Home Tour Tuesday---Home Office

Howdy, y'all! Here it is, another week and one more installment of Home Tour Tuesday with Miss Daphne and yours truly.

This week's theme: Working hard, or hardly working---Show us your home office, has me drawing a big fat blank! I got nothing!

And as much as I'd love a home office or space to call my own, I'm going to have to sit this one out, with no pictures of my own to share. But just because I don't have an office of my own, definitely doesn't mean that I'd miss an opportunity to share a few of my favorite working spaces.

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Speaking of working spaces and craft niches, have you seen or heard about this trend in modern design---the mom cave?

Now the man cave has been around for years, but apparently women across the country are jumping on the bandwagon, claiming a space of their own.

A mom cave functions under a few basic principles:

{courtesy of Lian Dolan}

You dream of a place with no toys on the floor. The rest of the house belongs to them, the other people in your family who toss their backpacks in the middle of the living room. Your concept of home decorating doesn't include posters of the Green Bay Packers or Hello Kitty. Honor your style. 


A recharged mom is a happy mom.  Our cell phones need recharging. Our laptops need recharging. So do Moms.  In our non-stop world, we all run out of energy.  Power-up with a half-hour of "me time" in your own personal space. 


Silence makes the heart grow fonder. From morning to night, you are there, Mom, listening to your children, from the cute stories to the not-cute whining. Think of your Mom Cave as a place to enjoy an intermission from all the drama—you're not leaving so much as just taking a break, just like at the opera.


Your minivan or SUV is not a Mom Cave.  Moms relish alone time in the car, music blaring and the seat heater turned on.  Some days, ten minutes of wait time in a carpool lane is tantamount to a spa visit. But, the car fills up with kids and has no facilities. You deserve a special spot with access to running water. 


You are not just a mom. You're also a writer, a blogger, a crafter, or a voracious reader. How about your dreams to organize your grandmother's recipes or research the family tree? Every mom is multi-faceted. Create a place for those other facets.

Sounds great, right? I don't know about you, but unlike jelly sandals, hammer pants, and swatch watches, this is one trend I don't intend to let pass me by!

And in this family, we all live by the motto: Work hard, play harder! Sweet Bean even likes to pretend to work hard, putting on her lensless spectacles to better study her blocks. Wonder if we have a future engineer in our midst? Gosh, wouldn't that just make her Daddy's day---following in his footsteps one equation at a time!

Now don't forget to grab our badge and link up! But most importantly, don't forget to let us know whether you're working hard, or hardly working?

courtesy of the Keep Calm Shop

{Don't you just love this sign? With literally hundreds to choose from, find one that suits your lifestyle at the Keep Calm Shop on Etsy!}

Happy Tuesday, friends!



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