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A Teeny Tiny Teacher

Office Space

Do you have an office space?  

I don’t.  

I do school work on the couch.  Or at the kitchen island.  Or on my bed.

I blog mostly from the couch.

I create mostly in the shower.  That’s because my best ideas come to me when I’m in the shower.  I hear this is normal and that I’m not to be alarmed.

And I also use the space at the top of our stairs in which we have an armoire that houses my printer, laminator, paper trimmer, hole puncher, paper, card stock, candy, photo paper, wine, sheets, old fax machine, blankets, empty ink cartridges, printer paper mess-ups that I’m too lazy to throw away, etc. It’s a hold-all.  Or a catch-all.  And if people come over, I just close the doors really really really tight.  Well, first, I have to shove and push things,  and then after about the third try, I can close the doors really really really tight.

Top of My Stairs
aka My Work Space
Hubby says sitting on the floor and working, trimming,
laminating, cutting, etc is not good for my posture.
I think this is code for 
He Worries His Wife Will Get Even Shorter
(This project is from Lyndsey’s pack:  Super Girls.  You should get it.  We went on another hunt today.  My class was soooooo quiet.)
Anywho, when we took Murphie on her walk tonight, the hubby started brainstorming about making our guest bedroom into an Office Space for me.  He has his “office” in our other spare room.  Which is really just a desk inside a closet.  And that spare room houses the treadmill and the futon and the TV and the Wii and the Games and the DVDs and it is so embarassing that the door is always closed and our house cleaner isn’t even allowed in it.  And even though the hubby works from home two days a week, he is trying to figure out a way for me to have an amazing space.  Which I think is also code for Must Make Sure Wife Does Not Get Any Shorter.
I’ve been pinning.  Not a lot.  But a little.  Just a teeny bit since we talked about it.  You can look at my board {HERE}.
But the thing I want to ask you all about is . . . 
Murphy Beds.  
Not to be confused with our little Murphie girl.
But really.  Murphy Beds.  I need a guest bed.  I do get guests.  Mainly my twin.  But still.  As my hubs said, we’re such-and-such years old – shouldn’t we have a guest room?
I guess, I said.
So now he’s looking all over the place online and I’m amazed at the way some of these Murphy beds can look.
Which also leaves me AN ENTIRE ROOM to make into an office.  So that I don’t have to put things away.  I mean, I could put my paper trimmer on that space over there and LEAVE it there.  I can’t imagine.
I’m super jealous of Reagan’s office space over at Tunstall’s Teaching Tidbits.  Check it out {HERE}.  I mean, SUPER JEALOUS.  I think that’s when I decided I needed an office.
So.  A Murphy Bed.  What in the world??  Do you have any experience with this type of bed?  Is it comfy?  Or does it feel like a sofa bed?  With that yucky bar that digs into your back?  I need my twin to feel comfy whilst here so that she will come back.  
So do you?  
Do you have an office space?

Comments

  1. Chris Rudolph says

    I only dream of having my own space! My mom has a Murphy bed in her spare room. She had someone build it so it has a very nice mattress. No funky bars. It works out very nice when the grand kids visit. Good luck!
    Chris

  2. diditeach says

    Oh sigh……I just looked at your pins…. 28 years in and I have worked on my bed, sometimes the floor and for a fancy project, the dining room table :). A girl can dream….

  7. Miss Squirrels says

    I have an office, but it's lonely in there! So I end up with my laptop in my lap in the comfy chair in the living room. I need to rent half of it out so we can have cubicles and talk to each other!!
    Squirrels
    Go Nutty with Me!

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  9. KinderKapers says

    I do not have an office space….I do most of my blogging and blog stalking from my bed. Most of my cutting/trimming/prepping happens on the couch. My husband wants a full sized bed in our spare bedroom…not sure I can talk him out of that. I am sure your new space will be amazing! Post pictures and maybe I can use them to convince my otherwise amazing husband.

    Terri
    KinderKapers

  10. Teachntex says

    Our spare bedroom is my craft room, but sadly I only use it during the summer. Mostly, it is storage. I do all of my blogging and school work from the couch. This way, I can be with the family. My husband claims he only ever sees the top of my head most nights.

    Kristin
    Teachntex

  11. jilly says

    My mom had a murphy bed and we slept on it quite a bit. It's not as comfortable as your own bed, but it's a ton better than a hideaway or a cot or a blow up pad. It was nice and we didn't mind sleeping in it. It's cool. I think that it would be perfect for an office that would only need to house a sleeper once in a while. Excellent use of space.

    I'd get one for sure. I would also not go with a cheap one. Go medium to medium-expensive, just in case. Oh, my mom moved to a new house and she wishes that she wouldn't have left the murphy bed. She'd have used it in her new house. Lesson is: don't leave it. Although the new owners were thrilled to get it. So I guess it all works out. Good luck!

  13. Raye says

    I have a whole room upstairs that houses my office. It used to be a kitchen believe it or not. My hubby redid the whole space himself (out to the bare bones outer wall) AND redid the adjoining bathroom ♥

  15. Kristen says

    I do have a desk but it's just a catchall for my stuff I'm trying out…so it's basically buried with a zillion papers and ink cartridges. I work mostly on the couch or armchair…both very comfortable and near my dogs (the boys don't like going up and down stairs multiple times). It would be so cool if you get an office space!

    PS I wasn't sure if you were getting an office or talking about the movie Office Space–love that movie!

  16. My First Love says

    I used to have a B.E.A.U.T.I.F.U.L. office *sigh* When we first got married, we turned one of our bedrooms into an amazing office with white Pottery Barn file cabinet desks (two of them!) and handmade bookshelves. We turned our other bedroom into a nursery for our daughter when she was born. Then came daughter number 2 and there went my office! We moved everything downstairs where we have a finished basement, but I never go down there. I basically just store everything there and then bring it upstairs to work on the living room floor. I blog on the couch, too! And my husband also talks to me about getting bad posture working on the floor like that…they just don't understand!
    ~Danielle
    My First Love

  17. Sarah Jacobson says

    I have many office spaces….my couch, kitchen counter, the living room floor, and the dining room table if I'm working on something that I don't want trampled by my pup! 🙂 Rarely, very rarely, do I ever use my actual desk!

    A Sunny Day in First Grade

  18. JennyB says

    We turned our formal dining room into an office. We never used it and it was just wasted space.

    One Berry Blog

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