Southern State of Mind Blog by Heather

Dining Room Turned Home Office Details

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Yesterday I told you about how we converted our dining room to an office a couple of years ago. I realized that I never posted anything before about this room here at Southern State of Mind, so I thought I’d share today!

I really loved having a formal dining room. It felt so great to hosting family and friends in a formal dining room during the holidays.

However, we seriously only used it 3-4 times a year. 
Now, if you are in a big ol’ house, a formal dining room makes sense!
Don’t get me wrong- I totally envy you!

But for my family…
 in our current stage of life…
 in our one-story ranch…
 it really wasn’t the best use of space so we made some changes!

With just a couple trips to the local Ballard Designs outlet, 
we purchased a few new pieces of furniture to create a home office
and never looked back!

Here is our “dining room” now as our home office!
Enjoy the tour!

      Desk & Hutch were purchased from the local Ballard Designs Outlet

So were these black storage cubbies

The aqua chairs were a gift from my mother-in-law years ago when we moved to Orlando. They were from Storehouse, which is sadly no longer around. 
I absolutely love these slipper chairs!

The big round white mirror was a $12 Goodwill find. 
SCORE!

                         The gray zebra rug is from RugsUsa. 
                  The ottoman bench is from Target years ago.
             I recovered it with a burlap coffee sack purchased at 
                        Scott’s Antique Market here in Atlanta. 
                  The yellow chevron pillows are from HomeGoods.

                      I struggle with styling the book shelves because 
                           they need to be functional and pretty. 
                                      Here is the latest set-up. 


                            Recognize that driftwood?  



The chalkboard globe was a craft project from a couple months back. 

Be sure to check back tomorrow! 
I will be back to talk more about those storage cubbies.
I am not quite sure how I lived without them before we got them!
Click here to see how we transformed 
three rooms in our home to create more functional space!
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Comments

  1. Jackie says

    Wow! How have you been holding this in? This room is fantastic. The next time I am in Atlanta, I am coming over to your house to work 🙂 So sad about Storehouse, we have a fantastic bed from there. Your aqua chairs were an amazing gift!

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  3. Sarah Vanderkooy says

    What a great transformation! I am currently trying to create an office/dining room in my house. We use our dining room so it has to stay for now. I like your storage idea, I can put my china somewhere else and re purpose my cabinet.
    Visiting from Give me the Goods party today.
    Sarah
    Creative Ramblings

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  4. Carrie This Home says

    I agree that using this room as an office would be a better fit for my family too. I love the colors you chose–very cute and modern. Pinning this since it was so inspiring!
    I'm stopping by from Home Stories A to Z #59 How To Paint Cabinets and 61 1st Day of School Photo Tutorial) Have a great night!

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  7. Stacey Merrill says

    fantastic transformation! Storehouse was a great shop – just last week I scored some cute accessory pieces from them at Marshalls. They also get the Williams Sonoma closeouts too, by the way

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  11. Chelsea Page says

    Having a formal dining room is important but if you only use it twice or thrice a year then turning it and utilising it instead into some place to do a lot of productive things is a wise idea.

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    • Heather Metzler says

      Thanks so much! The rug was a steal from Rugsusa. I wasn't so sure about the animal print but I think the gray keeps in muted. Thanks again for all of your sweet comments!

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  13. Elaine Proud says

    I really like what you did in your office! I have a question. I was looking at that same rug recently but wondered if the grey had a blue undertone?
    Elaine

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  14. Lisa Ross says

    What are the dimensions of this room? I’m considering a similar project for my home office, and trying to get perspective if I have room to put my desk in front of a credenza rather than against the wall. Your office is beautiful!!

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