wil and kris (and gracie and ava)

after looking at an unused tv sit atop our dresser for the last six months i decided it was time for a swap. i guess the fresh change of the new year got to me and i decided it was time to put the tv in a new home and possibly plug it in the wall to use it. *hey what a concept!* well, it ended up that moving the one little tv led to an entire adventure of figuring out how to put it in the office and be able to comfortably watch it with the futon and desks and bookcase. on a whim, wil and i switched up the entire office and it’s a brand new room. with each item in a completely new spot, the space is much more cozy, usable and unique! the best things about the rearrange:

• dust no more! man, some corners in there hadn’t seen the light of day for a while.
• organizing… yes, i love to organize and what better way than to buy cute office desk accessories and boxes to fill!
• life in order… i think once you start keeping track of important bills and documents on your own, you become an adult. that started a while ago for me, but i have done a very poor job of keeping safe things in a safe place. it’s nice to know my car title is stowed in a nice new file instead of hanging out on my windowsill in a pile.
• goodbye wires… wil was so excited to be able to organize the crazy rat’s nest of wires that was happening behind the desk before. ahhh, so refreshing.
• fresh layout… i love being able to sit on the futon and do my own thing while wil is on the computer (or vice versa) instead of feeling like if i sat on the futon i was just there to stare at wil.
• movies…not only can we watch tv up here through the computer, but we also have another place to watch movies if we need a change in scenery.
• gracie’s sweet deal…i honestly have no idea how it turned out that gracie got to move back in with us into our room, but by moving things around and creating a second desk/nook where her crate once was, we had no where else to put the giant crate than back in our room. what a lucky little monster.

i guess we really caught the freshness bug because by the end of the last two days, furniture has moved all over the house. wil and i even decided to switch sides of the bed!

GASP!

for those who care (who knew redoing an office layout would be blogworthy? eh, we live humble lives), here are some pictures:

-a view from the desk-