The glorious after

My mother and I have been slaving over this office project since last week. I had to take a short hiatus from our project to fly to Phoenix for work, but on the day of my return, our floor beautiful laminate was installed and I took the rest of the day off to put the pieces back together. 

The before pictures were taken 2 weekends ago and sadly don't do the mess much justice. When Daniel snapped these pictures on his iphone, we were saying "wow, it looks so open and spacious! Already so much better." That should give you an idea of the horrible clutter that had already been cleared out. Any open space you see below was filled with SOMETHING!!

BEFORE

classy peeling linoleum

 

my mom's former desk in it's hunter green glory... look for this in the "after" pictures

my dad's desk and a perfect example of Zack's "wall art"

AFTER

I LOVE the floor!

We desperately needed a place for a guest to stay so we decided to fit a some sleeping space into the office. Here's the bed partially put together (white cup in place:)

and completed (except for bedding)

There are cute baskets underneath for extra storage!

We reused an old bookshelf we already had. I gave it a fresh coat of white and used mod podge to decorate the backing with scrapbook paper.

My dad's desk was a steal from a local second hand furniture store. It has great modern lines and is solid wood. We sanded the 80's stain down and painted it the same color as the brown accent wall.

My mom's old desk was a HUGE "L" shaped desk with three pieces bolted together. We took them apart, discarded 2/3 and reused one section and a hutch. It looks great with my favorite chair and new knobs!

Still don't believe your eyes?? Come by and see it!! With all the extra space, we were even able to fit the piano in too. We still have a lot to put back into place (I just restocked the bookshelf last night), a filthy window to wash and curtains to put up. BUT, what an improvement, right? It'll all be done for the annual Memorial Day BBQ with Jimmy!