We’ve been renovating a new office for the past two months in a heritage building on Edmonton’s artsy Whyte Avenue.

I’m no contractor, so this experience has been quite a learning experience. Although, we haven’t done most of the work ourselves, it has given me chance to try my hand at some framing, drywall, wood work, painting and lots and lots of carrying things.

One of the most creatively fulfilling tasks was re-using some of the parts of the office that were left when we signed the lease. Specifically, there were five very large, solid doors that we re-purposed into some useful items. We used one of the doors to create a very large desk for myself, complete with a cord-organizing hole (where the door knob once was). With the remaining four doors, we built two “pony” walls that we put on casters for easy moving. Seth covered one side of each of the walls with some lovely, vivid wallpaper and we left the other side pure wood, so we didn’t totally lose the recycled effect.

We’re all getting really excited to finish this job and move into a space that has loads of character and personal touch.