Production Room Progress

We talk a lot about our business and how a portion of the house is dedicated to it. We gave up one room for strictly "production". It's where our wide format printer has lived (which we're selling by the way), where large prints were cut down, where things were framed, and where small craft projects were started (and left to die). We had this space so close to being finished. Drywall was up, walls and ceiling were plastered and painted, trim was installed, and new light fixtures were in. We had some nifty plans for the space but when our copper pipes exploded in the walls causing all of our hard work to come bubbling down in a soggy heart-braking mess, we pretty much closed the door and forgot about the production room. Well, not exactly - we cleaned up the mess, got our pipes replaced, and THEN closed the door.

he plastered wall is where a redundant set of stairs to the kitchen was removed. This was from way back when we were renovating our kitchen, hence the fridge. Note the stucco ceiling.

Pre-pipe 'splosion. Stucco ceiling had been drywalled over and recessed lighting installed.

The soggy aftermath.

The room ever since the disaster has pretty much been a dumping zone (for clutter, not poop). Random things we didn't know what to do with would just get shoved in for later. It's unfortunate because it's the room that gives us access to the patio and it also has amazing light in the afternoon.

Yup! Don't judge.

We did manage to get the mess cleaned up.

We also changed our mind on the dark ceiling and opted for white. It makes all the difference in the world and really opens up the space.

Now that we are getting the house ready for rent, the production room will be no more. We are going to turn this room into a reading/library/study room. Basically less crafty and more of a multi-purpose office space. Since we have to turn Boy's office into a bedroom, we will be using most of the furniture from that room down here. We will be working with his dark brown Barcelona couch, and a few pieces from my office. We will use two clear acrylic chairs from Ikea which we have had for a few years. We will be adding a few new items too: I have my eye on some picture rails from Gus Modern, a black lamp from EQ3, some palm wallpaper from CB2, and a few black and white pillows from Society 6. I also am hoping to find a nice light grey flat woven rug at some point.

1. CB2, 2. Ikea, 3. EQ3, 4. Ikea, 5. Society 6, 6. The Conran Shop, 7. Ikea, 8. Structube, 9. Valkoinen Harmaja

As mentioned in our post about the getting ready room, with Chris' big exam coming up, he's checked out and the projects are entirely up to me. There's A LOT to be done in 6 months, so I enlisted my uncle to help me finish the space. He is patching up the wall and has built us some custom cabinets for the space. The full left wall as you enter the room will now become a built in work desk with storage. Here is a render my uncle did of the cabinets based on my design, and a shot of them in progress. 

I haven't quite decided how I will layout the space yet; I am waiting until the cabinets are finished, but I do have a couple of ideas!