We were talking about my ‘dream garden office’ the other day and how next year may finally be the year that we make my dreams reality.
I’ve spoken on many occasions about my current work set up.
The fact that I run a design business from home but my office gave way to the boys’ nursery, shortly before they were born, and I’m now working in a slightly nomadic office.
I have a corner of the dining room for one of my iMacs — the other has sadly been relegated to it’s box — the (enormous) printer sits in another corner and boxes (and boxes) of work stuff — cardstock, materials, tools etc — have been shipped out to various locations. My husband’s work being one.
I think it would be fair to say that it’s not ideal.
I shared my plans for a garden office back in May. Sad to say, things haven’t moved on at all since then.
The reality is very much still in the pipeline, although my boy and I have both agreed that, if we don’t make a start soon — and at least lay a concrete base for my dream garden office— then the opportunity will have been missed for this year.
Making Plans
That said, even though it might be a while off, I can still get creative and make plans.
I created a Pinterest board dedicated to my perfect garden office room – we’re talking colour schemes, decorations, furniture ideas and anything else that I’d love.
Pop over and have a look and let me know if I’ve missed anything!
Wow this is amazing!! What a fab competition!!! :-) xx
#TwinklyTuesday
Aah sadly, this was last week’s post and I think it’s finished now!! Such a shame too — I haven’t had an email to say I’ve won!! ;)
Good luck! I hope you win. Thanks for being so patient with me this week. Between the new job and the theme week, #TwinklyTuesday reading got pushed to the last minute!
Aah they were going to announce the winner today and I’ve not received that email!! sadly I don’t think it was me on this occasion! But thanks lovely xx
Oh, I’m so sorry. I hope whoever did win puts it to good use!
Aaah me too lovely! One things for sure, no-one could have wanted
neededit more than me!! OR given it more media coverage!! When I finally DO get my dream garden office, I’ll be blogging about it for weeks!! LOL!! ;) xxYour dream office space looks amazing and has potential for. Creativity :)
Thanks lovely!! I can’t wait to get my hands on an actual office!!! LOTS of scope for an ENORMOUS makeover!! :)
Wow what a fab competition, good luck with your entry. x
Thanks ever so much lovely — that means such a lot xx
What a great competition! I work from home a lot and it would be great to have my own area. However sharing my office with the playroom is quite convienient when I also have one or more of the kids with me most days! #twinklytuesdays
Thanks so much lovely! Yes — I definitely wouldn’t be able to lock myself away when the Twinkles were home. Although some days it would be sorely tempting ;)
That really is an amazing prize. I’m not sure we have the room for a summerhouse in the garden but good luck! #TwinklyTuesday
Thanks so much Alison!! :)
Oooh I want one! Good luck with the competition!! Will keep my fingers crossed for you #TwinklyTuesday
Thanks so much lovely! I’ve got EVERYTHING crossed! :)
Wow, what an amazing prize, wish I could enter :) I have lots of ideas for a workspace in our house, but it’s way down the list of priorities, sadly!
Aaah Sara, I totally know what you mean! Mine is high on my list of priorities but always getting bumped down in favour of something else!!
If only I lived in the UK! Sounds like a fantastic prize. Your home/garden office will no doubt be fab.
I thought I was bad with the old interiors magazines but I realise now that my collection is on a much smaller scale ;) It still takes up a fair chunk of my hobby room though.#TwinklyTuesday
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Such a fab prize eh?! Someones going to be very happy indeed when that winner is announced. Hoping — beyond hope — that it might be me!! Yep — the magazine addiction is BAD. Very bad!!
This is such an amazing comp! Thanks for letting me know about it…..now what to design…… I love your home office but I’m thinking maybe a gym….. #twinklytuesday
Yes! A home gym!!! That would be awesome wouldn’t it? So nice to have a treadmill or bike in a lovely little spot in the garden! Good luck Morna!
forgot to add #TwinklyTuesday :-)
What a fab comp and prize! Your Pinterest board looks gorge, I have a similar one set up (we should probably check each others out!) as we have just set up our home office after moving into our dream home (I spent about 3 years dreaming about having a home office). After often working from home from the delights of a very uncomfortable sofa at our old flat, I completly sympathise with you – good luck, I hope you win it, you deserve that garden summerhouse!
Aah thanks so much lovely!! And congratulations on finally getting your office! I’ll definitely come and find you on Pinterest — I absolutely love it on there! :)
I want your dream office now too, you have fabulous taste. Good luck! #twinklytueday
Aaah bless you Helen — that’s so lovely of you!! I can’t wait until I genuinely DO have an office and I decorate it to look like my Pinterest board!! :)
I really want a pin board for our office, I love them. I’m off to have a good nosey through your Pinterest ;) Also a 17 years collection is very impressive!!
