Thursday, March 1, 2012

Office/Playroom


I had a full day planned today, but instead I'm home taking care of a sick little girl. So I thought I'd take the time to snap some pictures of our office/playroom and give you a little tour of this much-used space.

The space used to be a porch that was enclosed and turned into a room before we bought the house. When we first bought the house, the room was very dark brown, had orange shag carpet, and was pretty much a mess. We painted every single thing white, put in new windows, took out the carpet and put in a large area rug that we got for super cheap at a carpet place.

The built-in bookshelves were already there and are an awesome storage space!


I sewed a curtain to cover the bottom few shelves that hold toys.


I showed you these cute chairs a few weeks ago. I painted the legs with metallic spray paint and used blue spray paint for the seats and backs. I LOVE how they turned out! They came from the old New Holland Elementary School that was torn down a few years ago.










The cabinets were all leftovers from jobs that husband worked on. I painted them white and added hardware. And hubs built the countertops.



A Goodwill table that gets lots and lots of use...



I hung pictures that Jack & Avery drew using string and little metal clips from Ikea.



And here's my little corner of the office...

 


I made this pendant light using fabric from the curtains I used for the bottom of the bookshelves. I used an existing light I already had, took the light all apart, and put together this new light using burlap, fabric, and hot glue. I felt like I was channeling my inner Ashley Ann while I was working on it!





So, there you have it! The room isn't very big but it's super functional, which I LOVE.




11 comments:

  1. It's a great room! Very cute.

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  2. Oh I am so inspired to get moving on our "everything room" (don't have an office). The chairs are awesome & the colors all over the room are brilliant!!

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  3. Love your room...I feel inspired to get working on turning my little girls room into a big girl room.

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  4. The room is lovely and you have made use of every inch of space without it looking crowded. I love the painted chairs and your own space with chalkboard cupboards.

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  5. It's a darling room! I love it. Love the white with all the bits of color throughout. And you can never have too many shelves!

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  6. It looks awesome, Aimee! Thanks for sharing

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  7. Your space is just unique! Good job! And by the way, do you have any ideas about ideal office furniture design?

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  8. Thank you for taking the readers a tour in your beautiful office/playroom! You are really good in ehancing the interiors.

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  9. Not everyone has the time to go out and take classes on decorating your house. However there are various basics of decorating home which effectively results in enhancing the aura of your house. Office cubicles, office shelving,

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I love hearing from you! Thanks for your comments! ~Aimee