My Home Office Reveal--One Room Challenge

Wheeeeeew-I am glad to be done with my office! 

I decided this year to be a guest participant in The One Room Challenge by Linda at  Calling It Home

 Here is my office before:

I work from home and for awhile now my office has been the catch-all room. 

At one time my office was organized and decorated, but after our remodel-it just became the jnk room where I worked from and I was tired of the mess.  

When I first started the challenge I planned on painting the book shelves I had so I could have storage in my office.  I need lots of storage since I work from home and my house was built in 1912 and has small closets and little storage. 

I do a lot of projects and I need space to storage all my supplies. 

I made part of this room transformation very difficult for myself.  I found a pair of very similar old dressers at the Flea Market and sanded the drawers and painted them green.  One day while driving, a thought popped into my head that the dressers would look great in my office and provide storage and a workspace.  

I had to cut the edges off of one to make it fit, but after I put them in the room I didn't like them there.  My office only has one window and does not get a lot of direct sunlight because of the porch, so the dark wood and green made my office feel dark and I didn't like it.  

I love the dressers wood and green and I basically cried when I painted them white!  

Once I had the dressers painted and back in my room, I loved them!  

I added open shelves above the dressers for more storage. 

I also painted my desk in white and painted my storgare chest of drawers in a soft coastal blue and white  

I am still looking for a very comfortable office chair, but I did paint this chair in milk paint by Miss Mustard Seed and I covered the seat with vintage fabric. 

My husband helped me hang my new vintage chandelier after I had it rewired. 

I hung new curtains and bought a new rug 

I added a very old window and some family photos to the wall

I love my chippy fabric cabinet that I painted with milk paint by Miss Mustard Seed.

I love fabric and vintage linens!

I removed the middle wooden panels of this cabinet and added chicken wire so I could see my colorful fabrics! 

I love my new office! 

I am so glad I participated in The One Room Challenge by Linda at Calling It Home 

Now, don’t forget to check out the other One Room Challenge Makeovers – there’s A TON of talent to see!

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