A Different Kind of March Madness Bracket

My husband is amazing. At this very moment he's downstairs praying to the March Madness Gods that Purdue will pull off another victory, and his bracket won't be completely destroyed. I on the other hand am here, typing away, and praying to Mama Nature that the storm predicted to hit tonight won't actually be the "Springtime Snowpocalypse" it's hyped up to be. And although he TOLD me to write how amazing he is, it's not a lie. He is pretty fantastic. Keeping with the current basketball theme, his most recent endeavour for brownie points also occurred in the form of a bracket...or six. 

In the previous post about our new (to me) home office, we finally set up our workspace and threw a brand spanking new rug on the floor. Bit by bit this room is coming together, and over the weekend we were able to cross yet another EXCITING organizational detail off the list.

MORE PLACES TO PUT ALL THE THINGS! 

The gloriously emerald wall above our computers, although a stunner, was still very blank. And since I couldn't commit to hanging giant art, I figured the next best thing would be a setup where I could swap out the knick-knacks for whatever I want, whenever I want.

Honestly, it wasn't even "over the weekend". This literally took one day. I think we finished so fast because Menards was rocking their 11% rebate sale, and that never fails to lure my husband in like a mythological temptress. Speaking of sirens, we swung by Starbucks after and I tried their new Blond Espresso, pretty tasty! 

To keep things simple we used these prefinished boards, that way no painting was required....or so I thought. When I started to look at everything together, I didn't want the green wall to be broken up by the white. Solution? Paint the edges of the shelves the same color! 

We staggered the height for variation and marked all the studs to be sure the brackets (we opted for these) were as secure as possible. Our walls did provide a few surprises during this process, apparently the studs aren't all equally spaced, and forget about them being completely even. #oldhomelove

This is where Eric dubbed them "his and her" shelves. Since the bottom one ended up exactly at my eye-level, we of course hung the top one at his. Which would be super adorable...except every time I set something up there, Eric's response is "Why is your stuff on MY SHELF!". Honey. Stawp. 

Next was the fun part, STYLING!!!!  

I've been meaning to get that "Periodic Table of Typefaces" poster framed for almost five years. Not super proud of that, but hey, better late than never. This would be the perfect time for an element joke, but all of the good ones argon. 

Hehe.

It'll take a little time and curating (helloooo giant gap stage right) to get everything looking just perfect, but I consider that half the fun. 

Although it may seem like we're constantly working on our home, there are typically huge gaps of time between projects. After so long, I can't take it anymore, and  I get this CRAZY urge to do home improvement. 

This absolutely satisfied my craving.

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A Green Wall and a Gorgeous Rug

Currently it is Saturday. I'm sitting at my desk sipping a mimosa, and while it isn't quite 5:00, it will be when I'm done writing this post so I'm counting it as an acceptable drinking time.

Confession, this is my second mimosa, but I'm an adult and really just wanted an excuse to use my fancy YETI wine-glass thing. Plus the champagne was already open so why go through the whole "get the cork-screw out" ordeal when pouring a glass of prosecco was WAY easier! 

I digress. The detail I actually want you to focus on in the above rant is this; I'M SITTING AT MY DESK. 

That's right. Who has two thumbs and finally her own space to work at home from? THIS GIRL! WOOP! 

Listen, it has been a JOURNEY. Since move-in day, we always considered the 3rd room upstairs as "the office". Although for the longest time 90% of it's use was for storage. 

Not so pretty. 
But with time, and some general organization, it served its purpose and overall wasn't "that bad" of a space. 

Until I just couldn't take it anymore. 

Every once in a while, in those rare moments of us having no set plans or commitments, Eric will turn to me and ask "So what would you like to get done this weekend?" and that's when I pounce. 

Clear it out, clean it up, and for the love of God get rid of that horrible brown/tan/EW paint color. 

So we did! 

This room has the same sloped ceiling as our guest bedroom, so I wanted to keep your eye away from the shorter wall, and create the sense of unity between the two sides. While painting only halfway up the walls helped in the guest bedroom, I didn't want to use the same method in here. The solution? Keep everything white, except for the one full-sized wall. 

Emerald like my favorite city, Judy Garland would be proud. Did you know she died of a drug overdoes? (_)<<

Paint? Check. Up next? A place to work. 
Now call me a hopeless romantic, but I always envisioned Eric and I being able to type side by side at our own matching desks. Like brushing your teeth at his-and-her bathroom sinks, only nerdier. So one night we went out to a romantic dinner at our favorite little spot, ate Swedish meatballs, and picked out office furniture. 

IKEA. We ate dinner at IKEA. 

2 Linnmon Table Tops + 2 Lerberg Trestles + 2 Klimpen Drawer Units (similar, ours our white) = custom desks that fit PERFECTLY against our new green wall. 

Of course we couldn't settle for the boring drawer pulls, and promptly swapped them out for something with a bit more style.

This makes me want to DO ALL THE THINGS! Be productive, file papers, organize our books, make labels, EVERYTHING! But like any project under the Wellman roof, nothing is 100% complete. I have big dreams of beautiful shelves above and stylish reading lights on either side of the computers. Maybe a floor lamp too! 

I DO need a place to sit though. Even our adorableness reaches its limit at "sharing the same desk chair". Well if I don't get a chair, I can at least sprawl out on the floor with our new rug! 

Isn't she gorgeous!? Rugs USA wins again. 

This room is embracing 2018 head-on. It took a while, but things are finally starting to make sense. Gone are the days of closing the door and ignoring the complete chaos behind it, instead it feels like I've gained an entirely new area of the house! With my big-girl computer, I actually USE the office. I look forward to taking on extra freelance projects because I have SOMEWHERE TO WORK ON THEM!!! 

Life changing. Truly the perfect way to kick off a new year. 



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