In my last post , I mentioned I was tired of the current state of my office and it needed some sprucing up. So, I've started to make some changes. Very slowly. First, I want to state that this room isn't solely my office. Let's be realistic. We live in a 1450 square foot cape cod, so this room does overtime duty as my office, my son's room to store his toys (b/c we don't have a playroom) and the guest room. And, to top it off, the room is merely 13 feet x 10 1/2 feet (130 square feet). When I saw Betsy Burnham's office, I really liked a lot of the elements. One thing that caught my eye were her window treatments.
I like the scale of the pattern and the black and white color scheme. It reminded me of some black and white fabric I bought not too long ago on clearance from Pottery Barn. The scale is different, but it is B & W. I believe it is called 'Bailey'. Here is a picture of PB's lewis bench slipcovered in the bailey fabric.
After my husband and I got married, I moved into 'his' house, now 'our' house and he had these pelmet boxes on his windows. He made them (he's very handy) and used them for the guest room. Well, I just took those same boxes, ripped off the old fabric (kept the batting) and reupholstered them. Here are some shots of work in progress.
Here is a before shot of my 'office' window without the pelmet.
Here is the 'after'. Mind you, I need to get a new lampshade on my lamp
More office shots to come soon as I finish sprucing up. Also, I'm open for feedback so let me know your thoughts, ideas, opinions, etc. Thanks!