Well, this is where the magic happens. LOL! All the blogging, writing, Bible studying, brainstorming, homeworking, and beautifying magic, happens right here. See this is not just a desk, it’s my office, my vanity, my bookshelf, my home file for family documents, my craft center, and pretty much my only personal space in my whole apartment. Because even my bed is used as a couch that anyone who comes over can sit on.
So, given the enormity of the job this area has to perform, it’s no wonder I spent weeks waiting for the right one to show up on Craigslist. I had the top hutch left from the apartment flood we had last fall, the sideboard didn’t make it sadly. The desk had to be large enough to house the hutch and leave me plenty of desk space left for spreading out.
The only thing that might be different than what you would normally find is underneath this huge desk, is a huge space that I couldn’t bear to waste. As you can see I can fit eight paper case cases, easily! My plan is to get a piece of material that is complimentary to my decor and make a desk ‘skirt’ to cover all the boxes. I have already bought some paint to make the hutch the same color as the desk.
I had some of these shelf items on my flat desk surface but it always seemed cluttered and made me a nervous wreck. I had two shelves collecting dust in a box. So I decided to merge function and “Goodwill fashion”. The frames were all .50 Goodwill finds that I painted. I know the pink is pretty in your face but I was hoping it comes across more as a ‘pop’ of color instead. When all of my herbs start coming in this summer, I am going to dry some and use some decorative scrapbooking paper to frame them as art on the top shelf.
Pulling the filing cabinet out from underneath the desk accomplishes two things.
- It creates a writing ledge when I’m working on stuff. I just put my notebook down on the printer and write away.
- And, it creates enough space under the desk to put 4 of the 8 boxes that are under there.
This one teeny, tiny drawer holds an inordinate amount of stuff! I know you might think the one drawer just won’t work for you if you have some of the same issues I have with small space. But I promise if you give it a try, pare down to what you absolutely have to keep, and uniformly pack things in neat and tidy, you can make even a small space hold a huge amount of treasures!
How do you overcome your storage solutions?
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