Home Office Redo

So after much thought and debate we decided that for our anniversary we would redesign our home office. Oh we talked about going to California wine country or going to one of those all inclusive vacations places, but nothing really said let's go there.

The current set up was completely not working. Oh we discussed this a few times in the past and got quotes from California Closet and another place, but the designs just didn't seem right.

So we called our friends at Blue Ribbon Residential Construction (www.blue-ribbon-construction.com) to come and help us design a better system. And as always, John had ideas and suggestions to make this a better office. As you can see from the picture below the old office was a disaster.

It didn't take long to choose the cabinets (Hickory of course), the tile for under the cabinets and the cabinet hardware. The tile was a bit tricky this time since I didn't want a kitchen look, but I love the look of glass tiles. So we compromised, we've got a glass tile as an accent mixed in with ceramic tile.

On Jan. 13th construction began, the painters were here right at 8 am to start work. They helped move our desks into the sunroom so we could still work during construction. After an hour or so the office was empty and they began their painting prep. It was amazing how quickly they got everything done and I'm telling you, the edges are so sharp and clean you could cut yourself on them. I was worried about the color thinking it would be to dark, but gotta say I absolutely love it. In less than 4 hours the room had two coats and was drying. Impressive is all I can say.

The next day the electrician (Dan) and the carpenter (Todd) arrived and the sound of the nail gun and compressor overwhelmed the house. Poor Manny hid in the bedroom under the bed. The electrician replaced the halogen under cabinet lighting in the kitchen with LED lighting, it's amazing how bright it is now. He'll be back in a day or two to do the wiring in the office. Dan is also installing two pendant lights over our sink in the kitchen. While the kitchen has decent lighting it's not great for doing dishes and the new pendants will resolve that. The carpenter is also going to be installing pull out drawers in our kitchen cabinets to make it easier to reach the pans & baking items. Not a complete kitchen overhaul but some really nice finishing touches.

Here are a few pictures of the progress on the office so far. In two days we went from this…..