It gets messy. Dinosaurs go everywhere, and seem to have a fondness for being on my desk and under my chair, so that more than once I have nearly toppled backwards because one of the wheels got caught on an ankylosaurus. Furthermore, my desk was so massive that I couldn't reach all the way to the back of the desk and things that got put there were, inevitably, forgotten.
Knowing well that "the bigger the purse, the more you stuff in it", I decided to get a smaller desk. I ended up with an IKEA desk, and I LOVE it. It is small but with all the space i need, and it is a lot more manageable for my needs.
Since I had some extra space, I appropriated a white shelf tower from my youngest's room. No more diapers and wipes for him, so it became mine, all mine!!! But I decided to pretty it up with some peacock paper I saw at my favorite paper store, Paper Source.
As much as I would like my office to look like something out of Martha Stewart or Real Simple or something, it is simply not my style.I love color. The more the better. Up on the shelf above my desk I have turquoise, green, hot pink, red, brown, etc. There is a mini album my husband made for me on my second Mother's Day, it is from my oldest, telling me all the ways I have been a good mommy to him. I love it and read it all the time. My darling dad watches over me every day, I made a collage of pics of him and his sweet smiling face keeps me company.
I recently made a family binder with some tips from Simplify 101, and that rests on the right, underneath the paper station with current mail I need to address, etc. I also have a weakness for cute notebooks, so there are about 2 (or 7) back there.
On the tower itself, lovely IKEA baskets corral items, below is my spray paint shelf and finally a couple of paper boxes and a magazine file. The item on top is the egg crate from Anthropologie, it holds some of my everyday jewelry.
So that is my new office area, messy and colorful, like my life. I love it, aside from the fricking ankylosaurus that still plague me ;D
6 comments:
I am the same with notebooks and color. For both, the more, the better.
I love it and it looks great!
Oh, I get what you're saying. I had my own office in our last home, but I don't in this house. I could if I wanted to be downstairs, but it's better be around the kids, on the same level. So, I have less space here and my desk is pretty small. I can't wait to have my own space once again. :-)
Love your ideas. I'll keep them in mind.
Besos!
xo
Luciane at HomeBunch.com
It looks great! What a good point about the bigger the space the more you fill it up. I recently re-did our playroom in all Ikea and don't know what I would do without it...your desk is another great testament to have fabulous that store is!
Fantastic space! Thanks for sharing!
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I think it is so cute, and I LOVE color too, so this appeals to me on a lot of levels!
glad to have found your blog via Serenity Now!!
~meri
I think it looks great! I love the shelf above the desk and the colorful accents.
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