A while back I shared on the blog that we are turning what was our formal dining room into our home office. Since then I haven’t updated you, but you guys all have way more important things going on & are super busy… so I’m sure you weren’t sitting on the edge of your seat, BUT I wanted to give you a tiny update today about the office today & give you a little sneak peek of the direction that we are taking in the room…

So much to do in this space still! Like filling holes, painting touch-ups, & fun things like hardware for the cabinets, but it looks a lot different than the last time I showed you this space! So last time I updated you the built-ins had just been built & they are still looking amazing because our builder is the best of the best. I made a little progress on styling them & the room is finally turning into a space that we can work in efficiently & yet fits our design aesthetic because it’s one of the main rooms we pass through in our home to travel from room to room. It’s also one of the first rooms you see when you come through the front door.Making it functional and beautiful has proven to be a challenge, but after using it for a while we have figured out how to make that happen. I said it on my stories the other day, but the vibe we are going for in this space is like a military office.. more masculine with 1800’s farmhouse vibes. I tend to make a story up for every room design we do & this one is a special one for us because of Jose’s time he spent in the military.  I was going for a lieutenant’s office vibe & I think we are heading in the right direction. I used a lot of my antique collections on the shelves, but also some great storage for our office-y things. Today I just took some cell phone shots of the space to show you the progress of the space and direction we are going in here because it’s far from done. We have some exciting things still going in the space like a bookshelf ladder, cabinet hardware, & some other finishing touches like painting the laundry room door that breaks up the bookshelves.

I keep showing this space in my instagram stories & also in some instagram photos so I figured it was about time to do an update. A lot of you had been asking to see more & I promise I will be back with a bigger update soon. I CAN’T WAIT to show you the before and after of the space very soon & also the evolution of the space because it started out as our dining room & has changed a whole lot since then.