If it were up to me every room would be floor to ceiling windows with bright yellow paint (not really, but something cheery) and the more 'happy' the better. Phil loves dark woods and trees surrounding the house (until he has to rake leaves). So the trouble with the office was that we had different visions: I wanted it bright and happy, he wanted it dark and 'rich'. Here was our compromise (actually he was out of town and I sort of made it a compromise without him knowing, so I am not sure that is a compromise).
Phil said that he wanted the office dark, like a study, where he can go sit in a chair and sip scotch and smoke a cigar (neither of which he does, he just thinks it would look cool, like in the movies). So we painted the office a dark brown color and bought a dark wood desk and bookcases (both of which I completely agreed to, and then realized how dark it all was together).
It was SO overwhelmingly dark in their that I had to make a compromise. I bought some accent pieces and two cans of white spray paint. Now there are white accents everywhere and I leave the blinds open all the time. I will admit I like it much more than I did, but there are still more ways I would love to make it even brighter (like a cream fabric chair, cream or white curtains, a couple of cream wall sconces...etc.) But this will do for now!
This was the office as the previous homeowners had it (I didn't like the color when we moved in and now I kind of wish we had kept it)
Here is what we had it painted and our furniture before the white decorations
After I got ahold of white spray paint!
I love these, and I had to spray paint the basket they're in
I found this picture frame and the pitcher below at an antique store for $5!
Gotta love Hobby Lobby, especially when they have stuff 50% off!
And the picture that has been in all of our offices since we got married. It reminds us to have fun!
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