.....making progress

Once we knew we had to turn one room into the baby's room, we were unsure what to do about an office space and a guest room.
Bobby works from home occasionally now, and would like to do so more in the future. However, leaning over the laptop in front of the big screen TV isn't completely conducive to real productivity. So a real working office was high on the wish list.
However, neither of us liked the idea of not having a guest room. When Bobby's Mom comes for a visit it is usually for a few days or longer, and we want to have a nice place for her to stay. My Mom also stays over sometimes and that will probably happen more often when we want her help with the baby.
Of course we couldn't forget about my girlfriend G....since she actually does stay in the guest room the most. She loves to stay over after a night of girl time, but I'm not sure how often she'll want to stay if there is a crying baby waking her up from her beauty sleep every few hours....

So while Bobby and I were perusing through a Home Expo last October, we stumbled upon the answer we were looking for at the More Space Place exhibit. A MURPHY BED!!!
It was actually a longer process than we were expecting.

• First a design rep from the store came to our house to take measurements of the room. While there she did a computer drawing of the room with different options for bed cabinet, desk, and storage. We finalized what we wanted and what would work best in that room.

• Next we went to the store and pick style, color, hardware, and counter top.

• Then we made the big payment and they special ordered our furniture.

• It took about 6-8 weeks for the furniture to come in.

• Last week we had the installer at our house for 3 full days installing the custom furniture.

For the last several days we've been moving the office stuff in and organizing the new space.

I am very happy to say that we now have a fully functional Office / Guestroom....