Office/Craft Room Makeover

I can't believe it has taken me so long to share with you my office makeover.  I have decided I am a ADD Crafter.  I start a project and need something from a different room and then get to the room and start a different project.  It is a major problem for me, hmmm I wonder if they have help for this.  Anyways I finally finished and then got around to taking some pictures so I thought I better share before something else comes up.

I have never been a blue person when it comes to paint on my walls but I am loving this dark blue I used.

Prior to this becoming my very own space it was my sons bedroom. After a little shifting in the house I finally have a space all my own.  

 I Kept it simple with the artwork and added some pictures from our recent trips to Australia & Aruba

Do you remember the lamp I refaced well here is her final home.  You can check out her before and after here

I had this light upstairs in the room I moved my son to and fear for its life it had to make it's way downstairs to this room.  Plus it didn't really go with a boy room. 

Dresser Before

I re-painted this dresser and side table before but decided in this room I wanted something a little more girly.  Frankly I am surrounded by boys so this corral wouldn't go over well in really any other room. 

Computer Desk Before

The computer Desk also got a facelift 

One of my favorite things in this room is this Antique Singer sewing machine which my husband rescued from his mother.

I found this fantastic World Map online and the thing I liked about it was that it had more brown tones to it. 

Okay isn't this the cutest little oil can you have ever seen.  It was hiding in one of the drawers of the sewing machine. 

So there you have it, do you like it as much as I do. 

Office Closet Makeover

I am really starting to love having my very own room that is totally away from everyone else.  Even better all of my crafts that have been spread throughout the house in various places are finally located in one room.  Moving my little man back upstairs has really had its perks. 

Before I could even start to organize the main room I had to get in here and work out this mess.  When we moved rooms around everything was just thrown in here and I am sure most of you know what it is like to work around a room full of things.  Kinda like having kids in the room, everything takes twice as long. 

No I am not a hoarder I just happen to have a whole lot of crafts.  This is a little before view of the mess I was dealing with. I know its not pretty.

With a fresh coat of white paint I wanted to add a little color back in so I used my mass amount of boxes and gave them a coat of paint to give a little pop of color. A little downsizing and some organization sure can change a space.

The rest of the room is coming along nicely I can finally walk into the room without tripping on something, or without having to move two or three things to get to my computer. I was also given a nice addition by my mother in-law that I can't wait to share. 

A Sneak Peak at my New Office

Okay so first let me apologize for being absent so much but I have been having too much fun.

Between Australia, Aruba, A visit from friends, moms weekend away & Thanksgiving I feel like I have not even had a chance to stop.  It has been one of the craziest and best times and I have enjoyed every minute of it.  So in between this I have been doing a little shifting in our house, with one little man moving upstairs it freed up a room downstairs for me to have an office.  

So I thought I would give you a little sneak peek of what I have been up too.  Don't mind the mess it is still a work in progress.

This was the before but with a few more toys in it, boys are so messy. 

And this is the work in progress.  My husband came down today and just said wow because it is such a mess, lol.  I feel like this is the storm before the calm.

The Start to a Perfect Office Area

I am so excited that I have finally finished this project.  Like I said before this has been a thought process for about 6 months and the desk is finally done.

I am so happy with the finished product it is perfect for the space.

Before

Our office area is just at the bottom of the stairs when you enter the basement.  Before we had this large corner desk that took over and looked so messy all the time. 

Thanks to Ana White  I found the idea for the bottom base with a few tweaks to make it my own.  I found these banister rails at a local Habitat for Humanity store for $3.00 Each.  I made the main part of the top just out of a piece of left over plywood.  

I then framed out the top with 1x2's and used 1x4's to finish off the top. 

 Don't you just love this color, a little white was and it was perfect.

Then came the fun part, I bought this tin from the local hardware store cut it out to size and after some research on discoloring and a few trials to see what would work.  I sprayed the tin with some oven cleaner and left it for the night. 

With a little hard work from the palm sander I sanded off all the oven cleaner that was dried on which gave me the look I wanted.  But to give it a little more personality I put a little bit of watered down paint on and then gave it another quick sanding. 

The front door I decided to just leave with no color and love both looks. 

I just need to add some accessories and wall art to finish off my little office corner.