Welcome! If you are visiting from Whitney J Decor:  Hallway Update thanks so much for stopping by.

Carving out a space to call my home office has been on my radar for a while now. I’ve evolved from having a desk in the main living area to jumping from the formal dining room to breakfast nook. Finally, I landed on the sofa, and that is when I knew it was a mistake.  Working from the couch is when I saw my productivity take a nose dive into the space of watching TV and not staying on task.

Then I surveyed my home and decided that the “guest room” could be transformed to fit my needs better. I mean no one ever comes to visits, and then the very week I started ordering items for the makeover a guest came and stayed for over a week. Today, I will be giving you details on the office portion of the makeover. The daybed and guest side of the room is still a work in progress. I have custom bedding and items that are currently still in transit. This is real life over here at my bright and bohemian home.

Though Bellacor provided the desk for review, as always, all thoughts and opinions expressed are my own. 

Part 1 of Home Office / Guest Room Makeover

The Space

The guest room is about 78 sq ft and I my goal is to include an office zone and a day bed for potential guests.  I played with the layout, and I knew that I wanted a desk area, storage, and the daybed. But the challenge was to make all these things work in such a small space. It all started with measuring and measuring again and again.

Inspiration

Desk

It all started with this Brighton Hill Paige Raspberry Pink Writing Desk colored desk sent to me for review by the beautiful Bellacor team. I wanted to love my space and this color awaken something in me. It wakes me up in the mornings when I find it hard to get out of bed.

Chair

Then the rose gold hardware sent me on a quest to find the perfect office chair. Initially, I looked for a raspberry pink chair, but then I saw this Cruising blue Ave Six, Lula Office Chair velvet online.

Function

Monitor, keyboard, and mouse 

I know we all love the Pinterest or Instagram worthy desk with the perfect styling, but let’s be serious I have a laptop and need technology to make things happen as an influencer. My office definitely has a Macbook, keyboards and a mouse. However, I tried to find fun and pretty accessories to make my desk a place that I loved.

Also, useful hack if you have a MacBook or a PC laptop get yourself a monitor and a docking station setup. It gives you so much more space, and you don’t have to invest in a desktop or iMac if you need to be mobile and travel with your MacBook or laptop. I purchased all my desk accessories in rose gold.

Office Sounds

My monitor has built-in speakers, but the sound was not exactly what I had hoped. Instead, I found a mini Bluetooth speaker in of course rose gold that takes up so little space. Its the perfect thing to play my favorite working playlists.

Thanks for visiting! Now the fun doesn’t stop please continue on this hop by visiting the lovely Nikki D and her Spring Into Action project.

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