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Building the Custom Home Office: Projects for the Complete Home Work Space
by Niall Barrett

Everything a homeowner needs to know about designing a custom work space at home. Includes information on building home-office furniture, space planning and ergonomics, materials, lighting and computers. Featuring 12 projects, complete with measured drawings and cut lists.

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We are starting to gain some momentum here at Sheic Space along with some recognition. Welcome to all our new subscribers. We are glad to have you join us.

Also a huge thank you for all the space submissions we have received recently. I have really enjoyed looking at some of the amazing spaces that were submitted. I can't wait to bring our readers the next several issues so you can witness these incredible spaces yourself. I hope that each issue inspires you to make your office space something that is a true reflection of yourself.

To me the two most important spaces a person can decorate are their office and bedroom. I will leave the bedroom for someone else to cover but here we will look at some amazing people who took their office space and made it their own.

My passion for Sheic Space stemmed from my working in a tiny cubical for a major hospital. To top it off, we had no windows you could look out of to see daylight. It literally felt like a dungeon. It was one of the worst jobs I ever had and everyone's mood and demeanor certainly reflected their surroundings.

When I left that job and started my own company, I vowed I would NEVER work in a space like that again and I certainly want to inspire others to work in a space that supports them by providing you profiles of other people who have decided to be true to themselves and make their space a sanctuary of creativity.

This month we feature Sara Olsher of Stinkerpants Designs. I really connected with Sara when I met her as she has a house full of animals, including 4 cats, which of course hit my soft spot.

For those of you who have a small space to work in, be sure to check out Sara's profile below. She took full advantage of every inch of her small space!

Speaking of small spaces, be sure to check out one of our articles in the the article section, "Car Organization". Yes, you can even organize your car and make it a place of inspiration.

Until next month,

P.S. Be sure to share She-ic Space with your friends and colleagues by sending them to www.sheicspace.com.

Sara Olsher started out doing custom drawings for weddings and now has expanded her line to include artwork for children. Her custom artwork tells a story about her clients--their engagement, their favorite activities, or their love of their pets. The artwork is then incorporated into "Save the Dates", wedding invitations, thank you cards, or a large piece of artwork. The drawings are fun, kind of silly, and really represent the personalities of her clients.

With such a creative background, you would think it would be easy for Sara to make her space fun and funky. But she had a unique challenge, a small space.

"My space is very small, so I needed to make sure that I could take full advantage of every inch!," Sara adds. "I needed my workspace to be functional. I like to write things out by hand, and as a result I end up drowning in paper. I needed to create a workspace where I could cut down on paper," she continues.

To help Sara really maximize the space, she uses dry erase boards and organizes her papers she uses on a frequent bases by creating files and using clip boards.

Because she works 10+ hours a day in her office, everything has a place. Sara has found creative ways to make organization look good. For example, she uses a lot of envelopes, which she keeps on hand for her clients. Instead of leaving them in the white boxes they are sold in, she takes the lids off and turns them on their sides to show the colorful envelopes inside.

Sara really likes a lot of color and her main inspiration comes from blogs she reads online. She feels very inspired when surrounded by bright colors.

When asked what is one piece of office equipment that she couldn't function without, Sara responded:

"Because I do all of my drawings on my computer, the most obvious choice is my computer: a Mac Pro, and my Wacom Tablet. As for organization, I can't live without my "white" boards--these keep my "to do" lists organized. If I had more space, I'd probably add about three more!"

For something fun and quirky in her office and also a great tip, Sara made a frame for her computer screen using plexiglas and patterned paper. The added bonus to having a custom computer screen? You can stick post-it notes on the frame. Sounds like Sara may be on to a new product!

To learn more about Sara Olsher, visit:
http://www.stinkerpants.com

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