Office is Done!

Well, it all started with this room!

My office needed something....

actually it needed alot of something!

Paint, to begin with!

Which I was happy to find on the

"opps" rack for $5 a can!

So, 4 months later...

this room above

becomes

this!

Out went the light beige-pink walls,

to be replaced by crisp white on 3 walls

and an accent wall of cocoa brown!

I kept my desk.

I was able to land this desk a few years

ago at a local thrift store for $30.

I had my eye on it for several months,

however, could not justify the $100.

The day I saw it marked down...

I snapped it right up!

Wayne and I spent a few evenings

stripping down the years of dark

build up of stain, dirt, crayon, etc!

I was able to create my light fixture

using an Ikea "Hemma",

an old lamp shade!

 Using some old muslin,

I made a simple cord cover.

The black bookshelf on the back wall was

originally used to store albums

(the 45 and record variety).

I found it at the same thrift store as my desk

and only paid about $2 for it!

I painted it black many years ago

and Wayne helped me frost the front glass

using frosted spray paint.

(We frosted the inside and it still looks like new!)

The framed print on the top of the bookshelf

used to hang in Mom Mom Friend's (my Grandma)

guest room!  

I always wondered what it would have been

like to attend the party in the big

house with the warm yellow windows!

One of my favorites! 

I found three matching kitchen tins

at a garage sale.

I just love that I can dress them up

with a photo and magnet!

I am also excited on how the back wall turned out!

I found this old mailbox for $1

and sprayed it white and cream.

Using two garage sale frames,

I painted them with the same white and cream

as the mail box.

It was a very easy way of "framing"

two smaller paintings.

The "Button B" was a project

I made a year ago!

I rounded out the wall with two

framed silhouettes of  Zac

and Madison when they were little!

The little white rolling cart

was purchased for about $3.

The curtains are standard size drop cloths.

They were a packaged "bogo" deal,

2 for $9.  I simply washed them a few times 

with bleach and hung them on the existing curtain rods!

The chair was brought up from the basement.

The kids claimed the green chair was

too uncomfortable to sit and watch TV.

My curbside find was a stack of old

kitchen drawers.  The fronts had already been

removed, but the construction was solid including

dovetails!

I simply removed the drawer sliders

and strung clothesline in the holes.

I added an identifying tag where there

once was a drawer pull!

I just love "free"!

The chair received a fresh coat of white.

It too, is a hand-me-down from Mom Mom Friend!

Thank you for coming on this tour

of my office.