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BU: Home office ideas

Let me know what you think of turning our formal living room into a home office/library--esp. for resale.

Re: BU: Home office ideas

  • I think that sounds nice!  However - if you are thinking about resale - I would say don't do anything too permanent.  Make sure the bookshelves are (easily) removable, etc. because I think people always look for a house with a formal dining room, even if they'll never use it! 
  • Yeah, we are thinking we will make them removable so we can take them with us if we can....

     and we will keep our formal dining room, its our formal living room we will turn into this (we still have a normal living room with the TV and couch and such, we just have an awkward front room that doesn't have much in it now..)

  • oh wow, for some reason I read dining room.  then yes - I would definitely go for it - I feel formal living rooms are used less and less these days.  (also, the librarian in me really wants you to get a ladder for the library because that just sounds awesome!!!)
  • love it! we never use our formal living room either (like most people I know), I think it's a great idea!! Home libraries rock. I like the rounded desk/bookshelf choice, very snazzy.
  • I think it's a great idea. Most people don't have formal living rooms, and even if they wanted one, you could still have bookcases like that in a formal living room. Just make sure the desk could be removed, just for resale's sake.

    We also use our formal living room as an office (so did the people in the house before us).

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  • I agree - formal living rooms are a waste of space.  I'd love a library/office space instead.
  • It sounds great- and I LOVE the "built in" bookcase look- especially with ladder! Very neat!
  • It looks great - I wish I could have something like that in my house.  Maybe in the next one.
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