Where do you blog party.

Have you been to the "Where do you blog party?" Over at centsationalgirl.com There are some really great spaces, very inspirational. I thought, since I have just fixed up my space recently, I would show mine too. This space is a large closet we turned into an office space. It is located right at the beginning of my main hall so it is in the main living space so as not to be away from the rest of the family.






Since I am not the only one to use this space, I love that it is right in the living area. That way I can just pop on the computer when ever I need to and I can keep track of the kids when they are on. That is where I blog now hop on over to the Where do you blog party and see where everyone else blogs too.

Brooke

A little accessorizing always helps.

I'm about done messing with my office nook. I bought a few things to accessorize the top of the cabinets and on the shelf. I bought the red tin vase and the black box that says Dream on it at Tia Pan. The other things I already had. The box with the old post office box door my brother built for me. When they built a new post office in his little town he got a few of the old boxes. I love how it is a combination lock and not a key .


Ya, I know you can't read the "Dream" because of the little wood rail. I thought about ripping that off but I don't know. I raised the box up by setting it on a book but that still didn't help. Oh well.
Before...

After...

Now for the shelf...
I bought a few things here also. The black box came from Walmart, the little topiary and the calendar came from a new store I found called Real Deals.
And the ugly thermometer we had. It has to stay. We do use it alot to see how hot it is. But we have never figured out how to set the clock so it is an hour off. So I have another clock hanging on the wall that I already had.


So, since we are rounding this little makeover up, let's see some before and afters of the whole thing...
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I really enjoy this space now that it is cleaner, more organized and cuter.
Thanks for stopping by.
Brooke

Incoming mail...Home office makeover

I'm getting a few things done. I completed another one of the need to's today. This is where our incoming mail goes...
It hangs on the left wall. If you look at this picture you can see it there...
Well now that I am fixing up around this area, I needed to get rid of the moose and tree and try to match my new decor. I decided to remove the metal moose and tree. It was rather easy they just pulled right off..
Since I am trying to bring red over to this "office" I thought I would paint it red. I watered the paint down alot and brushed it on.
This is what it looks like...
Still a little boring... It needs something on the front. Remember the fabric from this project...
I cut a little section of flowers out...
Dug out the Mod Podge, and glued it to the front...
When it dried the edges were a little frayed or ragged so I just went around the edge with a black paint marker. It kinda cleaned the edge up a little.
I also spray painted the brown metal bands on it black, but forgot to take pics of that. So here is what it looks like back in its place next to the new bulletin board...

Things are already looking better with just these two changes. But I've got more much more to do.
Thanks for stopping by.