More of the office

There are a few more changes we have made to the room formally-known-as-the-dining-room.

It's funny how things turn out, here's how things have gone so far:
I think of an idea,
I wait 3 years to mention this idea to Greg,
Greg says it's a great idea,
I finally get around to doing that idea. 

So here's what we've done:

We put in the great shelving from the Container store.  I love it, I can keep stuff out of the hands of little ones, get a little more organized, and keep a bit more of my sanity.  Plus there's lots of desk space for the kiddos and their homework.  Easy access to recycling bins, crayons, etc. 

Next, I spent a few days rewiring the room so that the cable and the phone jack would be on this wall instead of the other wall.  That's right I said I rewired the room!  Impressed?  I did get instructions on how to do this from my dad over the phone, thanks again Dad! 

Something I didn't see happening was that this room has become a second TV rooms of sorts.  We end up watching movies and stuff on the internet and so the computer room needed more comfortable seating.  Greg took a day off and we headed to Ikea.  We came home with a couch!  Here the kiddos are comfortably sitting in the van while the couch is in front of them covered by the Star Wars quilt.

And here we are enjoying a cozy seat and watching a show.

 As I sat watching a show once, I realized how close we are to finishing this room.  One easy fix was the curtains.  I'm not a fan.  Since we end up spending time in here at night, I feel like we are on display for anyone outside this window.  Something had to be done...

I finally decided on a window treatment.  This was not an easy decision for me.  I feel like anything I buy will end up being a toy for the children in the house, so anything with a string was out.  I have a feeling that these won't last forever, but they work for now.  They let in a bunch of light, while blocking out anything we may be doing in the office (say staying up late watching old episodes of 30 Rock).