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,

A Bowl Full of Lemons Organizing Revelation

I hope everyone is going to do A Bowl Full of Lemons Organizing Revelation (go here to get your copy).  It is only a month long and there will be prizes.  Please check it out and join me.  I am in need of a good challenge to get me off to a great start in 2013.  The first challenge will be our Office/Desk.  Remember when I did this little bit of a clean up?  Well, I am going to try to do a better job this time and make a change.  So Please, stay tuned.  These are all BEFORE pictures..............

See you a little later, I have work to do.

My Burlap and White Obsession Continues

I have been working on my little closet office and needed a trash can:

I got the white trash can at The Dollar Store.  I glued on a band of burlap and attached a flower.

I have wanted to get an initial for a while.  I was at Michael's a few weeks back and picked up this awesome "C" on clearance which I fell in love with at first sight.  To keep with my theme, I added burlap, a white flower and perched it on top of a silver candlestick. 

Nothing is safe from my burlap and white flowers?

Rhonda