Cleaning Out The Office

Kevin said no more projects until I clean out the office.  I obviously took this to mean, "decorate the office."  What can I say, I'm a nester and it's incurable.  For me, there's no reason to be in the office - even if it's cleaned - in its present state of uncoordinated ugliness.  It makes me sad.

Proof (Beware, you might be sad, too).

I'm repurposing most of the current furniture and someday pulling in some pieces from other parts of the casa.  The big desk on the back wall will probably be painted black.  The table and a few other pieces will be white.  And the red chair stays.  It's the chair that my meddlesome mother asked Kevin to fix in her attempts to fix us up and be as embarrassing as Mrs. Bennet the chivalrous Kevin came to fix, and I made him dinner.  We didn't really know each other at the time, so it's the chair that started it all.

Anyways, with white and black furniture, I want either super bold drapes and calm walls or calmer drapes and darker walls.  Since this is going to be my office, I'm going for colors that make me feel most comfortable - grays, green, blues and creams.  Here are some ideas I like:

I'm completely in love with Amy Butler fabrics, and I like quilting fabrics for drapes because the fabric is lighter and allows for more light to come in.  It's much cheaper than home decor fabric.  And it's pretty.  Here are some of the patterns I'm looking at.  And yes, I know they're all pink.

So that's the plan.  Updates to follow.  Hopefully.