Office with built in bookshelves

Our client over at Quimby Oaks works from home, like many of us these days, and had yet to really do anything to her office after moving in. Also like many of us, staring at the same walls day after day can get awfully boring if you don't feel inspired and happy to be there. We decided to change that for her! The paint was left from the previous owners as well as the curtains. She threw her office furniture in that she'd had for years, but there really wasn't much rhyme or reason to the…

A few months ago we knew we were moving into our house - and I knew the first project I wanted to do was our home office!! I'm no stranger to creating an inspiring office space - check out this closet I turned into an office or how we transformed my husband's office in our last house! I needed a spot to plug in my computer and work from home. We had the absolute perfect spot for it right off our entryway. A blank room, I just needed to plan it out!Here is what the office looked like before:A…

Our office built-ins are officially done! After many days of hard work spent planning, building, and painting these, I'm showing off the final look.

This took me a little while to write, since the salon go super busy with the Holiday season. So better late than never. When we bought this house last November I knew I wanted the office to have built ins. Our last house we didn’t do it and I regretted it. So Pinterest I went for inspiration.

It's been over 3 years since we moved into our home and I can remember when we were building, our home office wasn't a priority when it came to upgrades. For the price our builder asked, I just felt like it was something we could wait on and do later and spend much less money doing so. Fast forward 3 years, we FINALLY made it a priority- and I'm SO HAPPY we did! It's funny how horrible you realize a space looks once you invest the time (& money) into making it how you want it. The office is…

Considering built-in bookshelves with desk space? Get all the details on designing one for your home office space!

Find out how we transformed our home office with custom DIY built-in shelves with storage! Details on our office makeover in The Arched Manor

Do you love to add custom built-in bookshelves to your home office? I'm sharing all the design elements include in our built-ins design.

Our DIY built-ins are coming along. Here's how we built the DIY bookshelves to rest atop the base kitchen cabinets.

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