Closet Office Project

My friend Jen posted a link to a "closet office" a few weeks ago and I was immediately inspired! I had been feeling kind of guilty about using an entire room for an office that was used for "work" only 10 hours a week and have also really wanting to have a guest bedroom (we lost our old guest room when we decided to have kids!). So, Jen provided us with the perfect solution! Bobby didn't take a whole lot of convincing, which isn't usually the case :), so we decided to change the office to a guest bedroom and part of our closet into an office! (apologies for the poor photo quality...)

We have a large closet (4 standard doors that fill up an entire wall of our bedroom) and really not a whole lot of clothes to fill it up.

The middle section had been used primarily as a linen closet and storage of a few other random items.

It was actually a pretty quick/easy project to make the transformation.
1. Found alternate storage for the linens (got under-the-bed storage bins)
2. Removed the clothing bars
3. Added an outlet 
4. Dropped the supports for the middle shelf down to desk height
5. Cut a deeper piece of wood for the desk
6. Put a grommet in the desk for cords
7. Painted the wood and wall with paint we already had on hand
8. Organized (and threw out :) existing office stuff to largely downsize in square-footage
9. Purchased a new lamp, new chair (I had always used a folding chair in the old office :), a few storage drawers, and scrapbook paper for decorating

Voila! So excited about my new space and the fact that we now have a place, besides our couch, for our guests to sleep!

Though it's not as cute as the closet that inspired us, it works for a not-so-crafty-nutrition-writer-type :)

A Day in the Life of Owen (in terms of food...)

Since I like to talk about food, and now also my little boy :), I thought I'd share what a day looks like for him at the table. Owen is a pretty good eater and has become much more adventurous over the past few weeks as far as what he will and won't eat. Lately this is what his daily dietary intake looks like:

Breakfast:
3 eggs, scrambled
1 c milk
1/2 c yogurt (1/2 plain, 1/2 vanilla)
2 strawberries cut up and added to yogurt
small handful of blueberries added to yogurt
~ 1/8 c granola to top of yogurt and fruit

Morning snack:
1 slice of peanut butter bread (cut into quarters, of course)
OR 2 more eggs, scrambled
1 c "coffee" aka. chocolate milk (warm or cold, depends on the day)

Lunch:
Banana
1/2 avocado
1 slice peanut butter bread (quartered)

Afternoon snack:
Animal crackers
apple

Dinner:
Whatever mom and dad are eating (hooray!), which could be lasagna, tostadas, grilled chicken and potatoes, etc. :)

He's quite the eater, but with as much energy as he burns through, he needs every single bite!