Work at Home

When God led us to this house, I had no idea how much it would improve our life and experience here. It just so happened, Matt had just hired an assistant manager who is a good worker. That relieved Matt of having to check on the plant every Saturday and Sunday as he/we did our first two years here.

Another major help was this:

Matt now has a home office!

When we first moved in, Matt told me over and over that he planned to work from home more. I LOVED the sound of that, especially because he meant it. ;)

Since we've lived here, Matt has only worked a couple of Saturdays. That is HUGE, people. I LOVE having him at home and tell him often :) 

To complete your tour of the first floor of our home, I'll show you the way to Matt's office.

From the kitchen,

you'll pass this...

head down the hall...

passing this on the right...

and this on your left...

and back to the right, pass this...

before walking through the double doors into his office.

It's not exactly tidy at this moment. I usually help with keeping his spaces straight and organized, but I haven't done much with this room after painting and moving in the furniture. 

You see a framed map on the floor by the bookcase. We may hang that in his office, but if not, it will go up in the man-cave. The rest of the clutter on the floor is his work computer bag, empty box that had our security system components in it, and a box of files for work.

Since this room doesn't have a closet for storage, we don't have a place for the odds and ends while we're still making decisions of how to finish the room. There are several things that belong in the office that are still in other places in the house. We're making progress slowly, but surely.

Other than painting the office, we had an electrician come out to wire the room for overhead lighting. Our state doesn't require it, code only requires "entry lighting," so most homes only have an electrical outlet connected to a light switch. We bought the fixture and the electrician hung it while he was here. 

The only things left to finish this room are: hanging diplomas and pictures on the walls, purchasing a bookcase or two, filling the bookcase we already have, and getting it a little more organized. I have my eye on a couple of new lamps for this room (to replace the desk and floor lamps), but they aren't cheap so we'll see.

There's also the matter of patching a hole in the ceiling left by the electrician. We knew in advance; he had to have access to pull the wire through to connect it with the switch. I decided to patch the hole myself rather than paying someone else to come in to do it. It's not my first attempt and my previous work was essentially undetectable when I was done. I'm hopeful this patchwork turns out as well.

When I start reviewing my list, it always seems to be much more work than it is. Finishing this room isn't the top priority right now, so it'll have to wait a bit longer. 

That essentially completes the tour of the first floor. We also have a mud room, garage, deck and patio. I'll show you all of that in a post at some point, but the most exciting spaces on this floor, you have seen.

Now, on to the second floor! Stay tuned...