Big things come in small packages in My Office

 I'm such a pushover, I get inspired at the drop of a hat.This image from a place called Cushions Unlimited inspired me.

It's simple and clean, and I was looking for something like this to make my office more inviting to me.
Just a small spot to sort through family photos and ...stuff. ( Im not saying that 4 letter word BILL)

Now I have a tiny little spot in my home that I call an office. It's 8 x 10. Honestly, it's not much more than a closet. Matter of fact my hubbo wants to steal it and make it a closet. Yes he is more of a diva than I when it comes to clothing!
I'm fighting to keep it.  I keep telling him, "Happy wife, Happy life"!
I love my closet...er ..office. It serves it's purpose of hiding all those papers and unsorted pictures from 20 yrs. ago or more, and those things we pay each month. All the papers are in pretty little boxes. Yep I have a bit of a box fetish. If the kids are ever stumped as to what to get me for my birthday. A box always does the trick.
He can't take my window seat. This is mine.

  ------my box fetish

I bought the little drawers from JC Pennies, and together they make a small window seat. The shabby chic fabric was a duvet cover, I just covered the cushion with it. Re-use and recycle. My fabric shop has some similar  floral fabric.

I painted those walls with my own little hands, in a venitian plaster look. All around my little room.

 ----2 more boxes

I painted the shabby little dresser I found for 1 dollar at a flee market, with a fresh coat of white paint,

Just distressed it a little and dry brushed the wall color on the top coat. 

 The wall paint is  a pale grey with beige ragged on.

The dresser is white with beige dry brushed on.

My desk is important to me how could hubbo even think of replacing it with hangers.

Even more of my box fetish showing

I like my office. My little 8x10 hideaway. And my boxes.

He can't have it.

 I should have taken those before pics!

I'm linking with

The Power of Paint Party   

The Art of Decoupage

 The Art of Decoupage
....the art or technique of decorating something with cut-outs of paper, fabric, plastic, or other flat material over which varnish or lacquer is applied.


My decoupaged desk       


  I recently repainted a desk that was all scratched up old wood. Again I didn't take a picture because it was so nasty looking that my kids were telling me to just throw it away. It had been in the basement waiting for a rescue, and the handles on it were loose and my teenagers would spin the handles, digging into the wood and causing a big circular scar around were the handles once Regally graced those drawers.
   I decided to save it and transport it to my shore house where I could capture the serenity of the sea, and deliver some much needed body work to this once fabulous desk.
   After cleaning it considerably and priming it up, I gave it a nice smooth coat of white. And then...
 I wasn't too happy with the gouged out wood by the handle area., but I came up with a great idea.

  I had a wallpaper border just laying around. I cut it to fit the drawer fronts. It is pre-pasted so all I had to do is wet it and set it on. When that was dry, I added some new drawer pulls and Viola! ...

Not too shabby!

 You could also do this same thing with your favorite fabric and some mod-podge  a decoupage glue. 

 I think it looks adorable! And now I have a place to fix my hair.

The clutter from make-up, brushes, lotions, deodorant, etc, all goes in this "Home Goods" box!

Hand painted by my clever daughter this Mother's Day gift tray from a few years back

 holds some of my seashells for a nice final touch!

The Mod Podge Challenge!!