Office Makeover Reveal - One Room Challenge Week 6
Friends, I made it!!! I am so thrilled today because it's finally time that I get to reveal to you my Office Makeover. Whoot whoot, happy dance, celebrations, cocktails, and all that is how I feel to have this room finally completed. I'm so excited to show you all the pretty after pictures. It looks so good that I don't want to sully this post with any of the horrid before pics. I'll let you hop on over and see those embarrassing pics from the Week 1 post on your own.
Our hard work paid off with a new home office space that's well organized and more functional for working, crafts, and DIY projects.
Planning and Designing
When I jumped in with both feet weeks ago on Week 1 I had no real plan other than what I'd been thinking about. I love colorful things and one thing I knew before I started was that I wanted to infuse some fun colors into the room. The furniture would likely be white but there'd be plenty of opportunities to jazz up the room with color here and there.
I am happy to say my new office is everything I wanted it to be.
If this is your first visit I joined the One Room Challenge where you make over one room in your house over 6 weeks. It's really 5 weeks (even crazier) but 6 Thursday reveals. The challenge is hosted by Calling it Home with House Beautiful as their media partner. I got to participate as a Guest Contributor so be sure to check out the links at the bottom to see all the other wonderful reveals happening this week.
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Office Makeover Tour
Ok, I've made you wait long enough, it's time for the tour. Come along and let me show you my new office.
This view is just a sneak peak, the real action is hidden on the left of the room. I never found a rug I loved for the room and I've decided to leave the floor bare for now. The floors are gorgeous so why cover them up if you don't have to. A rug will be nice for when guests stay over and use our Murphy Bed. This is a multi-functional room that finally functions like it.
Are you ready? Here it is, in all it's glory. That fabulously large new L-shaped desk we built for this office that seemed to take forever. It was worth the wait!! I'm finally back in here working my part-time job and using it as my command center to build my blogging empire. Haha, ok, building up my blogging business LOL I never want a blogging empire, that requires too much maintenance.
All the space, look at all the space I have on the right side of the desk!!! There used to be a huge gap between desks and a big hole in the corner where the printer hung out. And now everything that I could need is right at my fingertips. And check out that beauty of a Desk Lamp, I seriously catch myself still admiring how great it turned out. I gave my old metal stapler and tape dispenser a matching makeover. Now they look like a set.
More views of that awesome lamp but also those fun galvanized buckets that are holding all my markers and brushes.
Finally, I have a spot to store my sewing machine. I lucked out that it fit perfectly in to the desk component with just enough space for one of the Creative Options Project Boxes. I picked mine up at Costco for about $20 for the 5 pack but they also have them on Amazon but I honestly wouldn't pay the Amazon price.
There are a few projects you're getting a first look at today in this reveal. When you're DIYing an office makeover there are a ton of little projects you can get done quickly. I'll be sharing some of those projects in the next few weeks.
These shelves are one of those projects you'll be seeing. You know how I love cheap or free stuff, right? Yep, I got those for free; another score from a Facebook Buy/Sell group. They just needed a little bit of love. I still need to find a few things for the top shelf but it's this view so much better than the TV that used to hang on that wall?
Since my free desk components only had one drawer each those Creative Options boxes are handy for odds and ends and paperwork we don't use often. I just need to add some labels on the fronts.
An office makeover wouldn't be complete without a new chair. Or a new to you chair, or better yet a newly recovered chair you already own. I'm so glad my brother told me about the new wheels. They make the chair roll much more smoothly and protect the expensive hardwood floors from damage.
The office makeover wouldn't be complete it I didn't find a new home for our printer; and I knew I'd have to build one to get the one I wanted. I'll be sharing the post for the build very soon so watch for it if you need a rolling printer cart for under your desk. Oh, and don't you just love the wall-mounted power strip? The cord situation was making me nuts so this solution was free. I even posted about it on Instagram.
I know some people don't love ceiling fans but we use ours all the time. And the light on the old one in this room was busted so we headed to Home Depot and bought a new one for $99. You guys, I can't believe I lived and worked in such a low light situation for such a long time. Isn't she so pretty?
If you've seen the mess that was my old office you know I needed a little extra storage. I was looking at the Container Store but couldn't spend the money and lucked out when I found these Room Essentials baskets at Target for $3.50 each, and they're made in the USA.
The tour is almost done, are you still with me?
I needed some place to store my craft paints (they were in three different drawers before) and came up with a cute little storage system from old sewing machine drawers. The only place I had to hang this in the room was in the corner above the dog crate. I didn't take a picture of that corner because I still haven't sewn the cover for the crate. But I've had the fabric for a few years #procrastinator
So the main tour is over but I wanted to share some fun stuff around the room now. I've had these Sharpie Markers in a Ziploc baggie stuck in a drawer since I bought them. Which means I never really used them. Now that they're out on display they fill the colorful quota and they're easy to get my hands one when I need one.
While I was shopping for storage stuff for the room I happened on this cute polka-dot hammer. It's a 5-in-1 Mini Hammer and I couldn't pass it up because it reminds me of days at my sweet grandma's house. She used to have one I when I was little I loved pulling it apart and putting it back together. I may never use it for it's intended purpose but it makes me happy to see it on my shelf 🙂
And lastly there's this little cutie. I started a little makeover on her but ran out of time. I'll try to get her finished in the next few weeks.
