I've been knee deep in projects this week. Literally. I've decided to conquer my office. If you would even call it an office anymore. haha. Its more like a complete mess of randomness. And, yes, its about a 11x13 room full of stuff knee deep....thats where the literal translation comes in. If you don't believe me, just wait :) I'll show you a picture soon.
Anyway. I haven't really found time to blog because of this conquest :) Although, once its all done....I'll have stuff to blog about for like a year, so thats nice. Alas, only a few of said projects are complete and I don't have any 'after' pictures yet, so lets get on with things.
I was given a small little vinyl record cabinet a few years back and had it sit at my mom's house until last year sometime. I finally brought it home and had it sit in my garage for another few months :) This is what usually happens with most of the stuff I acquire. Its one of those things thats like..."hmmm. maybe I'll use it. Yes. I guess I'll take it." and then months and months later its still sitting there. I have a basement full of stuff like this right now. Why would I say 'no' if I know it has great possibilities? Anyways. This was one of those times.
Here's the before, of course, just sitting in my garage::::
So last year, I decided to fix it all up, give it a good coat of paint and put it in the corner of my living room. I put it in there just to put it in there. No real reason for it, just that I had an newly empty corner and that would fit perfectly. Oh, and the color would add a little accent into my living room.
Ever since I put it my living room, its been an eyesore. The color wasn't the color I was hoping for. I couldn't put anything really on top of it unless it was white, brown, or black. I figure, if you aren't completely happy with something, why have it around?
Well, I liked the storage it offered so I wanted it around. The next thing was...if you aren't completely happy with something...paint it! haha. So I did. White of course. Now it blends in perfect with the rest of the room.
And the storage part??? Perfect to hold all my magazines and catalogues. Oh and its a great mail sorter also!
In the end, in an attempt to add more color in my living room, it was a complete fail. I'll just stick to adding color through easily changeable accent pieces like pillows, curtains, and blankets :)
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