{Home Office} Kottong Homestead

I spend a LOT of time in my home office every week but when we moved in, it was low on the priority to finish. It was functional and that is all I needed for the time being. Luckily, I had my design concept drawn up before we even started building our house… so the accent pieces, furniture and lighting were all there when it came time to re-do (rather: do for the first time) my Home Office!

Here are a couple of BEFORE shots:

After being settled in, the one thing that I knew I needed in my home office was STORAGE! I have tons of office supplies that needed a home – a home that was out of sight! I also LOVE books – for whatever reason, I love to be surrounded by them… there is just something comforting and calming about that to me… and since this is the place I spend most my weekdays, it was a must to have a place to display a few. And lastly, I have a wireless printer that took up entirely too much space on my desk, so I decided to incorporate a nook for the printer. Below is the design I ended up drawing. I lucked out and was able to switch the cabinets on the left for the next size up (less trim work!), but other than that – we stuck to this game plan:

Here are a few progress pics of the built-in process:

When we first moved into our house I painted my office a light blue because I was worried about going too dark. After awhile though, I regretted not taking that risk and going with the color I REALLY wanted. So adding the built-ins gave me the perfect opportunity to right that “wrong”! I went with the color I originally wanted: SW 7602 Indigo Batik. It took three coats on the walls, two on the ceiling, and two on the built-ins… 2 gallons and 1 quart later… but so worth it!

I primed the cabinets with a deep base primer before spraying them the same color as the walls and ceiling. My assistant, Riley was my shadow through the whole process (and may have had a few spots of blue on her when everything was said and done!)

At this point I was SO excited with how things were turning out and could not wait to get started on the finishing touches!! First up was installing the crown, adding cabinet doors & cabinet hardware and then slowly moving all the furniture back in!

And here is how it turned out. I could not be happier with it. I spend 40+ hours a week in this room – and once we completed it I kept thinking to myself “why didn’t I do this earlier?!”

Excited to get working on the next project! Stay tuned.. …