..’We Fade To Grey……’

Or, in this case (recycling the opening line from the last post – after all, we are apparently in a recession) blue. I like blue, I’ve always wanted a blue room, so the choice of colour for my new minimalist office was……blue.
For those that came in late, this entry is going to focus our attention back on the original spare room. (The bedroom backwater of the first post)
So, the walls are now blue (did I mention that I like blue – I even like the sound of the word.) I know, I know, I can see you flipping back to the other posts, I can see you scratching your head, wondering why I jumped from cruddy spare bedroom to cool blue walls. How did she do that? Where’s all the detail?
OK, detail. Gut the room, trash the hideous cheep sofa-bed/other stuff we don’t want, store the stuff we do want, prep the walls.
There, it’s in nice bold font, all the detail you could want. (I guess you see why I was going to miss it out altogether now, hunh?)
The room is blue (there I go again) for those readers that like specs, the colour is ……….. Now I need a desk/workspace/station. A place to contemplate my plans for world domination. (sorry, watched an old James Bond movie last night, you know, the one where the bad guy/mastermind is on the point of ridding the globe of Roger Moore, and he just has to stop and detail all of his hitherto secret plans. I’m sorry, but don’t you wish that once – just once – the bad guy would just pull the @#$$%^$#@# trigger?)
The desk, the desk! OK, what I wanted was a functional unit that would blend into the cool minimalist look I was going for. After all, why go to all that trouble creating a genuine wireless office if the furniture just cluttered it up again? So I chose a really funky frosted glass surface with slender charcoal legs that blend into the background. I teamed this with two matching shelves to give me an oh-so-chic return for that little extra space. And finally, I tracked down an office chair to die for. Cool, pale white leather (yes, I’m calling it pale white, you had to be there) and chrome, a triumph of modern engineering. (I mean, c’mon gas-strut height adjust? I know it’s been around for over a decade, but it’s still a bloody miracle)
There you have it; A gorgeous, minimal and above all clutter-free space, that just happens to be my office.
I’m loving it.

Cheers til next time

SorterSuzy