I’ve finally unpacked our very last box, after moving into our new home here in South Carolina! My office was such a chore that I saved it for the last, ha! It’s summertime and we’ll be traveling and also having visitors so I needed this done ASAP. It was worth the wait though because I teamed up with Walmart again to focus on another space in my home. Today I’m sharing my new glam modern home office with hints of blush. Maybe this will inspire you to do update or refresh your home office for the summer! Switch out some pieces, some art, books, or candles. Let me show you!

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Welcome to my office! Gracie is joining me today because….well…she can’t leave my side EVER!  Anyone else feeling my pain these days?

Since I’ve decided to share an office with Josh in this house, I gave him my old white desk and bought myself this new white and gold desk with drawers and I love it!

We won’t be showing you Josh’s side of the office because it’s nothing too exciting (just a plain white desk and office chair and computer) but I intend on doing some frame prints for him to match my side. His will not be feminine prints like mine but in these same frames I used and probably prints of golf courses he loves.

This gold and white adjustable rolling office chair is soooo comfortable and has that look I wanted.

Walmart had so many great office accessories like this pink MacBook laptop case, gold pencil holder, gold beaded candle holder (that I use as a coaster for my glass),a pretty glass case to hold paperclips and other things, and this candle jar-turned flower vase. I like to get creative and find other uses for items. Oh! And don’t forget the sparkly pens (here, here, and here)!

I like to keep this blush tassel tote full of my favorite books, scriptures, and notebooks so that I can take it with me to another room in the house easily or when I leave the house.

These étagère shelves (here and here) are some that I’ve wanted for a while but waited till we moved.  I love the shape of them and with all my nesting boxes (I’ve had them for 5 years), it holds all the things I want/need in my office in a decorative way.

Besides these shelves being practical, they’re great to also display decor. I used preserved roses, my favorite candles for the summer, wick trimmer, more candles-turned fresh flower vases, gold orb, designer books (like here, here, and here), and framed prints.

 

Ginger jars and flower stems just seem to a staple of mine in every room. I love having floral accents! My dresser is vintage but I found some really cute ones here and here on Walmart’s website. Dressers are another great way to store accessories, books, important papers, etc.

Ok friends, leave me a comment and let me know how you’re going to freshen up your office space this summer with Walmart! Not only did they have these fabulous items but they have so many great items from their new WOW & NOW section (in select stores) that went live on July 19th! They also have a fabulous section, the Summer Home Lookbook. Did you see my summer hangout spot I did for my teens? It’s a must-see! They eat breakfast and lunch there every single day…it’s the cutest!

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Just a few months ago, we moved into our new home as it was finished being built.  As we’ve settled in and have finished organizing and decorating rooms I’ve been revealing them to you here, one by one. Today I’m taking you into a room that’s all my own, where I create and think and write and plan and dream.  Join me as I reveal to you my blush and gold glam office!

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This upstairs office is just next to our master bedroom and the only space upstairs with the same flooring as our downstairs.

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I kept my long white desk that we had back in our Dallas home.  It’s from IKEA and I love it because it’s so long that I can work on a couple of projects at once.  I can sew on it if I want to or pull out my small sewing folding table. (Note: I think they only make this desk in black/brown now and not white but you could prime and paint it. It’s a great piece!)

I wish I could find one as long as it but with drawers.

Until then, I have a vintage piece that I keep next to my desk, full of office supplies and holds my printer.

I once had these mirrored candle wall sconces (found at Tuesday Morning a couple of years ago) and this pretty chandelier canvas art by Oliver Gal called “Candelabro” in our living room back in our home in Dallas.

I like the subtle grey of the art blending with the wall and the gold and blush tones.  It was perfect for this blush and gold glam office!

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One of the most frequent problems of any office is how to conceal the router and cords so that everything looks tidy and beautiful.  For a couple of months I searched for pretty boxes to hide them in, as this was the only way with the style of desk I have and not much to hide it behind.  I already have many pretty boxes in my office but they weren’t large enough to put everything in.  I decided to grab a $5 white IKEA file box and use blush paint and water to create an ombré watercolor design.  It’s simple and it matches.  All the cords go through the back hole of the box.

I made sure everything on my desk was blush, gold, and white and pretty to look at.

Blush pens, pretty mugs, coordinating portfolios, pretty notebooks, candles and accessories.
And of course…there’s my favorite bow chair.
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Remember this set-up from my office back in Dallas?  This “Press For Diet Coke” framed buzzer is back.

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It gets soooo bright in my office but I love my view with the big windows.  I get to watch all the horses run around on the beautiful property next to us and I get to see the most beautiful sunsets out the back window.  I love having a lot of natural light in my office.  I would hate for it to feel like a dungeon.

This is a popular IKEA hack.  The Vittsjö shelving system is inexpensive, can be sprayed gold, and is a beautiful way to store things.

I keep a lot of files in boxes, rather than a filing cabinet.  I like the way it looks and is a prettier way to store important documents.  It also takes up less space.

I styled the shelves with not only pretty boxes of important files but also with pieces that are new to my online shoppe.

A darling print from Megan Hess framed.

I have a lovely collection of fashion books that I also keep here.

I also display jewelry on the top and one of my favorite prints that a friend gave me, trimmed in gold glitter and in a mirrored frame.

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I wanted a way to display this Audrey Hepburn quote, that I’ve always loved, and created this darling print on photoshop.  I thought you all might enjoy it too so I’m offering it as a free printable.

