After a long absence, we now resume our recap of redesigning an office/writing space. Last entry I did about this covered removing wallpaper. What comes after stripping walls? Why, covering them back up, of course! In this case, covering them up with purple paint.
And, in the case of the closet, pink!
I felt like I was inside a Pepto-Bismal bottle when I was painting this.
Immediately after painting the walls, I began covering up my lovely purple paint job with cabinets.
Because the office is so small, I’m having a horrible time getting a picture that really captures the cabinets. I love them. They’re a simple white laminate from IKEA that was very easy to install. They have adjustable shelves, which is a MUST for any shelving system I use. And because they’re so plain, I’m finding it very easy to tape pictures to them, so any wall space I sacrificed, I gained back with usable cabinet doors for decorating. I’m a bit of a fantasy picture junkie, so they’re getting covered quickly. I’ll post pictures of those later, since I’m trying to keep my picture posting chronological, even if the posts move back and forth through time. As you can tell by the dates on the photos, those are all from WAY back. Right now, my office is 90% completed (just need to have my husband make a window box for plants and for me to paint the doors) and I’m still moving in. I emptied the LAST BOX (ok, I didn’t find a home for everything, as the mess on the floors and countertops attests, but the boxes that lined the hall and our sitting room WERE OUT AND EMPTIED! And then the VERY next day I came back from my in-law’s house (we’re getting ready to sell their house and are clearing things out) with three big boxes of fabric and other craft materials. Oops.
Amie Rose Rotruck 