Purging In Process

The purging has started. This weekend I made some really good progress in the office. We have lived in this house for almost four years and while we made some updates to other rooms the office was always at the bottom of the list. It's a small room with no closets, one window and two outlets (Neither of which have a ground). First thing we knew is we needed storage...but what type and what side of the room. Then we inherited this 42" glass top which worked as nice desk for a while.

Then we moved on to other projects, like Xavier's room. While other parts of the house were getting updated this room became the gathering ground for everything. It really did turn into a paper mess.

The shelving went up last weekend and I started to put things away. We decided the large glass top desk really didn't work anymore. The room is just to small to have such a large desk.

We did some rearranging. We put the glass top away and moved in a much smaller work surface. Fun fact about this work surface it's a little piece of W. Seattle history. This is an old counter from a very old grocery store that used to be where the current whole foods hole is today. We bought it for ten dollars when Hancock Fabrics was closing their doors. It has a fun retro pattern on it, that actually matches the new office paint color.
As you can see the office is far from being completed, but I can at least see the desk and my books have a proper home. Now back to purging.