Office Makeover Part 1

I have been working on this little home office off and on for quite sometime.  I am almost done, and I wanted to show you half today.  

This is what I started with.  It was a matching bookcase to the one I used in my daycare launchpad below.

You can go here to see it.

I painted the bookcase my Heirloom White and distressed it with a piece of sandpaper and a dark stain.

I went a little crazy with shade of green for about a month.  It really isn't my shade, so,

I recovered my magazine holders with just a craft brown wrapping paper.  I keep office supplies and my older copies of magazines that I just can't part with yet.

I love the mail sorter.  I still can't believe I got that at Saver's.  Should I paint it yellow too?  Anyway, I love it because it helps me remember to mail my birthday and anniversary cards on time.  I really do need all the help I can get in that area.

I found the olive green locker boxes at The Dollar Tree and liked that combo a lot more.  I keep office supplies, my label makers, and receipts in them.

I wanted to add a cork board to the back of the bookcase and found these cute little frames in my stash.

To give them a little character, I stamped some sunflowers on the cork.

  They were white, but, I thought the yellow would tie them in with my yellow office chair.

The old milk can was passed down to us by my husband's mom.  It was on a farm from her childhood.  

Oh, and the best part.  I touched up the paint on the little bit of wall next to the bookcase.  Wow, my kids knock the tar out of it.  I love how nice it looks -- for a while.

Thanks for stopping by,