An Office Update: Floors, Shiplap & Barndoors

This latest update on the office includes all the details on the stained plywood floors, painted shiplap and perfectly rustic sliding barn doors! [post contains affiliate links, which means we make a small commission, at NO additional cost to you, if a purchase is made. thanks for supporting north country nest!]

The office is ALMOST done!

And by almost, I mean all that’s left is installing the baseboard trim.

Awesome, right?!

Before we dive into all the fun updates, here’s where we left off:

After installing the shelves and plywood floor, Brett put up the shiplap. He found it on sale via Craigslist – a much better deal than going through a traditional home improvement store. Once it was up, it was time to paint.

We put on three coats of primer – it kept soaking right up! – and then did a final coat of Sherwin Williams Alabaster.

While I was painting the shiplap, Brett installed the floating desk. Originally, we talked about going the more traditional route. You know, one that touches the floor with drawers and everything? It was going to be big and beautiful.

And then I realized I wanted to go a little more minimal and add some additional storage throughout the room. Brett made the desk following a similar process as the floating shelves – creating a brace and then sliding the main part over the top.

He left a space in the middle open for a slide-out that will house my computer keyboard. Pretty cool, huh? 🙂

He stained the desk the same color as the floating shelves – we debated doing something different but really like the uniformity of having everything the same.

My favorite update for you are the barn doors Brett made. Instead of having one normal-sized door, we went with two – 24 inches wide – for a larger opening. The office doesn’t have any windows and my hope is some of the natural light from the guest bedroom will find its way into the office! 🙂 If anything, the doors are pretty to look at!

After that, it was time to sand, stain and seal the floors. For the color, I went with Minwax stain in Provincial and to protect it from our two fur babies, applied four coats of Varathane Floor Finish polyurethane. If you’re looking for a more in-depth plywood floor tutorial, check out this post.