So I mentioned in my first post that my kitchen was essentially my office, and while it met all my needs (laptop on the counter, a pen hidden underneath a month's worth of mail), it was a pretty pathetic space for me. For years now I have been trying to conceptualize somewhere in the house that I can make my own. A place where I could organize to my heart's delight, and label things, and stash my to-do's and to-don'ts. But, sadly I could never come up with a space that would be kid-proof, functional and the ever important stylish at the same time. Then something happened, the unthinkable, actually the predictable, my 13 month-old laptop went kaput, in which I was then "forced" to set my sights on a flashy and lovely and float-my-boat desktop computer that demanded a home other than my high-top counters. So I had to get a little more serious on my quest for a new home office space. My options were as follows:

Resolution Option 1: Move Harrison in with Ben, and use his room for an office.
Problem: Other than furniture issues, those two boys together at this point in their lives would equal no sleep for all involved and a grumpier than usual mommy.

Resolution Option 2: Use our actual office downstairs for "office" stuff.
Problem: Well other than being the obvious home for a computer, having the family computer be where the family actually spends 99.9% their time (upstairs) just seemed more practical.

Resolution Option 3: Get a garage sale sofa table and place it, well behind the sofa, and use that for my office.
Problem: Technically my office would then be in my dining room and I could just see myself in the future on some HGTV show where the designers are just shaking their heads in disapproval at my desperate design decisions. That thought was too much for me to bear. Also, after much scouring over craigslist and ebay, I could never really find the piece of furniture I was looking for at a reasonable price- like free.

Resolution Option 4: Use the space in the kitchen that was actually was supposed to be turned into a desk during our remodel.
Solution!!!!:  So let me back up to a couple years ago. You see back in 2007 we completely remodeled the kitchen in which my initial vision was to have a desk installed. Well then I got to thinking too much (like all women do I guess) and started wondering if I was going to have enough storage and those coveted horizontal spaces for all of my stuff. In the end I opted for more cabinets instead of the built-in desk. Obviously I didn't know myself very well then. But hey I'm innovative- so even though today it is not technically a desk, who's to say it can't function as one?

So I moved some stuff around and within a days time found myself happy as a clam with my new office.

Check out the before and afters: