Moving the Office

Most of you probably remember how pumped Brendt and I were to finish the office last October. We were finally able to use the space invader wall decals that we'd bought over a year before. Well, when we found out we were expecting a new addition to the family in November, we grudgingly decided that the office would really make the most reasonable room for a nursery. That being said, over the past few weeks we have been preparing a space in the basement for our desk and slowly but surely moving our office into the newly finished basement. I have pictures of our old office here for sentimental value. I remember taking these photos like it was yesterday. Who knew that less than a year after finishing this it would have to be transformed into an entirely different room...

My desk.
We painted the walls orange and gray, with the gray color to symbolize a computer screen for the aliens to march across.

Brendt's desk.

The aliens!

For the new space, we decided that painting a magnetic board on the wall might be kinda fun. Brendt also had the idea to build one of his famous floating shelves with built-in lighting for the space. Here's an abridged play-by-play:First, we measured and taped off a square of wall.

Next, we applied three coats of magnetic paint inside the square.

Then we peeled off the tape and Presto! Just as easy as it looks on TV. You can see the 2x2 support that Brendt mounted for his shelf over the magnetic board as well.

Up went the shelf and we conducted a few quick checks to the space.
Magnets stick to wall...check.

Lights in floating shelf work...check.
Then we added the border for the magnet board by simply nailing it to the wall.

This is pretty close to the finished project, but we still have some organizing to do. And magnets to buy to spruce up the board. You can tell in this picture that we finally got around to adding most of the upper trim to the walls as well. As far as trim goes, mostly we only have to add door frames and we are pretty much done with the basement!

A bonus picture of two of my favorite boys!

We've Been Invaded!

It's been a month since we last posted...whoops. So what have we been up to since we last blogged? Well, most exciting for us is our makeover of the office! Sad, we know, but we were tired of the office being mainly a space for unpacked boxes and clutter to congregate. Besides that, the walls were barren and white and the room didn't looked loved or lived in. And since we've had a theme in mind for quite some time, that itch to get started was turning into a rash. As always, we have a few before photos for your enjoyment...?

Before

This is just a sad, sad space.

Add a couple of hand prints on the wall and it could be out of the Blair Witch movie.

I've seen hospital rooms that looked more inviting.

After

Two walls of gray paint and two of bright orange make the office more energetic and fun!

Still a bit bare...we just don't have enough decor to fill it yet, but we have ideas. Btw, are those aliens? What is going on here?

OMG! Those are aliens! We're being invaded! Hehe. We bought these Space Invader decals almost a year ago. I like to think of them as temporary tattoos for your wall.

How can you not want to spend time the Space Invader room??!?



And now for a quick update on Reggie. He is doing great! It has been close to a month and he is almost completely healed. He was sweet enough to pose for a couple of pics for the blog.

If you look closely at this picture, you can see three of his four battle wounds. If you look at the very left of the big black spot, about level with his ear, you will see where his big gash used to be. As you can see, it is just about healed. If you look really closely, you can find what is left of the puncture wound on his back by his hindquarters. Below that you can see the spot left behind where one end of the drain tube stuck out.

A shot of his good side. =)