August 2009

Do you love your home office?

by Susan on August 21, 2009

I get so super-charge in the fall. Maybe it’s because the kids are school-bound, or maybe it just the crispness in the air. Either way, this feeling tends to materialize in nesting behavior in my home office. And I love it!

I don’t have any big redesign plans in my office at this time, but if I did, here’s is my inspiration!

First, here are three offices that I really like. I’m not a “desk against the wall” kinda gal, and I like simplicity. Unfortunately, there’s usually a trade off between simplicity and storage.

This first one from West Elm has a great urban edge to it and fabulous texture. Not sure how it would translate in my traditional colonial however. And I love the task lighting.

This is a great use of a small space from Crate and Barrel. Love the colors and the functional art.

For a more traditional look, Pottery Barn shows a good example of conservative furniture mixed with a bold pop of color.

Now if I want to dream really big, here’s the ultimate office that I would just LOVE (from Architectural Digest):

What would your dream office look like?

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The Linen Closet Challenge

by Susan on August 12, 2009

in Laundry/Halls/Foyers,Organizing

As we think about hunkering down for impending fall, we experience a natural urge to organize. Call it “nesting” if you like. I find this organic urge more strongly in the fall than the spring. Maybe it’s because we get extreme seasons here in CT (and I tend to be a bit dramatic about the weather).

I’m blessed with a wonderful Mother-in-Law who always reorganizes the linen closet in our guest bath while she’s visits (without being asked). She’s an impeccable nester!

But she’s got some competition now…a friend of mine showed me her MIL’s linen closet…