Our Home Office

Whelp, for now I am back on the subject of how to use what you have and how to make what you have work while being blessed by God's provisions for what you have at the same time.  As you all have gathered by now because I have no less driven the point home (Ha! Ha! Love my choice of words!) over and over again, our current house is rather small, especially for our future family of six--well at least that is what some people choose to believe.  As you all may have gathered, our family size and the size of this house may not really allow for a home office.

We have a three bedroom house.  There is a master bedroom for Scot and I, one room for the girls and one room for the boys; therefore, there isn't a room that we can dedicate to a home office and with smaller living spaces for a dining room, a kitchen and a living room, making a small area in such rooms were simply not an option for us even back when we were about to have our second child.  We wanted Precious (my new nickname for our 2nd daughter for this blog) to have a nursery of her own, which was our current office; therefore, we had to find a solution.

Our solution was to get rid of our desk top computer and replace it with a brand new laptop.  So we went out and did just that and bought a new laptop and got rid of our old desk top computer.  Now you are probably thinking what happened to other items that are often needed and are used with a home office, such as a printer and a desk. 

Well, we got rid of the desk...well actually no we did not.  We actually moved the desk out of the office into a corner of our master bedroom for me to use as a place to scrapbook.  Yes, I enjoy scrap booking a great deal and I usually work on an album or two once or twice a week at least.  But when it comes to an office desk, we don't have one anymore.  We got a black laptop bag to carry and store a few items besides just the laptop itself.  When we have mail come into the house, we sort it immediately that day so there is not a pile of mail needing a desk to sit upon.  We get rid of any unwanted mail, we place our bills in one specific location and coupons in another location in the hutch; therefore, the need for a desk for such items is eliminated.

As for the printer and printer paper as well as ink cartridges, we have them stored in the linen/hallway closet upstairs while we store our laptop case in another closet.  So when we need to use any of these "home office" items, we simply pull them out of their assigned locations and remain clutter free.  But essentially our home office consists of a laptop, a laptop bag and a little bit of closet space!  It works for us on so many levels!