Office Space

Our current office situation is totally not working out. AJ and I are sharing a very small space using non-matching Ikea desks, as shown below.

I'm using the corner desk, AJ's using the white one.

As you can see, there is no drawer storage. So everything that one would normally throw into drawers is currently in boxes in the closet. It’s very inconvenient.

I originally designed our office space to look like this:

But I didn’t like how the desk is right up against the closet opening. So I tried to come up with alternate designs, but since the room has to also function as a guest room, this is really the only configuration possible. And then it hit me – close up part of the closet opening, so the desk can extend to the wall!

Although, I have no clue how difficult or expensive it would be to do that.

Here is the new design:

My Google Sketchup skillz have greatly improved.

Since I now sit in the room where I was designing this, I was able to take accurate measurements of everything this time. AJ (who insists that I come up with another fake name because “AJ” makes him picture a white dude with dreadlocks and low hanging pants) doesn’t like the overhead cabinets because it makes the small room look even smaller, but I need to have lots of storage for all our office supplies. If I can get all the office-y stuff out of the closet, then I can use that closet purely for sewing (screw the guests needing to hang up their clothes).

So I closed up about 24″ from the width of the closet opening so the desk can sit against the new wall. I put a built-in desk for sewing and shelves in the closet. The sliding closet doors would be replaced by a pocket door or curtain panels.

Sigh…I love it.

Anyone have any idea how much something like this costs?

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