Have you ever found yourself inspired to do something or get an itch to create something?  Well as I was sitting in my home office one day in 2017 I became inspired to renovate my office.  You see back in 2016 Sharon and I bought our first home.  It was actually one of the model homes and every new neighbor we meet tells us they have been in our house.  Kind of creepy, but it has turned out to be a blessing and wonderful neighborhood to live in.  The house had a lot of upgrades, being the model home, but the office was very lack luster.  It was a basic room with tile floors and high ceilings and that is it.  I used it as an office for several months before dreaming of a new and improved home office experience.    

So, when the creative juices started flowing, I drew up the plans, ordered the wood, and started construction.  I love the old manor homes of Europe and decided I would create a library office in this space that would be reminiscent of a library office you might find in one of those old homes. The entire library and loft are built out of Mahogany.  The fireplace has a Welsh mantle, which we found at a local antique store.  (Side note on this, we searched for months all over Houston and the surrounding areas to find exactly what we were looking for and finally found it a month before I started building.)  The build was fairly simple, but it was the staining and lacquering that took months to finish.    

What started off as a 3 month project, turned into a 12 month project.  With a lot of help from my dad and little bit of help from my youngest brother I was able to transform this basic / boring room into a masterpiece.  My office is upstairs in the new loft, and the best part is that we get to sit by the fire on a cold day, sip coffee or tea, and listen to Jazz or read a book.  It turned out exactly as I had envisioned!