Closet to office nook

Since we live in a 1700sq ft. house, RN and I have to be creative as where we put our stuff, and how we can use (and maximize) our square footage.

Since we moved our master bedroom, we were able to create a "school room" for our children, on the main floor of the house.

Our oldest is starting pre-K this year, and next year she'll be starting Kindergarten...homeschool, that is for us.

Also, this room needs to be our office, so we created a space just for that.
...in the closet!

I has been almost a year since we put the desk in the closet, but I am just now finally organizing all the junk office stuff, in a way that is both functional and pretty.

First of all, we used things we already owned.

The "closet organizer" shelves serve as "legs" to support the desk. Two of them + a file cabinet

The main desk top is from RN's old college desk.

The cubes where cd's holders of mine...they now support the upper desk top. 

The paper organizer was free...a friend of mine had this in her trash pile...I rescue it from the landfill.

The white file organizers come from Ikea, but then I made some from...cereal boxes + chalkboard paint. This is an EASY project!

The look I am going for is basic, modern, simple and functional.

I found this lamp at a garage sale for $1...it had few stickers on it...a little goo-gone and this lamp is back in business.

I needed extra light, since the "office" is in a closet :) This works perfectly!

At the top I added some furring strips we had in our garage and a wood piece, to make a shelf, then covered four copy paper boxes (from RN's job) with textured wallpaper.

At the bottom I added a curtain rod...from a friend who was giving it away...free to a good home.

I am telling you, when I see "free to a good home" that's our home! You know I will take care of your unwanted stuff, and that I WILL find something to do with it! 

Add some drop cloth, and cover up the "uglys".

Chair is from Ikea (matching our dining room chairs) serving as double purpose office/kitchen when extra seating is needed.

And no office is complete without some family pictures! In my case, wedding pictures. 

Is it just me, or when you start having children and/or pets, wedding pictures end up in the closet? 

Here it is in all it's beauty and function.

I am considering painting the inside walls of the closet...but that requires me to take everything back out, paint and put everything back in...I think for now this will work just fine!
I am going to build some kind of doors, so I can close this space up as needed.

Now I can keep up with paying bills while the children play and do school work!

Oh happy day...

Stay Frugal,

Daniela

Linking to
One Creative Mommy
It's Overflowing
Debbiedoo's
Coastal Charm
Between Naps on the Porch
Krafty Kat
The Frugal Girls