is what I was talking about yesterday! We’ve finished our wall of frames! I think that it makes a nifty focal point for the foyer when you first step in our front door. And how did it happen? We used Martha Stewart’s method of hanging up a wall of pics. Her way actually makes

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This is what I was talking about yesterday! We’ve finished our wall of frames! I think that it makes a nifty focal point for the foyer when you first step in our front door. And how did it happen? We used Martha Stewart’s method of hanging up a wall of pics. Her way actually makes it super easy. You basically:

1. take any type of sturdy paper (I used what I had, which was a combo of kraft paper and Trader Joe’s paper bags) and lay out each of your frames on the paper, trace around the frame and cut it out.
2. Then you measure the hanging hardware from the back of each frame and mark it in the exact same place on the corresponding picture frame that you cut out. Now you have exact templates of each of your picture frames!
3. You can tape up your templates using painter’s tape or drafting tape and arrange and rearrange your pictures until it’s just the way you want it – without damaging your walls. I thought that that part was cool!
4. When you’re ready to commit, then go ahead and hammer up the nails in the places you’ve marked on the templates. Last is the fun part – remove the templates and hang up your pics.

If you’d like to see a slightly different way of hanging up a wall of pics, check Isabella & Max Rooms.

For a while now, I’ve been on the hunt for a lot of old or antique frames – in any color, size or shape. Actually, to say I was ‘on the hunt’ is a tad much. I was honestly just hoping that these suckers would fall into my lap. Money is tight – so I couldn’t just bid for a whole bunch of random ones on eBay. The coolest part? I didn’t spend a DIME! Basically, I just went into our master bedroom closet (which is still being redone right now…we’ve had shelving collapsing issues) and pulled out several frames that I’d been saving. Some were given to me, some were from Hobby Lobby for CHEAP when they’d have a big sale and I’d also have a coupon…some of these frames were taken from other rooms in the house. They were pictures that I wasn’t fanatical about, so I decided to take them all outside and spray ‘em down black.

Places to Find Frames:

• Other rooms of your home,
• Someone else’s home (if they are changing out their decor, that is; I don’t recommend just taking their mess off the walls. Swap meet, anyone?),
• Goodwill,
• Salvation Army,
• Crappy Junk/Antique Stores (seriously, just keep checking the um, less fabulous ones because they will be cheaper there!),
• eBay,
• CraigsList, etc.
• Yard Sales
• Craft Stores (when they go on sale and when you have a coupon!)

I have seen really good deals at all of those places! So you can do it. Unless your budget is ZERO like me and then you have to get even more creative. Even still – it can be done~!

I am in love with this. And I either may or may not actually add photos or artwork in them in the future. And I plan on adding one more thing to this wall to give it a totally finished look. More on that later, though!

I also may or may not go back and paint one or three of them either turquoise or a very pale blue color.

Oh, and I also have very little framed art in the rest of the house now! =-D

So, see? We’re not done yet, but we’re on our way!

Do you have a wall of pics or artwork? What was your technique for hanging it all up?

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I’m pretty excited for this! We are in the middle of fixin’ up the first wall you see when you come into the foyer (from the front door, that is). That mess of taped up papers that you see is a nifty trick I learned from Grandma Martha a while back. If you

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I’m pretty excited for this! We are in the middle of fixin’ up the first wall you see when you come into the foyer (from the front door, that is). That mess of taped up papers that you see is a nifty trick I learned from Grandma Martha a while back. If you haven’t yet seen this method for hanging up several pictures all at once, then you’ve gotta try it! It is seriously nifty. I arranged, rearranged, re-rearranged, (etc……) the templates for what’s going up on the wall without messing up the wall AT ALL. Love it~! And then hubby is the handyman who is making it all come together (with Nolan and Sarie helping). Love HIM!

More on this wall later, peeps! <3 I’ve gotta get rested up because tomorrow morning, I’m going out to play in the snow! =-D