Making Life Simple: My Workspace

I wanted to start a new series of Blog posts about how I am simplifying my life. Up till a few years ago I have always loved owning many possessions, planning lots of goals and tasks and wanting to try many different things and ideas. This is all great but it has filled my life with unnecessary crap! I feel like I don’t know exactly what I like or what I want to do, what my style is and just having time to even figure that all out. I have felt like this for a few years which is why I started pursuing my Blog and YouTube channel to help me figure out what I like to do. I have also been slowly decluttering and clearing the physical clutter from my home and really simplifying my calendar.

I thought  I would show you how far I’m up to as I feel like I’m actually making some progress now. I felt like the most important space for me was one where I spend a lot of my time at my desk, I have only focused on my desk for now and not the whole office space as it is rammed full of wedding decorations at the moment! 
Here is the before...

I knew I wanted the area to be clean and tidy and just a lot more serene. The shelves above my desk have been a feature at every desk I have ever had, wherever I have lived and so it just felt natural to do it in this flat too, but I found that I would quite often spend time rearranging the shelves trying to make them look pretty and styled, so I just got rid of them, It feels so much lighter and airier without them! 
Here is the after...

I repainted the walls white to freshen them up a bit and decluttered my desk leaving only a few essential items, along with a candle and plant to add a slight bit of interest, and that is how far I have got to at the moment. I plan to add a few subtly coloured framed prints on the wall behind the computer, or maybe a few hanging plants or a shelf for some carefully selected items. I’m not sure what to go for yet as I don’t want to make it too busy again. 

I made all of the things I stored in boxes on the shelves fit into the drawers, by throwing a lot of things I was’t using out.  I painted the printer storage cupboard that I made from some old Ikea drawers we no longer needed (going to make a curtain to cover the printer) There are a few things left to do to make this area really nice but a the moment I am really loving the simplicity of it, and its the one calm and clear space that I can go to to be creative.