We have turned a mostly-empty spare basement bedroom into an office! We went from this:

This:

And this:

To this:

Books, including a Bible my Mama’s Mama had for many years. In the front, my Grandpa wrote: “To Milllie, My devoted Wife. Love, Harold.” Along with all her many notes. I treasure it.

Plus, Dan’s Tolkien, Calvin & Hobbes, and Peanuts collections. I like that it reflects both of our tastes.

A framed picture of Dan’s first Kindergarten class and their signatures, our Craigslist reading chair find, an extra bedside table I still need to paint, a lamp from India from Lincoln’s Ten Thousand Villages.

Best part? All said and done, very inexpensive. Yet, ours.

I love having a place to shut the door and study or write. Dan often will sit with me when the boys are in bed and we’ll chat at the same time. Well, mostly chat. We want a futon or day bed for guests or future sleepovers.

A nice, intentional space.

You have a place to work? Read? Make your own? I’d love to hear!