My New Office Space

So if you have been keeping up with our new house, you already know the story of our separate office spaces. What you may not know is that in recent months I have been pinning away on Pinterest. I could hardly wait to work on my own desk area, and last week I was finally able to do just that.

Before

We made a trip to the store and bought a different shelf for my desk. (No more Better Homes & Gardens for us.) Apparently there is an option to buy the metal supports and screws together, with a shelf pre-cut and painted.

New Organizational Area
Important Folders / Writing Notebook / Pencil Bouquet / Info Box / Office Supply Box / Paperclip Mug
Bulletin Board / Mail Holders

I taped off a frame around my board and painted it with bright turquoise acrylic. I used my copper and gold sharpies for the polka dots on the frame and for the writing in the middle.
Originally, I had wanted to find and purchase a mail divider for the wall by my desk. It was not as easy as I'd hoped. All I could seem to find were the plain plastic ones. Thankfully, I had another idea. I still had frames from our wedding (painted and ready for use).

Frames (construction paper centers) / Craft Glue / Ribbon / Scissors / Paint Pen (sorry, not pictured)

I cut the ribbon at about 3 inches. I flipped the frames upside down & then glued the ends of the ribbon on the back stands.

I used my paint pen to title each frame. (I need to work on my chalkboard print, I know.)

Since I already had all of these supplies on hand, this project cost us nothing! That said, each frame was originally $2 at Michaels (the most expensive of these supplies). My mother had spray painted them with copper and silver paint she already had on hand. She even aged them a bit with a dry brush and acrylic paint before cutting construction paper to fit. While originally for our wedding, I was thrilled to find these left over for use in our home.
This is my new area!

My office space!

I hope you enjoyed the pictures. Have a great weekend!
-Paige