Cruel cruel summer, but what a sweet sweet ceiling. Office Transformation part Uno!

Like the song says---it's been a cruel summer. And Jason and I have been cruelly busy. But I finally---after weeks---have a second to sit and post some new things for you guys.
I decided to start letting you all into our home, and the chaos that is all of my ongoing projects :-)

I've been working on the office for --- I guess I can say almost a year because we've almost been here for one. It started when we moved in. That very day, we ripped out a cheap old bookshelf from the wall, which left gaping holes in the plaster where the shelf had been attached, and a large chunk of baseboard missing.
A few months later, I finally patched the wall, and a month or two later my husband and father added the baseboard.

The rest of the walls had blue paneling on them. So in a flash of genius from mi madre, we decided to add chair rail, and paint the bottom portion of the paneling white to look like wainscoting.

To cover up the paneling on the top. I decided to spackle in the paneling grooves, and add wallpaper on top. This is what im leaning towards at the moment...

Then we had to tear down all the drop ceiling and get the bathroom leak fixed (you can see the waterspots above.)

Today, I finally added in some of the new ceiling.

I've literally had this ceiling for 6 months. It was the first thing I picked out when we realized it'd be best to keep the drop ceiling because of the old bathroom above the office.

Can't wait for the big reveal!!! More to come soon... 
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