Living in a small home #4

My workspace, the "before shot":
This is where our little dining table used to be...now my workspace! (This is the view opposite the fireplace. The kitchen is to the left) It's a big mess right now, but it's my plan to get this space cleaned and organized over the next couple of days. The desk used to be white, but needed to be repainted. I decided to be bold and try green instead. (I stole the desk from our study/2nd bedroom, where Micah works, and he's currently using one of those fold-up tables from Sams.) The brown shelfy-thing next to it is one of those rolling kitchen carts....a hand-me-down from my mom. It won't fit in my kitchen, but I'm trying it out here instead to give me more room to work and store things. I'll post an "after" picture when I get this area set up!

I'm already really enjoying having my own space to work. I like having it out in the main part of the house because I can keep an eye on things cooking in the kitchen while I'm working or quickly check something online, etc., while I'm doing housework. But having it in the public area of our house does mean that I'll have to work extra hard at keeping it looking neat. Uh-oh ;o)
Our dining table now sits in front of the sliding glass doors (which we don't use very often), in between the couch and the kitchen.