An Inviting Work Space At Home: Part 1

I am lucky enough to have my own dressing room.  It's a room where I keep my clothes, make up ,and other personal things one would have in a bedroom. I call it my dressing room and not my bedroom because I don't sleep there. However, it does have a daybed in it and doubles as a guest room. My dressing room is also my office, where a big table that I call my desk is. I do all of my work: writing, sewing, drawing, bill paying, job searching, and general correspondence at my desk in my dressing room.

There is one problem: I hate my dressing room.

The room has potential, and many nice features like big windows, roomy closet, a daybed, bureau, and desk, etc. But, Alas, like its occupant(me) it is disorganized. Organizing my dwellings has always been a challenge. My goal is to make this room -a place where I must work, into somewhere I want to spend time.

Until recently, I didn't spend a lot of time in my dressing room, just there to change my clothes. It was the room I wanted to spend as little time in as possible, not only was it a mess with my clothes, jewelry, accessories and books; it is painted a barf beige, chilly in temperature, dark due to black out curtains, and there is no bedding that fits the daybed. Not a room I consider inviting.

Then I realized that everything I hated about this room could be changed. I could make the changes and have fun by transforming my room into an efficient workspace, while making it cozy for me and out of town guests that lodge in it.

Step 1: Illuminate this dark room by taking down the black out curtains. Curtains (Ikea $15.00) with a fun white and red pattern give off a warm brightness, making the room look cheery while allowing the gorgeous window lattice work show.

It's a start

Before

After

 To be continued...