Home Improvement & Organization Challenge - Home Office
Posted by Emily Fischel on Thu, Jan 19, 2012
A client recently came to us with the following dilemma…In her home, she needed a Command Center and/or Home Office area for organization and she didn’t have room for a full home office, nor a desk in her kitchen space. She effectively needed room for her computer, her mail, her grocery lists and other items that would be out of the way of her growing family, yet very functional and affordable to build.
Kimberly Price, of Inspiring Spaces By Design, LLC, a McBrick Building Group Partner and professional space planner, suggested “If she has an extra coat closet, at least 4 feet wide, that might not be being used and has someplace else for guest and family coats, why not make that into her built-in home office? She could simply open the doors to her new home office and close them when she needed.” Kim designed her command center to include an attractive Haas cabinet with attached organizer and mail slots flanked on either side by two open shelf cabinets.
She added a custom file drawer and plenty of space for a stool to easily slide under the desk when not in use so the doors close easily. A typical 24 x 60" backsplash area holds grease and bulletin boards so that schedules, calendars, coupons, reminders and special photos are always at hand and visible at a glance. Add a waste paper basket and some crown molding to add height and beauty and voila – a home office was born.
As a Haas, New River and CWP cabinet distributor, along with having our own custom millwork shop, the possibilities are endless.
Have an organizational challenge for McBrick Building Group? E-mail or call us at 267-228-5494 – we’d love to hear about it.