glam office

You may have previously seen my blog post NEW YEAR, NEW #GIRLBOSS OFFICE SPACE . I had a personal goal of finishing within a certain time frame. Since last year, I have made a few additions! I decided to replace the antique vanity I had with a more modern white dream vanity with lighting – shown above!

I also decided to pull the white furry Pottery Barn chair out of the garage and get her recovered in charcoal gray faux fur and I love the way it turned out!

The office/makeup room is my happy place! One of my next big projects is cleaning out the garage by summer…so when I went outside to stare at it and see if the mess was still there…I realized that I had a fabulous yellow and pink vintage painting that my mom bought about 35 years ago! It was originally in our formal living room which was entirely white, except for a canary yellow jacquard sofa, I brought it into my office area of the room and it went perfectly! I love using things that are old family pieces!

I do also have a solid brass headboard that I may make into a guest futon/sofa thing…but I’m running out of room so we shall see!

The makeup vanity helps me out so much! The drawers are large enough to have everything organized and it really doesn’t get messy very often. The problem is that my pets – especially Blanca have decided they will argue over who gets to sit with me while I get ready. The know my routine, so the minute I get out of the shower, they are crowded together in my chair. Bella will whine until she gets a boost so it’s unnerving. I may decide to get a bench later so everyone can fit.

Below, you can see my desk, which I had to have so I could have a solid place all my own to work from. Bosscat Beauty is my new home based business that requires a lot of screen time right now since we primarily sell online and are working on bidding wholesale accounts and more product development.

This office/beauty room is my happy place where I can think, plan and build my life. It helps out so much to be able to have a spot to prepare for each day and focus on what I am working on at my desk or make as big a mess as I want to on my beauty table and it doesn’t bring me any unsolicited commentary from my husband. I’ve even been known to be in such a rush to get out the door, that I’ve left a half full coffee cup on my vanity until I get back home 10 hours later. Oh, the freedom! He doesn’t come in here so my personal shortcomings are not as obvious. In the rest of the house, inaction like that would require commentary!

I will share more updates to other areas soon!

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We are just a week shy of being in the new house for a full year. Initially, I had a goal of being 90% complete with the remodel within 3 months. As the contractors were working, I was planning the space, deciding on electrical fixtures, marble, bathroom fixtures, which furniture to keep, what to chunk and what to buy immediately. With all that was going on, I had decided that my personal office could wait until I was prepared to deal with more work!
I really needed a refresh though, because I sometimes need a quiet place to think an operate my empire. (Totally joking, but your life is your empire and mine needed focus and reorganization!)
My empire consists of my fashion management job, my new cosmetics start up, <em>Bosscat Beauty, my little blog that you’re reading, and KS Tennis USA…a local tennis business that my husband runs.
My goal was to get my office cleaned out, reorganized and decorated before year’s end so I could start 2018 with better focus! This is my reveal!
I had decided to stick with the charcoal gray paint, since that’s the base color that runs through the entire house. The house is not huge so I didn’t want to break it up with a lot of different colors.
Although I tried to go with antique desks, dealing with independent dealers was a hassle that I didn’t have time for, so I opted for the white Sasha desk from Z’Gallerie. I thought it would go well with the Jaipur Furniture reclaimed wood and steel shelving unit I purchased. I feel in love with it the minute I saw it. I did not realize though, how incredibly heavy it was. It literally sat in the hallway for a week until I found some men to help me bring it into the room. I can never move away now, because it’s literally heavier than anything else I own and it would be too much work. The unit goes beautifully with the distressed look of the laminate flooring in the office.
My thought was that the white, modern french style of the Sasha Desk would add a bright pop to the room.
Although I plan to try and add a small futon so that I can use a custom brass wall piece to the wall behind it, for now I am done!
I kept my antique vanity as my makeup table, added a vintage wood table that used to belong to my mom as a corner area. I am trying really hard to keep it sparse and have some open space. That is hard for me because I love to layer! I did decide to utilize the shelves for some fun keepsakes, and forced myself to throw out a lot!
The pink train case at the top of the shelves, was actually a creme color a few weeks ago. It is an old train case that had belonged to my mom, and it has some of her things inside. I painted it pink so it could be enjoyed and not hidden. While I was at it, I decided to paint my mannequin pink as well, and quit hiding her in the closet! I don’t know why girls love mannequins but we do! I also kept my mom’s old college yearbook and some of my old child’s books…like Charlotte’s Webb…just as nostalgia. Old things remind you of where you came from. The little white Bible was the second one ever had as a child. I’d originally had a small pink one, but it got left on the patio and it was ruined in the rain….I cried for a week!
This room is my escape pod, so of course it needed a chandelier. Chandelier’s make everything better.
Literally, I have no excuse for not accomplishing everything that I’d like to this year. I’ve created my own little corner to drink coffee and plot my days in. I have a space that has some old things, some new, and it’s just a fun little spot for me to work from home!

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