As most of you know, I started my business out of my home in Pennsylvania and worked out of the home (mostly the unfinished basement) for years.  As the business grew, though, it started taking over more and more of the house until we had palettes of look books and boxes of Milk Paint filling the living room and corners styled for photoshoots all over the house.  It was out of control. I finally have the opportunity to move into a 2,000 sq. foot studio that was about a mile from my house.  It was a perfect space for that time.  I had lots of room for photoshoots, workshops, to have a large stash of furniture, a shipping area, etc.  And I needed it and used it! In the past year, though, I started taking on more design and freelance work.  Aside from when we were getting ready for Lucketts,

With the boys out of school, it’s been really difficult for me to get in my groove, but I have been able to pick away at some organizing projects.  Organizing is the kind of project that can be done in pieces between building Lego’s (I’m the “piece finder”), Ukulele practice, “snack picnics” and playing Creationary.  In the past few days, I was able to get my linens starched, ironed and organized for their next use.  The drawer looks so pretty now! And I’ve been working on my office shelves.  As I mentioned a few days ago, I’m moving my decorating books to our home office shelves, but I don’t want all of the spines to look too busy, so I’m wrapping them in brown paper.  Brown craft paper is pretty thick for this kind of project, so I’m actually using a roll of the thinner brown paper that’s sold in

Thanks so much for all of the wonderful comments about my home office makeover.  I really love the space as well and it’s amazing to look through my kitchen into that room and see it finished.  I was asked quite a few questions about it, so I thought I would answer some of the FAQs in a post. First of all, the wall color is Grey Owl in matte and the trim and cabinetry is Waterborne Impervo, satin finish, in White.  Both are by Benjamin Moore.  I think the ceiling is Dove White by Sherwin Williams, but I painted it about five years ago, so I’m not 100% sure on that one.  All of the building materials were purchased from Lowe’s or Home Depot, except the plywood, which was purchased from a cabinet shop that was going out of business.  We were able to buy 10 sheets at $25/sheet, which is about half