Today I am thrilled to share with you a little project that I’ve been working on for a while, my neutral home office makeover!
When we first built our home, this space was meant to be a formal dining room. It didn’t take me long to realize that we would never use it for that and this room would be much more functional as an office space, homework and study room, as well as a place where the kids could practice their music.
The before:
Here is the before image of this space. We knew we wanted to add our piano in this room so that went in first! Then over time we added glass French doors to this opening and it added a lot of character!
I cannot tell you how nice it is to be able to close the French doors while my daughter is practicing piano or my son, his guitar. We have also been using this as our school work room so the kids can get on zoom calls with quiet around them if needed. Overall I just have to say this study has unexpectedly become one of my very favorite spaces in our home!
During:
I was thrilled to find a round table at the thrift store that fit perfectly in this room! It was $30 and in amazing condition. It was a very dark orange wood color and decided to sand the top to match my white oak floors. I also pained the base with my favorite paint and primer in one!
Click HERE to see all the details on that table upgrade. In that blog post I share about my favorite paint that I use to re-do and up-cycle old furniture.
Other elements to add to a space:
Adding rugs, a vase of greens, blankets and curtains can make a space feel so cozy!
Adding character to a plain space
While this study is very functional for our family, it was lacking a bit in personality. I love to keep my home neutral but I really wanted to add some visual interest to the space. I was thrilled when I found this stunning world map mural from Murals Wallpaper.
Not only does this map mural add a beautiful backdrop to this space, it makes the room feel larger and my family has had so much fun learning while looking over the map and searching out places they want to locate! I feel it is perfect for function and beauty.
Murals Wallpaper has such an amazing selection of wall coverings for all styles and rooms in your home! Be sure to click here and check out their page.
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