12/3/2023 0 Comments Home office layout with sofa![]() ![]() If that list doesn’t convince you… hopefully the after shots will □ Nothing matched and nothing felt aesthetically pleasing, which is important to me!.The carpet looked blah, and I really wanted a rug for this space (the dream would’ve been to rip it up and put down hardwood, but a rug was a much more budget friendly option □).The curtains we had looked cheap and the bulky finials on the rod didn’t work well for the tight space between the wall and left side of the window.Our TV stand was a little lower to the ground than I wanted, and it didn’t have enough storage.Unfortunately, as it was before, there just wasn’t enough space to add a second desk. I didn’t want our true guest room to feel like an office guest room combo, so I really needed to find space for a second desk in this room. I really wanted to get a desktop computer for myself, since I was still working from home most of the time and was spending more time working on the blog.There were always cords and papers everywhere. John’s desk was the first thing you saw when you walked in the room and it was ALWAYS a mess.John’s monitors and computer tower blocked a lot of natural light and honestly, just looked kind of ugly in front of the window.The artwork above the daybed was something we painted for our first apartment, but it did NOT go well in our new home.The royal blue velvet did not mix well with the colors in the room, and honestly, it was a really hard color to design around.Not to mention, the size of the daybed made the room feel even smaller than it already was. The day bed was too big for the room and made accessing the printer in the corner a hassle (we use the printer a lot).I tried daybed comforters, daybed covers, just plain sheets, but no matter what it always looked messy. The daybed was impossible to keep made, because we used it as a sofa unless we had guests.Here are a few more specific reasons this space wasn’t working for us: Not to mention, it wasn’t really pretty at all, and I’m a lover of pretty spaces. The closet served as a place to throw junk that didn’t have a place to go, and overall, the room was just always messy and unorganized. This space functioned as an office for John, a second guest room that could sleep two people, and a video game room where John could have all of his gaming systems in one place. ![]() Okay, so if you just saw that very first picture, you might say, oh that’s not so bad… but, if you keep going, you’ll see what it looked like on a regular day to day basis. Let’s start with how this space looked and functioned before, and I’ll tell a little bit about why it needed a change (besides the obvious… It was ugly □). Please know that products and brands recommended here at stay home style are products that I use, love, and trust. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. That means that if you click on the link and purchase an item, I get a small percentage of that sale at no extra cost to you. In this blog post, I am going to walk you through the entire process of updating this space, from exactly why it wasn’t working for us, to my thought process behind some of the design choices and layout, all the way to how we solved each problem while working on a budget! At the end, I’ll link as many sources as I can for you so that you can shop this look!ĭisclaimer: Some links contained in this post are affiliate links. I don’t know about you, but I LOVE a good before and after post, and this time, I’m excited to be the one writing it! Back in January of 2021, we started working on giving our home office/second guest room/video game room/junk room a MUCH needed makeover, and three months later, I can finally say we are done!
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