Home office: Finishing the custom desk

Today the California Closets folks came to finish up the new custom desk, adding the shelving units above the new desktop. And of course George being George had it magazine-worthy staged before the construction dust had barely settled. We're delighted with how it turned out. Now we both have grown-up "his and his" desks!

Installing the Caesarstone desktop

Today the Planet Stone folks came out to fabricate and install our desktop. The desktop came with its "apron" already attached on the front and left side, but they make it a bit larger than specified, and do the final trimming to size, as well as drilling holes, on site. To avoid any measuring errors, they created a template out of wood strips on the plyboard where it was to be installed, framing the overall desktop as well as the places where holes needed to be drilled. They then carried the template out to the driveway, where they did all the cutting and drilling. Good thing, as the stone cutting kicks up a huge amount of silicon dust. Once all the cuts were made and holes drilled, they brought it in and glued it in place. Similar process for the backsplash. We are really happy with how it turned out. The Caesarstone looks and feels great, and the color we chose (4360 Wild Rice) looks great with the desk, wall, and floor colors. So exciting!

New drapes and shade for the office

Part of our home office renovation included getting new drapes and shade for the windows. We liked the look of the grommeted drapes that we had there, but wanted a different color. We ended up going back to Restoration Hardware (where the previous drapes had come from), and got their brushed linen cotton drapes in Sand color. The window got a Roman shade in the same fabric and color.

Desk installation, part 1

Today we had California Closets come and do the first part of our custom desk installation. They installed the lower half of the project, the desk drawers with a plyboard desktop. Then the folks from Planet Stone will come out to measure, fabricate, and install the Caesarstone desktop, and then California Closets will come back to finish the upper part shelving. Should all be done in a few weeks. For now, we are enjoying our new plyboard workspace.