My husband is interviewing hopeful new attorneys this morning, so he is spending the morning and the early part of the afternoon at the law school. I was able to partially catch up on my sleep this morning and do some “nesting.” We have a four bedroom house, so we had two guest bedrooms, a study, and our master bedroom. We initially decided to turn the study into the nursery because it was the brightest, cheeriest room in the house. We moved all of our study furniture out and then realized we didn’t have anywhere to put all of our stuff! We realized that it seemed ridiculous to have two guest bedrooms that may only be used twice a year and then try to cram our own stuff into nooks and crannies in the house.
We decided a couple of weeks ago to turn one of the guest bedrooms into our new home office and get a “family computer.” We both spend so much time together on our laptops and when the baby comes we don’t want to be doing that anymore. Not that it will be as much of an option, right? We also realized that needed to have somewhere for a third guest to sleep in case my parents and brother visit at the same time. A chair and a half was our solution! We ordered an oversized chair and ottoman and the chair is a hide-a-bed with a twin bed inside. Perfect solution!
Here is the new study. We painted it Silver Sage (a Restoration Hardware color that Benjamin Moore kindly matched for us) two nights ago. We haven’t hung anything on the walls yet because we’re still deciding on some organization pieces.
My next post will have pictures of the downstairs bathroom updates and pictures of the furniture we just had reupholstered. No nursery pictures yet!
I love that color! I have been thinking about painting my bathroom a color similar to that. Very pretty and it sounds like a productive day!
What a gorgeous color! I’m so jealous of your painting skills. I always want to paint but never seem to do a very good job of it. Lee’s the same so I guess the next time we need to paint we’ll have to call in the experts 🙂
What a cozy little corner and I LOVE the paint color!
Love the paint color and chair! So cute:)
I love big comfy chairs!! And oh how i love Restoration Hardware! Great color
That room looks so beautiful! Love that color. Can’t wait to see more house photos!
xoxo,
Lulu
I love it! It looks so soothing!
I love the color!! My back bedroom was painted that same color and I loved it. Alas, a couple years ago I spilled a glass of red wine on the wall (knocked it off the desk) and didn’t have extra paint to cover it. Picked an entirely new color. I miss my blue!
looks great! so crisp and clean!
great color combo…..classic and modern @ the same time…good luck with everything!!
I love it – it looks great! And the chair is such a great idea!!
I have been looking at that color for awhile…I think (when its time) I want to use it in the nursery (girl or boy). It seems pretty soothing and relaxing! Room looks awesome.
Great color! I love the chair and ottoman! Looks like a great place for a nap!
Gorgeous!!! Those are the colors of our master bedroom, so relaxing and spa like 🙂
Nice neutral, could do a lot in this room. In the middle of my own home office renovation, and I like you can’t believe how much junk I have. Enjoy your new space! Better get on that nursery!
Love,
The Bumpkin
I love the color choices
It looks fantastic, I especially love the lamp in the background.
That is so cute!! Can’t wait to pics of the rest of it!
gorgeous wall color and creative way to add some sleeping quarters.
i love the new study!
AMAZING! I can’t wait to see it in April!!! miss you
xoxo
We have been looking for a similar chair and I’m not having much luck. Can you tell me where you got that one? I love it!
The color you picked is fabulous, the room looks wonderful!
We both have iMacs here at the house and love them to death!
tp
That color looks really nice!
Love the room, I’m a huge fan of oversized chairs. I never knew they had a hidden pullout in them though. All the possiblities…
Love the wall color! Its so pretty. Good idea with the chair and a half.
I love that color! We have a something very similar to that in our guest bathroom.
Isn’t it crazy how your home that was once “huge”….that you never thought you could fill up all the space, is now having to be reworked to fit everything? We already feel that way and don’t have a baby yet!
Also, I wanted to ask if the photographer you use (in all of your professional pictures on your side bar) is local? I think we’re going to have some professional pics taken while we’re in Charleston and I wanted to know who you recommend. 🙂
Darci
you are such a problem solver : )
and welcome back to the mac world…it’s fantastic!!!
Recently ran across your blog and I love reading! I can’t wait to see pics of your nursery!
Loving that color on the walls! Isn’t decorating fun, can’t wait to see the nursery!
Looks beautiful!!! Love the colour!!!
Love it! Can’t wait to see more pictures!
Great color! Now I want to find a room to paint!
where oh where did you get that chair??? It’s ingenous and I might just need one for the new house!
I love the room.. Very cozy!
What a pretty color!
Lovely colour!! I’m going to be painting our master bedroom in a very pale blue too!
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the room looks great! great idea!! cool color 🙂 And LOVE the chair!
This looks great! I love the color!
I love that paint color! It looks great.
You will LOVE your home office and it already looks GREAT!! Love the color, Restoration Hardware is one of my favorite places! When do we get to see pictures of the nursery!?!
Love the color! What a fun new office!!
love the color!!
that is a great, multi-purpose room! i love the color 🙂
We have a chair and a half sleeper from Room & Board in our office. It has actually come in quite handy when we've had big groups of friends come visit. I haven't slept on it, but everyone has said it's comfy.
BTW… I gave you an award on my blog today!
Love it! Would you mind sharing your source for the chair and a half? We are a 4-bedroom house like you and turned one of our rooms into an office as well. Knowing that at some point our other guest bdrm will turn into a nursery, I decided I wanted a hide-a-bed chair and a half for the office… great find and love the RH inspired color!! 🙂
I love that color! How fun that the chair has a twin bed in it! That is a brillant idea! Cant wait to see more house pictures and eventually see lil baby carrolls room:)
Great color! Love the room! So comfy and chic!
Very pretty. It looks a little beachy to me! 🙂
Great designs! I love how it’s layed out!
Even if I weren’t a Carolina girl, I’d still think that is an awesome blue paint choice!
Love the color and the new chair! Where are the pillows from on your chair? We are looking for ones that exact color for our couch. They are really cute! (Oh – I can be reached at camiuf at gmail dot com, but will check back here too.) Thanks!
Enjoy that clean house while it lasts! I have 3 little boys at home and oh gosh, do they make messes! It’s an endless cycle of them messing and me running behind them cleaning.
Just found your blog today and I’m addicted! You are just so adorable! I remember the thrill of waiting for that first baby – there’s NOTHING like it in the whole world! Enjoy this time!