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My favorite blush chair (originally shared in this post) also came with us from Dallas.  I like to call this my “instafamous blush chair” because this Nate Berkus-designed chair caught his eye on my Instagram feed (back when my IG name was “SheLeavesALittleSparkle”) and he even included it in his blog post.  You can read all about it HERE on Nate Berkus’ blog.

At a California Interior Designer’s warehouse sale back home, I found that lovely venetian-bordered mirror with gold distressing.  It’s really unique and I love the glam feel of it.  I knew it would be perfect above my chair.

 When I’m typing or creating something, I usually sit in my favorite bow chair at my desk.

If I’m going to be writing or editing a while, I like to sit in my blush chair.  I also like it because it’s a place my kids can come, or my hubby, and sit and talk to me while I’m in my office.

I looked and looked for a chandelier that felt right for this office.  I wanted crystals on it, more modern clean lines, and brass or gold metal.  I found it here.

A couple of years ago I wrote a blog post on DIY Framed Wallpaper Panels as a solution to a bare wall.  We were renting at the time, back in Dallas, and knew we’d be moving for my husband’s job but I really loved wallpaper.  So I made framed wallpaper panels (so easy) and loved how it turned out.

I enjoyed them but was looking for something new for this new office.  I tried fashion art in a collage and I tried several large pieces of art but in the end….nothing seemed quite right.  I pulled out the panels from my “for sale” pile in my garage and fell in love with them again.  I love the champagne and blush colors with the gold frames.

I sold 2 other pieces of furniture that just didn’t fit this office and didn’t give me the storage solution I wanted for all my crafty things, customer orders, and shipping supplies.  But I came across this vintage dresser being sold locally on Craigslist and knew it would be perfect.

I painted it and sprayed the vintage handles gold instead of replacing them because I thought they were so cool. Aren’t they pretty?!

A treat for visitors…because macarons and chocolates are the best treats. Don’t you wish you could reach through the screen right now and have one?  I wish you could too.  If you were here in person, I’d even make you a Dirty Diet Coke!

I found these lovely etagere end tables at Tuesday Morning a couple of years ago but I’m linking similar ones below.  They’re perfect for the sides of my large office window to help frame the room and add extra storage.

In the other corner is a lamp for a little extra night on those late nights.

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Wallpaper comes and goes. It’s either trendy or it’s not.  I grew up thinking ‘I will NEVER ever put wallpaper in my home,’ after my mom put up a large, mauve and green floral pattern in our large living room and dining room, ha!  Granted, it was lovely at the time but then it stayed for years and years and we eventually cringed at the sight of it.  Then, we’d visit my grandmother and she had metallic botanical wallpaper in the guest bathroom and wallpaper throughout the whole house.  I felt like I would leave the home and could still see the pattern at everything I was looking at!  Well, guess who eventually grew up and wants wallpaper? I’m raising my hand right now.

Here’s the thing…when you have a neutral palette in your home like I do, you like to make a statement somehow with wall art or subtle pops of color.  A small amount of wallpaper just sounded so fun to me. I’m crushing on so many wallpapers but we’re renting before our final move so I decided to do create framed wallpaper panels for my office.

I’d been stuck for over 2 months brainstorming what kind of wall art I wanted above my desk.  My office is blush and gold and a few subtle hints of light grey.  I couldn’t find one thing, in stores or online, that I wanted for that space.  Half asleep in my bed one night (when inspiration usually comes, so silly), my eyes open and I know what I want to do!  I remember doing wallpaper panels 8 years ago in one of our other homes and I loved it.  That was it!  A beautiful statement piece with wallpaper that can be changed in and out!

The wallpaper I chose is called the “Arlington Pale Gold Large Rose Vine” and as soon as I saw it, I knew it was THE ONE!  Love at first sight.  You just can’t tell in the photograph but the background is this shimmery, pale goldish-blush and it is stunning in person.  I love the different shades of blush on the rose petals.

All I had to do was buy 2 large frames, I used 20″x30″, spray paint it gold and then cut out the wallpaper to fit and stick it into the frames.  It may have taken a few months to decide on, but only took a couple of hours to spray, cut, and put together.  I love the romantic, feminine statement it makes.  I love flowers, anything floral and I’m really hoping I don’t make fun of it in 30 years like I did our wallpaper growing up…ha!  I know I won’t.  This is just the perfect amount of wallpaper and floral and looks very sophisticated.

I know I’m surely not the first one with this idea but I hadn’t seen it done anywhere else.  So I went to Pinterest after hanging my framed wallpaper panels yesterday and was curious to see how others had done it and what wallpaper they had chosen.  I wanted to share a few examples with you for inspiration.

via House of Jade Interiors

This wallpaper panel is so lovely and really adds a bright statement against the darker grey.  It adds that perfect touch of elegance to this bedroom.

via Chinese-Wallpaper.com

I love the the 3 panels of this chinese botanical pattern against the green sofa.  Notice how they kept everything else very simple and clean so that it wasn’t too busy.

via The Hunted Interior

I love these colors together!  It really adds height to this nook and an additional pop of color.

via LaDolceVita

The gold and grey….just exquisite!  And to take them from the baseboards to the ceiling is brilliant.

via Elements of Style

I love this bold black panel.  Just stunning!

I love the idea of 3 panels for a bold statement AND it can be switched out when you fall out of love with it.  You never have to steam and peel and deal with the mess.

Whether you’re a renter or you own your home, making framed wallpaper panels as an option for wall decor is a great way to enjoy wallpaper you love without marrying it!  I’ll be sharing my entire office makeover in the next week so make sure and check back (and subscribe to my email list) to see the update!

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