My home office is everywhere.
It’s scattered about the house.
Bits of post-its with reminders stuck to the laptop …
… notes with pearls of wisdom paper the coffee table …
… spiral notebooks scrawled with witticisms and brilliant prose that will keep you on the edge of your seat …
… litter the dining room table.
Technically, I could create a home office space in our basement addition. It’s a comfortable and cozy space we brightened up with windows and Berber carpet …
… and it was dug out by hand to be deeper than our existing low-ceiling basement dungeon.
But, I’m not a basement dweller. I mean, how could I Mrs. Kravitz the neighbors while hanging out in subterranean digs at the back of the house?
So, I took my cue from this blogger (and fellow Chicagoan) …
… and found a cute vintage suitcase at the Salvation Army. Priced at $2.99 I practically tripped over myself when I saw it lying on the floor. Oh, and the frame was $.99 and the wire basket was $1.99.
And now my blogging brilliance is safely packed away in my homeless home office: A vintage powder blue suitcase …
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Hi there! My name is Linda and I’m a Jersey-born-and-bred Midwestern transplant who lives in Chicago with my husband and two children. We've lived in our home since 1995 and over the years our style has changed and evolved. I wouldn't call my home a work-in-progress -- more like a rework-in-progress as I refresh and remodel things around here ... one room at a time.
Hopefully, when you open up your blogging brilliance it will allow you to tuck it away again. Sometimes, when you let evil Jeannie out of the bottle, she doesn’t want to go back in
Ahhh Mrs Kravitz, how I miss her!! My office is a complete shambles. I hope by the end of this summer to have finished my bathroom reno, cleaned up the laundry space, built my kitchen pantry cabinet and bar table and sold a whole bunch of excess furniture, yard stuff, decorations and all that other stuff that is taking up valuable space so I can have the office looking shipshape and tidy. Then I can work on my studio – lol!
I’m glad you found your office & it’s so compact as well. xox
Lost my office when we moved. We have a little tiny room on the side, but it’s not heated or cooled. The floor is also rotten. I wish we could move it up a little higher on the “things to do” list, but ther are more pressing issues, like no electrical outlets.
Linda- I have a feeling your blue suitcase will find a home:) I realized this wek with my mother in law visiting, that my “office” just wasn’t cutting it. It has glass doors to the play area which means I am still available for all that pesky mommy-ing that kids under 5 need. Like a million snacks a day, “I just fed you!”! Anyway, I took over my husband’s office for a few hours, it was heaven, quite, at the top of the house so they were too lazy to trek up all the stairs, and there is a TV in there! So i could watch trash tv while blogging. Now that is a mini-staycation:)
Jessica
stayathomeista.com
That wire basket is AWESOME!! Can’t wait to see where you make your office a home in your home. Wherever it is, that suitcase will be vintage coolness.
That suitcase is fabulous I just love it
The pics aren’t loading for me so I am imagining how fabulous that suitcase & basket are!
Wait a minute … still picturing it!
OK, they are fabulous (will come back another time to see if my imagination and your finds are a match)!
Kelly
Great finds, and prices. Love the color on that suitcase.
Every suitcase I find is dirty and needs a major overhaul, how did trip on to this cutie! Great stuff!
Debbie
Only $2.99 for that?! It’s SO fantastic!
Smitten…
Yeah for our vagabond home offices! {and thanks for the plug…}
xoxo
n
What a cute suitcase! And what a great price
Perfect for a homeless home office 
fabulous finds my friend!!!! can’t wait to see what they all become because i know YOU have a plan!!!! : ) hugs…