our home "office"

The word office in our house means storage room, tool box, and everything in between. The closet is filled with shelves that hold a lot of Taylor's work things. The coffee table that used to be in our living room is in the middle of the floor. Taylor's kayak is standing up against the wall. There is a futon for extra guests that has only been used one in almost two years (although I did purchase a new cover for it a few months ago). Our desk is the one that I used in college with the bookshelf hutch my dad built specifically for my dorm room at Auburn. The curtains were just something that I had from the past couple of years that I hung up there to block out the sun. Needless to say, there is such a wide variety of things in there that is truly our catch all room. I was looking for some paper work on Friday night and just finally had enough of it. Taylor is really good about going through things about once a month and straightening up the room. But I had finally had enough.

Saturday morning I woke up and went straight in there. Started going through papers, shredding things that needed to be thrown away and then just getting things organized. I got all of our papers filed away in the correct place. I did leave some things for Taylor to look through when he gets home but for the most part, I got it organized. It's still got a long way to go but I am so much happier about it. I don't mind leaving the door open anymore.

The one thing that I knew I wanted to get done though was new curtains. New curtains that actually match the room and would help block the sunlight that beams in during the day. There was a huge one day sale going on at Hancock's so I headed over there around 2:00 to see what all was still there. I found this fabric and knew that it would be perfect. And at a total of $12.00 for the 3 yards I needed, I was not going to turn it down. Our futon and desk with hutch are both black. Taylor also has a framed picture from a Switchfoot show and his framed things from the summer he worked for DMB, which are all in black frames.



I had leftover black-out fabric to line the drapes. All I needed was a curtain rod and hooks. For $10.00 at Walmart, I found just what I wanted. So I spent the rest of the afternoon sewing. The whole project cost me $22.00 and I am very pleased. There was enough fabric left over to make two pillows for the futon.

So this was my Saturday. I'm just resting up for next weekend in Sandestin with my parents!