It's time for a change

My wonderful husband allowed me to purchase a new scrapbook desk last night! We headed to Office Depot to "look"....which meant that I found exactly what I wanted right away and we bought it. Ideally I was hoping to find a desk with a hutch that was affordable, but because they are sold as separate pieces 99% of the time the hutch is just as expensive as the desk itself, so that wasn't really feasible. I came across the desk pictured here, and I knew it was perfect (and only $149!!) We bought it, and then I promptly went home and started assembling my new toy. I spent 3 hours working on it and still am not quite finished, although I have everything except the cabinet doors put on. Once I get it finished, I have to begin the task of completely rearranging our office to make a new desk/scrappy area.

This is mostly due to the current set up of our office not being condusive to me getting a lot of scrapbooking accomplished at home. It's quite annoying when I try to do work because I have to share my scrap space with a computer, keyboard, printer, etc. There's just not enough room. I was inspired last weekend at the ranch to do something about the situation becuase I realized that only scrapping twice a year at the ranch is just not going to cut it. I'll never finish anything.

My plan is to put the 2 desks perpedicular to the wall with space between them equal to the size of my chair mat. Then I can just roll and turn around to the other desk. I will be able to leave the computer as is and utilize it while I am scrappin' on the other desk. It should work out perfectly, asssuming I get it all set up the way it looks in my head. I also might come out of the deal with one less piece of furniture in the office than I have now, if I can condense all the books into 3 bookcases instead of 4.

I will be a busy bee tonight, but I'm hoping to get the bulk of it done. That will partially depend on whether my hand keeps hurting. I have a bright red bruise in the center of my palm from using the crewdriver so much last night...you know, those desks have about a million screws required for assembly.