Sunday was Josiah's 29th birthday. He had NO idea, but I (along with some wonderful friends of ours!) planned a total office makeover as a SURPRISE!!!
Every Sunday afternoon we load up the kiddos and drive to the high country (that's Coloradian for the Mountains) so I can teach a childbirth class. SO....about 2 weeks ago, I hatched a plan to surprise Josiah on his birthday with a "While You Were Out" office makeover. I enlisted two of our friends, Ben and Stephanie (and Ronnie, Ben's brother) to help. We have all been buying things for the past two weeks and planning the office...hard to do with a hubby that works from home and has a "gift" of guessing surprises (no kidding....it's a gift). The rest of the out-of-town family helped to chip in and we got a ton of cool things to complete the office.
Sunday morning we went to the mountains earlier than usual to "hang out". In reality, I had to get him out of the house for a loooong period of time so that Steph and Ben could work their magic. Alllll day I was sweating bullets.....hoping Josiah would not notice all the odd "yes. no. uh-hu." conversations I was having on the phone. He didn't. :)
After class we drove home. All our friends were waiting in the living room when he walked in....surprise!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He was shocked. It was great!!!
Below are the pictures of the office before and the office after.........
BEFORE the makeover. Anyone who decorates with wallpaper should be shot. Okay, that was harsh. They should be put in a 18,000 square foot home covered in 3 layers of triple glued wallpaper and be required to peel it ALL off within 24 hours.
Peeling that stupid border off was the worst thing EVER. The largest piece to come off all at the same time was 1 inch squared. Yeah.
SHOCK of the surprise party!!!! :)
"What?!" He just kept saying, "I just have so many questions...."
His logo along with a hand drawn "old world" mural. Thanks Ben!!! It is awesome!!! :)
The green looks "lime" from the pictures, but in reality it is more of a darker "army" green.
His new desk. Those curtains were HAND SEWN by Stephanie!!!
A new shelf.....and that painting was done by Ethan at art class......
One wall is covered in a leather fabric. Nice. manly. Testosterone filled.
Having a new office makes it SO much easier to work!!! :)
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1 comments:
Tiff, your wallpaper comments were not harsh enough! This is coming from someone who used to help hubby remodel and/or "flip" houses. Removing wallpaper should be a requirement of all prison sentences. It will make you HATE all forms of wallpaper and any persons who like it or use it. Now that's harsh. The only thing you didn't add to your 18,000 foot scenario is the steamer that spews forth VERY hot steam and does very little in helping remove the offending "decor". Give me a paint brush and roller and I can create anything 100 times better than wallpaper! I've just been waiting for years for a forum to bitch about wallpaper. Thanks again for all you do!
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