Last week I began a series on the home Command Center. I talked about the big picture and then the basics. Today I am going beyond the basics. If you visit my Home Office Pinterest page you'll see so many great ideas on how to organize your home office and/or command center. I want to talk a little about these images, my home and your home. My home is not your home. My home is also not an ad for West Elm. My home is...well...my home. A little messy, a little wild and a lot imperfect. Just like me. There are those days when I come and sit down at my little Command Center/Home Office/Creation Station and think to myself, "Why can't my space look like....." and then someone walks into my house and sees my little space and says "this is SO cute and clever" and then I think I've got it going on. In my first post on this topic I addressed this to a degree.
Follow Feng Shui Mama's board Home Office on Pinterest. My favorites (other than my own) are the smaller spaces, the ones that do not scream excess or overindulgence (I like those too but they are not for me or my space). Take a look at Organizing Home Life and her cute kitchen cabinet command center. If you are living in an apartment or small home or TINY house, this is perfect for you! Over at Better Homes and Gardens they feature a slightly larger space which is perfect if you want your command center to be in the middle of it all or if you have a little more room to devote to your space. And, Inspired Snaps offers pics from around the web of some great larger spaces that, like mine, serve many purposes. The fun thing about a series like this is I am looking even more closely at my space, looking at what I can add (or take out) that is not serving me and by the end, I'll have tweaked it and will have some final pics. Next up, "What's Your Vision" and creating a vision board to keep the inspiration going.
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You have seen the command center/office/center of all things creative that does not involve food in my home. Now, let's get down to basics. Let's start with some questions. How do you need your command center to function?
Next, how large do you need it to be?
My Command Center needed to serve several purposes. Yours may not. I needed a home office, creativity center, vision board and a central information center complete with filing. To be honest, this space has evolved over the last year to be where it is now which is a perfect fit for my needs. But, this post is about the basics and that is where I want to focus. My must haves as info center included the following:
Once everything was out and my new "office" was emptied I began the painful act of PURGING. This former closet housed all of my "stuff". Boxes I needed to empty, craft supplies, papers to be filed, scrapbook projects waiting to be finished. Now, here I am, one year later and I just completed what I hope is my fourth and final purge. I cannot believe how much I had, how much I didn't use, how much I gave away and donated and simply trashed.
I have told you what I have gotten rid of, now I want to tell you what I have gained.
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Meet DanaI’m Dana Croy and I am a modern day mama. Balancing family and work is not always easy (not to mention a little self-care). Though being Mama to two fantastic kiddos is a huge part of my life, that was not always the case. I wear many other hats and invite to sit down and find harmony with me. Archives
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