Thursday, July 21, 2011

Office Makeover in 24 hours

We have a three bedroom house.  With no babies, the extra two bedrooms are not used to their max capacity.  One was our "office" and the other my "craft room that is not a craft room".  We more commonly called it the "supply room".  I basically threw crap in there when there was no where else to put it... I'm sure many of you can relate.  Hunter's brother Tanner simple said "those rooms are just full of desks."  I laughed because he couldn't be more correct.  Both bedrooms had two desks each.  And we never use desks.  Hunter likes them though and finds "the best deal" on a desk on craigslist weekly.  I'm remembering now that we even had one in our bedroom for a few months, but we DID manage to sell that one quickly.  We're down to desks that we like now.  

Anyway, I'm rambling about desks... if you're still reading, I'll move on now.

My major goal this summer was to turn "Craft room" into a real office and turn the old office into a guest bedroom.  
So realizing it's the end of July and my summer lovin' is almost over... 
I turned this blue lagoon:



Into a cute, work friendly office:


Painting was fast.  I enjoy painting actually.  From blue to this fabulous shade of gray that I am super happy about only took 4 hours (4 coats too!).  


Hunter painted this desk red for me about a year ago.  I didn't know it at the time but when I requested it to be red, I was planning this room already.  


The clock is another favorite part of the room.  $7 on clearance at Wal-mart.  (I think this is the only item from wal-mart being displayed in our house.)

And the curtains which I failed to take a decent picture of are made from a sheet I bought at goodwill four years ago for about $1.  I rushed through sewing them.... it took an hour.  But I think they look perfect.  The yellow brightens everything and the pattern of red flowers with gray and green details pull the entire room together.  

I use this room now.  It's pleasant to sit at a desk and do my nonsense computer tasks.  

I love it!!!!!!

Guestroom will have to wait until Fall break now.  

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