Guest Room + Office Update Plan

INSIDE : Learn our Guest Room and Office Update plan. With a new coat of paint, some better organization of the room and a few creative decor ideas this space will have a whole new feel.

Guest Room + Office Update Plan

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This post has been updated since it’s original May 2014 publish date.

I have been wanting to make our guest room + office feel cohesive literally since the day we moved into our home… almost 7 years ago.  As with most guest rooms, it became the dumping ground for all leftover furniture.  We had like five different vibes going on in there.  So today I am sharing the plans for our Guest Room and Office update!

Before we go much further, let’s take a quick look at the messy before.

Evaluate what you can toss

The first task at hand was evaluating what could be tossed.  I’ll be honest, I LOVE this step.  I am not a huge saver, so it is with great joy that I purge old un-needed items.

You can check out my post about 44 things to toss and feel amazing about here.

Draw up basic space planning ideas

Next was evaluating the space we had to work with and making a list of what needs I had for the room.

I realized once I had a list of the uses needed for the room that I was not utilizing the floor space to it’s best capacity.  (I might add we also use this room on a daily basis for kiddo #2 to take naps in, hence the “lovely” pack n play that is permanently setup in there.  Eye sore, much?)

With some major heave ho, I completely rearranged 90% of the room and with everything stacked all over, piles falling over, lights on the top of bookshelves and chaos everywhere… it looks so much better already!  

I know you can’t even imagine “this” looking better, ha!  But believe me, if you look beyond the crazy, it’s made the space seem triple in size.

And I’ve got plans like you can’t believe.  So it’s only going to get better.

What I wouldn’t give to turn back time and have put some more thought into buying a corner desk AND two additional file cabinets from Pottery Barn.  I’d love to paint that sucker but with the price tag… the husband is currently saying – no way.

Next up, moving all that furniture I just re-arranged into the center of the room for some painting!  Goodbye green, hello clean white.  I’ve loved my green but after 7+ years I’m over it.

I don’t know if I can squeeze one more thing in this room, but I’d love to have a chair by this view.

You can see some of my ideas on my Guest Bedroom and Office pinterest boards!

Want to see some of the creative crafts I used in this room?

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