HOUSE TOUR – OFFICE
Its finally time to wrap up the house tour! The final room on this tour needed some serious tidying up before you could peek in — this seems to be the room that catches all the stuff! Now that it is presentable, let’s take a look…
Now that I work from home, the office is where I spend the majority of my waking hours. This is fine with me because the office gets very good light throughout the day and I love the color scheme (probably since orange is my favorite color).
Remember when I scored this retro Basset desk on Craigslist? Now it has a nice home in my office! That series of three abstract paintings was a gift from a friend of mine (that I met in art school) whose son painted it just for me! And see that framed poster?
My Mom bought that poster for me in Nashville, TN at Hatch Show Print (it is a letterpress print — which the graphic designer side of me just adores!) and then had it framed for my office. I love it!
Then there is the painting of my grandfather that I have been working on for quite a while now — or not working on. It is really close to being finished but not quite done yet. Maybe I’ll try to finish it up this weekend?
This is the part of the office I call the art studio. There is plenty of room to work on the huge drafting table (another Craigslist find) and of course paint on the easel I received for Christmas a few years ago. The only thing holding me back is finding the time to paint!
I do find plenty of time to sit in my orange thinking chair and contemplate blog posts, home improvement projects or just to take a break from looking at the computer.
Of course my adorable husband Jim has a desk to work at — err play computer games at — even if it is quite messy most of the time. That’s his amp at the end of the desk. He’s carted that around ever since I met him, but I have yet to see him use it or use any of his bass guitars. It makes me feel less bad about not finishing my painting…
This room also has two nice big closets! I’ve never seen a house with so much storage space! (FYI these are both full — that’s where we keep all the junk).
And that concludes our tour of the Retro Ranch Revamp! I hope you’ve enjoyed the tour!
On a side note…if you haven’t noticed already, I’ve added a house tour tab at the top of the main navigation bar for the blog — along with an FAQ page and a How to/Repairs tab that contains some of my most informative and popular project posts. Enjoy!
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Loved the house tour…What’s next?
Thanks Dianne!
You’ll just have to stay tuned to find out!
Am sad you’ve run out of house. You simply must add on!
Thanks Mike S! We do have an unfinished basement — so there is always the possibility of more house to tour in the future!
Hadn’t seen the finished/framed Hatch Show print … turned out well and looks nice in that room.
Enjoyed the tour, even tho I have been there … nice to see it anytime I miss seeing you.
Awww thanks Mid Century Mom! The print did turn out very nice! It looks perfect in the office! Thanks for getting and framing it for me!
I love it! I want to see more of your artwork, Kate! You are so talented in so many ways!
Aww thanks Pam! I need to paint more so I have more to show!
great tour and amazing home. i like the orange thinking chair.
Thanks Vanessa! The orange thinking chair is comfortable too!
Love the office! Your house it totally you, but your office reaallly screams you
Mike wants to know if Jim plays Guild Wars 2 on that computer 
Thanks Nicole! Jim says yes he does play Guild Wars 2 on that computer — and he’d like to play Mike sometime!
I like your desk best! It is so neat and tidy, and so cool. If I toured you through our office right now you would shake your head in dismay. tsk tsk.
Oh and fabulous tour. I really liked it. And the new menu items…
home blog improvement?
thanks Rebecca but don’t feel bad! I had to do quite a lot of cleaning up before I took these pictures — my office isn’t always this tidy!
I loved looking through your beautiful home! Thanks for opening your doors! May I ask where you got the atomic print in your hallway? Looks great!
Thanks thatmidcenturyfella!
The atomic painting in the hallway was something I painted myself – maybe another idea of things to add to my etsy store!
Please add that atomic painting to your store!!! PLEASE!!! and your orange thinking chair is totally rad! let me know if you ever need someone to take that one off your hands
Thanks Sara F! I’ll think about putting paintings like that in my store!
Could you elaborate on your orange window treatments?
They are IKEA KVARTAL curtains. Check out my how to/projects tab for a very informative post on the subject!