Office/Playroom

The office/playroom is pretty much complete.  There will be a few additions (like Mallory's super cool Christmas gift), but it's pretty much a finished project.  We love spending time in there. 

 

 

Here's a virtual tour of the office:

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My list of projects:

• Closet shelving & curtain.  Curtain & Rod are from Target.  Closet shelving is from Home Depot.  My Uncle Jon did an awesome job installing it.
• Closet organization & wrapping station.  (This was a must!)  I was tired of losing wrapping stuff.  Now it's all easy to find.
• Hanging my diplomas!  They haven't been up for a while...
• My giant M above the desk.  It's a cardboard M I found at JoAnne Fabrics, covered in leftover purple ribbon.  I corked the bottoms so that it can be used to hang notes too.
• My chalkboard table.  This was a $40 Salvation Army find.  It's a rod iron table that had a wood top.  The top was a little worn, but after some sandpaper, felt leveling strips (from the Dollar Tree!), primer, and a two coats of Chalkboard spraypaint, it's an awesome table that Mallory LOVES to color on.    On top of the table there is also a table top paper holder from Ikea (6.99) with a roll of butcher block paper (4.99).  It makes clean up and hanging a snap. 
• Two chairs from Ikea.  (One for Mal and one for Addie)
• Storage for Mallory's toys.  This was simply reorganizing.  The shelf and bins were in the guest bedroom closet housing my purses, wrapping stuff, and a few other odds and ends.  Now, it's the perfect place to hide toys!
• Wall art.  Spray painted boxes and frames that we already had.  Some of the frames got cork inside of them.  Mallory finger painted, I made some crayon art.  The butterflies were $3.00 at the Farmer's Market.  I spray painted them teal.  The funny thing about the butterflies...my mom bought the same ones when she was in her early 20's.  :-)
• My mom gave us her daybed.  It's already had it's first guest, and there is plenty of storage underneath!  All I had to buy were a few throw pillows.  Mallory picked all of them out.
• My final "project" was finding a rug.  I LOVE this one from Ikea!

So...final total for finishing up the office/playroom....less than $200.00.  I think that's pretty awesome for a room Mallory LOVES to be in!