Thanks so much for hosting #TwinklyTuesday
Becky xx
Hahaha! Impressive is one word!! My husband would use the words ‘annoying’ and ‘clutter’ to describe them!! LOL! Thanks for commenting lovely :)
Oh what an amazing comp Caro, I will have to give this a go as you know I too am dreaming of a garden room / office thank you so much for sharing x
Aaah good luck darling!! Fingers crossed one of us wins it!!!! I’d be over the moon to win this kind of prize — just awesome isn’t it?!
Wow, your dream office is beautiful! Love it :) All those beautiful things and colours – it’s all so pretty! Thanks for being my awesome co-host week after week :) Good luck lovely, I hope you win!
Aww thanks lovely girl :) I cannot WAIT for an actual garden room to do a makeover on!! Fingers crossed I do win — it would save me a small fortune!! :) And, likewise, thanks for being my awesome co-host too — I love working with you xx
17 years of Living Etc?! I thought Mrs B was bad at hoarding mags but I take it all back!
This comp looks amazing – I’d enter but we already have our own garden office as we are very lucky to have a talented and generous grandad who builds amazing things!
Hope you win :)
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Aaah thanks so much Adrian :) My poor, long suffering husband!!! LOL! I’m pretty ruthless with most things but I can’t be parted from my Living Etcs!!
PS — if I don’t win, please may I borrow your grandad? ;)
Wow what a great competition! I love the sound of this… my study is a mess and I really need to get it sorted, this just might be the motivation I need!!
Aah it’s such a fab competition isn’t it? I’d love to have a work space once again — go and tidy your study Claire!! That’s an order!! ;)
Sounds fab! We have no space for a summerhouse in the garden, so won’t enter, but good luck to you! Love the office design pic too! :) x
Aah thanks so much Jenny! That really means such a lot! :) xx
That is such a great prize..i have my fingers crossed for you as that inspiration picture is amazing! I would love a little cute office space, but we just have no room really :( x #twinklytuesday
Space is certainly at a premium isn’t it? It’s one of those things that we don’t ever seem to have enough of!! Space, time and money!! LOL! xx
Fingers crossed for you! What a great prize!! X #TwinklyTuesday I hope you get the space back you deserve x
Aah that’s so lovely of you — thanks so much :)
This is amazing! I’ve just entered and now I’m daydreaming about my garden studio! Thank you!
Aah me too — I’m desperate for a garden studio!! Good luck! :)
Oh my gosh, good luck! I love your board it’s so pretty. I really hope you win. We’d love to get a waltons summer house for Evie next summer. They are SOOOOOOO pretty. I think you definitely deserve to win this. :-D I have an office in our house and I am so grateful for it everyday. I’d be lost without it. An office in the garden would be amazing for you. Your own space, peace and quiet and a place to work. x
Thanks so much Chloe! It would be nothing short of amazing to win such a fab prize! I dearly miss my office at home — although I wouldn’t swap my babies for the world!!! If I had to give up my space for anyone, I’m delighted t was them :)
As IF I needed an escuse to create new board and pin ;) ‘My Dream Garden reiki-yoga zen, coming up, thanks Caro! :)
Haha! Me too!! I love an excuse to pin too!!! Good luck Carol :)
Would love this. Pity I’m NL based! #twinklytuesday
Aaah Catie :( Maybe they’ll ship to the Netherlands? ;) xx
Voted, goodluck!
Thanks so much lovely — that’s really kind of you xx
Wow! This is a fab competition! That dream office looks stunning… Good luck to your upcoming project!
It would be amazing, that’s for sure!! Thanks ever so much :)
oh my goodness I would love to win this!! Good luck! #twinklytuesday
Me too!! What an awesome prize! Good luck Nia! :)
Oooh keeping everything crossed for you. Your pinterest board looks fab!
Stopping by from your #twinklytuesdays linky. Thanks for hosting :-)
Thanks so much Janine — that’s so lovely of you xx
Sadly garden completely unsuited to glorious prize so good luck to everyone else! #twinklytuesday
Aaah that’s such a shame :( But thanks for your good luck wishes! xx
Really good luck with the competition! Your dream garden office looks fab :) Thanks for sharing #TwinklyTuesday
Thanks so much Sara! It would be amazing to actually make those dreams reality!! Cue many more blog posts on the subject!! ;)
What a fabulous competition & giveaway – your board looks fantastic! Good luck, I hope you win! Thank you for hosting #TwinklyTuesday x
Thanks so much Becky — that’s really lovely of you! Such a fab prize isn’t it — so generous!! :)
Oh my goodness! I work from home and this looks incredible! Sending winning vibes your way! #TwinklyTuesday
Likewise lovely — good luck to you if you enter! :)
Ooh – I have my fingers crossed for you! When we eventually get back to our forever home we’re going to have a garden room so I’m loving seeing all of your ideas. I have a lot of home and interiors magazines in storage – hubby thinks I’m mad. Probably not quite 17 years worth mind you! Eeek – that’s dedication!
