Before & After: Dining Room Becomes My Office!

After realising that the current layout of my house wasn’t working for me, I decided to move things around (again!).

One of my main gripes is the open living plan of this house. I’m much more of a separate rooms kind of girl so am finding it difficult to arrange everything to suit us.

Previously I was using one of the bedrooms as an office along with the boy, but it wasn’t big enough for the both of us (but mostly him and all his … stuff) to put it politely. I decided to vacate the premises as I’m someone who likes to work in a more aesthetic environment!

I always think a dining area should have a nice natural source of light, but where the previous owner had placed their dining table, it’s more of a dark corner of the otherwise open plan.

Before..

I’ve moved the dining area next to a large window, so I’m a lot happier with the new arrangement.

After..

The desk used to have a hutch and was beech laminate. I gave it a couple coats of ‘Whisper White’ and removed the hutch and installed floating shelves above the desk instead, it feels a lot more open and airy rather than a heavy piece of furniture.

This is the desk before (and in our old house)

After…

Before it became an office but after it became a new dining area…

And now, it’s new life as my office!

I think it makes more sense to arrange your house to work for you, instead of feeling as though you should work for it. And this is what works for us

I will update soon on the new dining area!

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