My Home Office - the Fabulous Reveal

This home office is done! It is amazing! I absolutely love it and I know you will too! Let me start with how my office looked before -- which, by the way, was pretty nice before in my opinion. I just needed more function for it. Last week I showed you a few of the pieces and things happening to get it into shape!

And now...

I am totally in love with it! I had a vision and it turned out exactly how I envisioned it! Sometimes trying to get others to understand your vision is hard, though!

Here's a side by side of my home office. It went from good - to FANTASTIC!!  Amazingly, ALL the pieces that left the desk area were recycled in some way or another. Nothing got wasted! 

Since this is the place I spend most of my day, I wanted a bright statement on my walls. I chose wallpaper, but I hate wallpaper. I have taken down too much wallpaper already in this house so I had to find something that wasn't a big pain in the neck! I found it! I bought it on Etsy and it was also customizable - meaning I could choose the exact color I wanted. And the best thing? It's removable - it's repositionable, self-adhesive wallpaper! YES! The best of both worlds!!

I wanted open shelving? Why in the world would I want that? Well, having the desk hutch before made me feel closed off and I've never really liked it. The open shelving really brightens up my desk area and makes it feel bigger. 

How would I cover up all the ugly things in a home office? Where is my printer and shredder? How do you fit everything without looking messy?

I'll tell you, the printer is hidden inside the desk on the left. I love having the full counter all the way across because it gives more space and room for me to spread out now. All the baskets and pretty storage containers help to hold all my papers, supplies, and electronic things and look beautiful at the same time. Even my husband, the one who wondered why I needed to change my office at all, realized how much better it looked with the open shelving -- which, of course, was tricky for him to put in!

I was able to reuse the lamp and added this weaved basket from Home Goods to hold my paper. 

The mirror I had in here before. I bought it years ago at Target on clearance as some of the paint had chipped off. Well, it didn't matter to me since I just spray painted it anyway! It adds such a great pop of yellow along with that little, yellow owl I spray painted. 

And, how about this chair? Right? Can you believe I got this FREE from our church freecycle group? It's a "vintage" 1970s chair Flewelling. I spray painted the frame in a metallic silver, as the frame was rusty and spotty in places. I kept he original yellow, vinyl upholstery and just used a magic eraser to clean it since it was in good condition. I put felt pads on the bottom of the feet so it slides in and out from under my desk without scratching the wood floors. 

I love it! It's such a fun place to work and helps me feel creative! What do you think? Could you ever put such a crazy wallpaper on your wall? Or how about open shelving? 



Here are all the sources for my office: 

Ikea Desk pieces: 

• Galant printer stand
• Alex file drawer units {3}
• Prägel counter in dark walnut effect

Ikea Shelf:

• Ekby Järpen in birch
• Ekby Bjärnum brackets

Aläng Lamp - Ikea

Chair - vintage, free from friend

Fan - Target

Weave baskets - Home Goods

Plants - Ikea and Home Goods

Pluggis Magazine Files - Ikea

Pluggis White containers - Ikea

Yellow mirror - Target {on clearance in white}

Binders - Target

Wallpaper - Etsy

Spray Paint - Rustoleum

 

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