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My Creative Space

I normally type my blog, sitting on the loveseat in the family room, but when I really want to be creative, I go into my little office space.

My office, per the house plan, is a bed room, but it is rather small, and all I could easily place in here would be a twin size bed, if I wanted to have any extra room at all, the max would be a full size bed.  So I've always used the room as an office (with a twin size bed).  The bed is the loveseat.  It makes into a twin size bed, and is ocassionally used if my grandson brings friends home with him, and since he's out of college and working, that hasn't happened in a while.

Here is my creative spot (since its makeover in March of this year).


The ottoman also serves as a coffee table of sorts, for the area.

Loveseat/twin bed


The left side of the cabinet was a gun cabinet in its former life.  My husband and I added shelving to make it match the other side.  So much more useful and looks 100% better than before.






I had used the cubbies inside the cabinet for storage, but love them as extensions for my desk area.


I am really enjoying the makeover of my office.  The color is Copper Patina by Benjamin Moore.  The large picture is one I had stored elsewhere in the house.  I bought the panels from Ikea.....love.them.!!!

So this is where I do my photo editing, and my eBay business.  I have all the package supplies in the closet, and keep my records in here.

This little room serves many uses.

Where is your creative area?

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