Blog Party: Inspiration Tuesday!

Um, yeah.  If you stopped by IGTBH at any time yesterday, you know that my idea to give this blog a spiffy new look didn’t exactly go as I’d planned – to put it mildly.  After I made one mistake that snowballed into about 30 mistakes, IGTBH disappeared altogether!  I was totally horrified, as you can imagine.  After wildly trying to fix it, stomping around, and crying in the corner (I’m totally exaggerating here – I was never in the corner), my husband had the brilliant idea to call in the big guns and actually hire someone to fix it.  In no time, everything was back to normal – whew!!  Why couldn’t I have thought of that 12 hours earlier?!?  Anyway, the plans for the spiffy new look are on hold – but hopefully not for long.

Anyway, enough of that!  It’s time to party!!!  After all the fun we had last week on Inspiration Tuesday, I think we need to do it again, don’t you?  I thought so!

Since I spent the majority of the day yesterday locked in my office/craft room, I’m feeling totally inspired by home offices today – and I think you will, too.

I feel right at home in these first two offices – maybe because they’re most like the room that I work in all day at home.  Cheerful, casual, and filled with what looks like a thousand fun things to play with.  I’ve recently been thinking about mounting a bookcase horizontally under a window like in the first picture – what do you guys think?

What’s not to love about this home office?  Sophisticated, coordinated, and totally do-able at home.  The simple color palette of black, white, and crimson (along with hidden storage) keeps everything looking neat and tidy.  And who can deny the impact of some gorgeous framed wallpaper?

This next home office shows that you can create an inspiring workspace just about anywhere.  This cold, unfinished basement went from depressing to fun and funky with just a little concrete paint, squares of plywood screwed to the studs, and a funky color palette in black, avocado and maple.  I’m pretty sure I could get some serious work done in there!!

So what are you inspired by today? We’d all love to swing by your blog for some inspiration – if you’d like to join in on the fun, just add your link below.   Here are a few pointers:

(1) Make sure that you add the permalink to your specific blog post (like www.itsgreattobehome.net/inspiration-tuesday-home-offices), instead of your general blog address:

(2) Give everybody an idea of what you’re inspired by in parentheses after your blog name – like Liz @ It’s Great To Be Home (home offices).

(3)  Make sure that your link works – otherwise it might get deleted (no fun!!).

(4) Try to include a link to this party somewhere in your post so that your readers can get in on the party!

(5) Click on the other participants’ links and let them know if they’ve inspired you!

And wait!! Before you run off and find your post, be sure to take this fun little button with you:

Alright, now let’s party!!!

Images courtesy of Better Homes & Gardens.