Home Office Makeover!

This weekend we worked on my home office! 

I should be set up to work from home some time this week (or next).

Friday I picked up the paint- which is Bleached Denim by Behr.

We moved all of the stuff out the room, patched a hole that was caused by the door knob, 

& installed a door stopper.

Here are the before pics.

My previous home office was a horrible mix of everything. 

Dark wood, light wood, medium wood, white, etc.

 My desk area was super messy!

 I loved the wall color & photos I had hanging up- but that's about it.

 Black sheer panel had to go!

 more of my mess!

My hoarder-ness!lol

The patched hole- forgot to take a before pic.

Patched hole & door stopper

Repainted this too!

Saturday my mom & I ventured to Ikea in Atlanta.

I got up at 7am & we were on the road by 8:30.

It was our first time there- &we were there almost 4 hours!

I bought the Expedit Shelving Unit & Expedit desk.

When I got home, hubby got to work with a friend putting it together & I took the above chest of drawers outside & started painting it. 

And here is the After:

New paint on the walls & desk in place!

I love this desk!

 Repainted Chest of Drawers!

3 cans of spray paint-

I didn't sand. 

I didn't even take the drawers out or the stuff in the drawers out. 

LOL! I was tired so this is how it turned out.

I plan to get new knobs of course.

And new face plates for all the outlets.

Moved my memo board to the back corner &

 I want to get a vinyl wall decal for the other empty wall.

Moved arrangement to the opposite wall.

I plan to put in new pics in those empty frames.

Total cost so far- $385.

$85 for paint & materials (I had a $50 gift card so actually $35)

$290 @ Ikea for desk, shelving unit, misc office items.

$60 gas to & from Atlanta.

I still want to get:

new curtains

faceplates

knobs

light fixture

rug

wall decal

side table for printer 

But other than that, what do yall think?

How'd we do?

Home Office Makeover

First I want to say thank you for all the congrats on my promo! I am SO excited to be working from home! They haven't set us up just yet so I have about a week to do a home office makeover.

If I am going to be in here 8 hours a day for work & then ??? hours a day for blogging, tweeting, facebooking, etc then I have got to get this room together asap!

I don't have a large budget since I only have a week so I might be going to Ikea this weekend to see what I can find. I need a desk for my work computer & one for my home computer.

I want a cohesive look in here which is why I plan to get a new one for my home computer.

First lets talk color.

My walls are currently a dark gray, which I LOVE.

But I want something calming, so I am thinking blue.

(Not necessarily the one below)

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I like that desk too & I think Ikea has a similar one!

Something like this would be nice but that desk is so long.

However, I will have dual monitors for work along with my desktop so I may have to go this route.

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I definitely need lots of storage.

So I am planning to add shelves like this.

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And I like these box units since I'd be able to close them.

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My vision is for it to be comfy, organized,  & stylish like this.

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I doubt I will have all this together in a week.

But I am going to try my hardest!

Top 3 items on the list is painting, pricing new carpet for the space, & finding a desk.

I'll post before, during, & after pics once I get started!