Be sure to check out the big reveals of all my blogging friends who worked tremendously hard on their rooms
via this link - ORC Guest Contributors
WEEK 1 | WEEK 2 | WEEK 3 | WEEK 4 | WEEK 5 | WEEK 6
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Thank you for joining me on this journey! It was worth all the work to get my Office Makeover completed.
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Love your desk/office makeover, beautiful !
Can you tell me how tall your desk components are?
Thank you!
Hi Deb, I thought I included that in the post, they're 28-1/2" tall. They were originally designed to have a separate desktop component stacked on top of them.
I really like the makeover. Everything looks really beautiful. Thanks for the inspiration.
Your office looks really awesome. You have decorated it so beautifully and creatively. I have also updated my office recently. In order to add some glow I have placed a Himalayan salt lamp in my office. This lamp is so beautiful and gives off a subtle and warm glow which is perfect for the office.
What a beautiful space to be productive in, it's like a breath of fresh air! Beautiful job!
Thank you Joy, this room sure needed to be woken up a bit from the boring and disarray of the before.
Oh wow Toni! All this storage! You must be in heaven!! And it's all so pretty too!!! Hope you are enjoying your fresh new space.
I am enjoying it Lisa, it was worth every sore muscle 🙂
Your office looks amazing! I love how your desk turned out. I'm betting you're loving the organization. Hope you've been creating lots of fun stuff!
Yes, the creative juices are really flowing now that the room functions so much better. I haven't been able to create much in it yet but very soon for sure.
What a sweet new office space! Love the work station. Bet this makes working from home more enjoyable :). Congrats on completing the ORC!
Thanks Tee, I'm so glad I joined the challenge, what a lot of work so many people accomplished this time. Yes, I love the new space so much!
What a great work space! I love the mix of white, wood, and colorful elements.
Thanks Jessica, the bright colors are my favorite part. But every room needs some natural wood tones to it.
It looks a lovely place to work in. I love the big desk. My office never looks that tidy!
Well Claire, I can sure hope it always looks this tidy 😉 (my husband sure hopes so too LOL)
Your room turned out great!! I love your murphy bed too! Great minds think alike! 🙂
Thank you Ruthie! Aren't those murphy beds a life saver for limited space?
Toni!!! I love this space!!! Looks amazing!!! It is so calming and yet so fun and colorful! What a perfect balance! This is totally inspiring me for my office makeover!
Thank you my color loving friend! I'm happy to hear that my new space has inspired you, there are so many fun things out there to make our creative spaces perfect for us.
My life is seriously lacking great storage for my sewing machine and supplies. This is a great idea!!
Thanks Brittany, the sewing machine has been under the desk, in the closet, stuck in a corner, you name it. I'm glad to have a spot for it where it's not in the way. I don't sew that often but it's nice to have all the basic supplies in one spot (instead of 5 spots).
You did it! You did it! What a gorgeous space - and so ready for a magazine shoot, btw. You added pretty pops of color without being overwhelming. I bet it’s so fun to work in this space now.
Aww, your sweet comments bless me Sarah! It's amazing how a change and organization can unlock the creative brain. I love all the new colors around the room, because #ilovecolor
Bravo!!!!! I love your judicial usage of color.
Your whole space is light and breezy fo sheezy
Thank you Lisa, I knew the light desk and walls would balancing out the fun colors I wanted to surround myself with 🙂
Bravo!!!!! I love your judicial usage of color.
Your whole space is light and breezy fo sheezy
Toni, you should be proud of this makeover! I agree with you on not adding a rug because the first thing I noticed before I read the post was the beautiful floors. I love how much space you have to work and the piece you made for the printer is perfect and I need that in my office. You have this space decorated beautifully. Great job!
Thank you Sherry, I know that you know how much work goes onto an office makeover. I'm glad you agree with me about the rug, the floors are to pretty to cover up. I'll get some throw rugs for the times we have guests stay over.
The plans for the printer will be up on the blog in the next few weeks. It was pretty easy to build (after I figured out the math ? )
Your room looks so pretty, clean and fresh. I love the colors and those floors are gorgeous! Nice job on everything. I bet that desk is nice to have. It looks very roomy! Congratulations!
Michelle thank you so much! This desk is amazingly large and just what I needed. Now if I can resist using it as a clutter catcher LOL
Toni, my friend, you rocked this challenge!! Congratulations on a finished space and jumping in at the last minute!! Those colors, your desk, THAT LAMP!!!! What a lovely space to create in...looking forward to all the blogging empire goodness to come from this room!!
Thank you sweet friend, you bless me! I'm so glad I saw your post about joining, you gave me the kick in the pants I needed to join you. I'm pretty fond of that lamp too!! But I don't know about empire; but I'll be happy with wherever this little blog of mine takes me.
Great job, Toni. I should live so long to be this organized. What an inspiration! Love those shelves and that perfectly sized printer cart! Love the colors, too. It all works together so well. Congrats on a great challenge. ~~ Susie from The Chelsea Project
Thanks friend, I aspire to be organized and I hope this room makes it easy for me to keep it as organized as it is now. But I can't make any promises ?
I wish my room looked half this clean and even a third this pretty!
Aww thank you Jewel! I hope I can keep it this organized and tidy, but it's still early LOL