So while I need to ‘finish the backsplash’ (this has become an ever increasingly annoying phrase uttered by Ryan :), the backsplash work at this point is all just labor.  There is no creativity left in it.  The creative part was choosing it.  And it’s been a long, long road ever since.  The shell tile I chose is so beautiful, but so hard to work with.  You can’t use tile nippers on it (oh how I wish I had bought tile that I could use tile nippers on, ala the backsplash on Young House Love), and a wet tile saw wasn’t very successful on it, so I am left with a suggestion on the site I bought it, Tile Circle – use a dremel with a diamond wheel.  I wasn’t familiar with a dremel either, until now, but if you don’t know what that is, it’s a tiny little drill with different ‘tips’, and using a ‘diamond wheel’ tip I can easily cut this unbelievably strong shell tile.  But it’s evil.  And oh so time consuming.  But I’m almost done!

Anyway, my creativity needs an outlet.  So in addition to planning my next house conquest items, I have been working a lot in my home office.  A few years ago I painted my office a Frida Kahlo Blue House blue that is just so… bright.  I loved the idea behind it, but at times it is blinding, and I just have hodgepodge stuff in the office.  I want to remedy that.  I think I’ve come upon what I want to do to it, see below.  In order for you to be overwhelmed by my insane amount of office ideas, if you want to see the whole deluge, just go to my Pinterest > Project Office.  Or, if you just want to see my distilled ideas, see below, where I have made my first ‘mood board’!

Main Office Inspiration Mood Board:

 

 

Desk Ideas / Inspirations For Office Mood Board:

 

 

General Office Vision Mood Board:

 

Office Gallery Wall Mood Board:

 

Copper Obession Mood Board:

 

To Dos In The Office:

• Kate Spade-esque theme (black, white, and gold, with pops of fun and color) – except I am going to do a twist on that.  There are So many beautiful women’s offices on Pinterest that are done in all white and gold.  They are beautiful.  I have really been into metallics lately (see pics below), and I have stumbled upon a huge copper trend happening recently in Europe, and making it’s way to the states.  I love that copper is like a ‘cool gold.’  So I want to do a Kate Spade-esque office with white, Copper, and pops of color (reds, oranges, pinks, and yellows)
• I love Kate Spade, so there will be a lot of Kate Spade touches, such as their home goods line for offices – bow tie paper clips (above), exclamation point paper clips (plan to use all paper clips as art), cool sayings, copper spray painted / leafed picture frames in a gallery wall
• Spray paint my current desk (good shape) to have copper legs and a white glossy top.  I keep seeing Pinterest white and gold desks that are to die for!
• My office is a very tight little space.  I’m trying to cram into a small bedroom – a big desk (computer, monitor, laptops, etc.), a reading chair, a TV, and an end table.  That is way too much for this tiny bedroom.  As my office stands right now, my desk is facing away from my closet, with the closet of this bedroom essentially behind my desk.  I want to take off the current door, and replace the door hardware with ‘barn door’ / sliding hardware, so that I (1) my chair won’t graze the doorknob every day of my life, and (2) I can hide my trash can and other items inside the closet.  Plus, I think that a sliding closet door (barn door) would make this room far more functional in any future scenario when we sell – you can put things in front of a sliding barn door, but not a regular door, of course.
• Paint the whole office an off white / gray – I hate bland walls, but there will be so many distracting pops of color and metallic pieces in this room, color would be blinding
• Replace the current TV stand (which I love) with something smaller, akin to what Chris Loves Julia did – creating floating shelves.  I want to create a floating shelf to put the TV in this room on, and the cable box, etc – this should conserve at least 2 – 3 feet of space in the room.
• Get a new arm chair and ottoman, like this one from Ikea
• Replace the current floor lamp with a sconce?  A floor lamp takes up space I don’t know if I have
• Make a super cool copper light fixture / chandelier for this room, with the chandelier / pendants hanging directly over my desk, like this one, with DIY from a famous lighting designer, Lindsey Adelman
• Install dimmers on all lights in this room (migraines, and just comfort); this one is both a dimmer and a motion sensor (automatically turns off lights in rooms when you leave) in one – I want to put a ton of these throughout the house, but first have to install one, and make sure it’s as amazing as they say in the Amazon reviews

Links to check out from this post:

• My Pinterest > Project Office
• My Pinterest > Project Office Final Color

Sources from the mood boards:

Board 1:

• Gallery wall idea:  http://www.thingsthatsparkleblog.com/2011/11/your-favorites.html
• Current Kate Spade ad
• ‘POP’ marquee letters:  Etsy store where it can be purchased
  

Board 2:

• Ikea desk with gold legs and a white top:  Just Bella Blog

Board 3:

• DIY Adelman chandelier:  http://www.lindseyadelman.com/index.php?c=108

Board 4:

(upcoming)