around the house: hybrid office-guest room moodboard

Sometimes when I get really busy with life and work commitments, I often just itch to have a little creative project, and it usually is something that is SO not needing to be done right now but just sounds so much more appealing to do than my existing, time-sensitive to-do list... Definitely says something about what release my brain needs in the moment, but also it's not always the most helpful when it comes to time management when I get a tad distracted by my swirling ideas.

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In this case, while needing to run a bunch of reports and edit several documents for work, and also needing to pack for a family road trip and to call to make some doctor and passport renewal appointments... all I want to do is a project that's been on the potential home updates docket for a long time (and doesn't have any pressing need to happen at the moment): turn my office space into a hybrid guest room. So I allowed myself a bit of select, dedicated time for online window shopping and am just putting this moodboard here for future inspiration and reference when I actually have time to fully pursue it :)

With Hendrik's old nursery becoming a nursery again for Freddie, we don't have any extra bedrooms left for guest space, and it would be nice to have somewhere we could sleep a few guests (or one of us next time we're trying to avoid sharing Covid, instead of Peter having to do an air mattress in the dining room, ha!). My office is a pretty small room, but I have a perfect little cut-out space in the layout to place my desk against one wall, and then I've found a pull-out daybed with great reviews (including from a family friend) that will let me keep the floor space open for my usual yoga/weights that I also use my office space for, and then easy to put the exercise stuff away and pull out the daybed when needed. Losing the bookshelf that's currently in the cubby space, so I'll replace it with some wall-mounted shelves, plus some bonus storage in an ottoman that could also be a good bedside table. And while we're at it, a new rug will look nice in here too! 

Still need to figure out window treatments, since currently there's zero way to keep out sun/have privacy for someone sleeping there, but plenty of time to consider that, given the state of supply chain furniture delays...