I've spent the past week moving!

I decided over the holidays that we weren't using our office very efficiently.  We have a nice computer hutch in there that was home to a computer that hadn't worked in months, a couple of bookcases that held all the ugly office stuff; printer, shredder, phone books (does anybody use these anymore?), and, of course, a desk that was a catch-all. (Wish I had a before picture)

I posted back in August about setting the office up for my kids to do their homework.....as I suspected they still like to do their homework in the kitchen, so they weren't using it either.  It was fair game!

I used to get all the day to day stuff done here at the KITCHEN desk, all the blogging, emailing, phone calls, appts, schedules, bill paying, recipe searching, etc  I had one file drawer which never seemed to have enough space for all the paperwork we feel obligated to hang onto.

Last week I began weeding out the office space to make the move from the kitchen.
Over the weekend, my husband was kind enough to get rid of the broken computer
and hook up the kids laptop notebooks to the large monitor for their viewing pleasure. 

This is what it looks like today...

(when I look at this picture all I can see is the cord under the desk, ugh!)

This shot is better (no cord).

I designated spaces for each of us....this is my bookshelf with some pretty accessories.

The cute cigar purse was made by my sister-in-law several years ago.

  A space to sit and blog and/or read.

  This is the 'family maintenance' bookshelf. 

It holds all the manuals for computers, phones, cameras, IPOD's, etc

 And, the kids baskets.  Anything small I find lying around goes in here so when they ask,

"Mom, have you seen my DS charger?"  I can say check your basket :)

This map of the world isn't the most attractive (maybe I should frame it?), but 

you'd be surprised how often we refer to it.  It's a necessity.

 The desk, or as I like to refer to it, 'moms area', has a great new view of outside.

Some great resources are close at hand!

This is a view directly into the room.

The computer hutch on the other side of the room is more for the kids space and the printer.

And, lastly, the ugly file cabinet I'm trying to hide in the corner.  It may not be pretty but it holds lots of paperwork!  It's also home to school supplies for the kids....something we always need close at hand.

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Boring to Better at Savvy Southern Style

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