Thanks so much Jen!! Ridiculous isn’t it? I just can’t bear to part with them now!!!! Although they are beginning to take up far too much room!! ;)
Great prize – good luck! #twinklytuesday
Thanks so much pet — am keeping everything crossed! :)
What an awesome prize – I hope you win! Fingers crossed! Your dream garden office looks fab x#TwinklyTuesday
Thanks so much lovely — that’s so generous of you! xxxx
Oooh, what a cool prize. Love your ideas for the room. Good luck!
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Thanks so much lovely!! Keeping eyes, ears, legs, fingers and thumbs crossed!! ;)
Wow what a fab competition! Keeping my fingers crossed for you!! Xx
Totally fab isn’t it?! I nearly had a heart attack when I saw the prize! :)
That’s gorgeous ! My dream is just to have a physical space I can call an office, never mind what it looks like lol #TwinklyTuesday.
Haha! I’m *almost* at that point myself!! Even the shed is an appealing option at the minute — I wish it had power for my printer and mac — I’d be in there like a shot!! ;)
Good luck in the competition. Your dream office looks amazing!
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Aaah that’s lovely of you Leanne — thanks ever so much :)
Sounds like a fun competition and a fab prize too. Good luck, hope you win :) Thanks for hosting #TwinklyTuesday
Debbie
Aaah thanks so much lovely!! I know I should be selfless about this but but I hope I win too!! ;)
Ooh this looks fab! Would love to win! Might have to pop over to Pinterest later today….! Thanks for hosting #twinklytuesday
Aah thanks so much Becky :) And if you do enter — good luck!!
What a fantastic prize! I love the idea of a garden office – so dreamy! I’ve started following your Pinterest board and will hopefully create one of my own and join in the competition later x
I’m absolutely DESPERATE for one of these!!! Am keeping my fingers firmly crossed! :)
OK, this is amazing and thank you so much for sharing this with the rest of us!! I’ve been pinning all morning – this would be so amazing to win. I haven’t been able to do much work yet with my fledgling business (who knew an 8 month old would take up so much of one’s time…) but this would be perfect in getting a kick start to my own space! #TwinklyTuesday
It is isn’t it? My eyes nearly popped out of my head when I saw what they were offering!! :)
What a fab competition. I love to pin! Will give it a go! #TwinklyTuesday xx
Good luck Rachel! :)
Good luck with the competition. I would love to have a little craft room all to myself, but alas I dont have a gardwn. #TwinklyTuesday
Aaah Tracey :( That IS gutting. If I win, I’ll share mine with you! xx
I have a dream to have my own little studio/hut in the garden! It would be lovely and a work place away from home but close enough for me when I have such rubbish health. Thanks for your inspirational ideas!
Angela xxx
I’m desperate to get my work out of the house! That’s the only trouble when you work from home — there’s no separation!! Good luck hun!
Yes! I’m going to look into my options and make a wish list! You never know with blogging what opportunities may arise! – Good luck to you too!
Angela xx
Totally! That’s so true Angela :) Good luck pet!
Great competition, good luck! Guessing they won’t deliver to Australia #TwinklyTuesday
Aaah you never know?! Could fly it over to you,piece by piece! xx
Your ideas are great! Good luck with the competition-those magazines need a home! xx
Aah thank you Kaleigh — they really do!!! They’re in a guest bedroom at the moment — taking up too much space!! :)
Ooh what a fab prize, will be keeping my fingers crossed for you to win!! Xx
Thanks so much Sian!! Me too — have got EVERYTHING crossed! :)
Wow huni! I hope you win! xx
Thanks darling — it would be a dream come true — literally!!! :) xx
what a fab competition! I am having a garden office built soon in the next couple of months! we have a good space for this now! cant wait to enter this! xx
Ours has been ‘in the pipeline’ for YEARS! LOL! I’m so desperate to get the printer out of the dining room! It would be amazing to win this — there would be no excuses then!! LOL! xx
Your dream office space looks gorgeous! I was going to put an office in the garden too, but after a heart to heart with myself I decided not to go ahead with it as I didn’t feel I would get the benefit out of it for a few years yet. I am slightly gutted though as my kitchen table and a tiny bit of cupboard space is quickly becoming a little small. Especially with the ideas I have moving forwards! Good Luck with the competition lovely xx
It’s hard isn’t it? You need more space than you first imagine, when you work from home!! I seem to be taking over the whole house!!
Wow, this is an amazing prize! I’m desperate for a flipping office too, should get pinning. Good luck (love the board!) #twinklytuesday
It IS amazing isn’t it?! I’d give my right arm for this prize!! SO desperate to ship my stuff out of the house — I’ve got work all over the place!! xx