When we moved into our new place back in February, one of the rooms I was most excited about was my future home office. It had loads of natural light, a gorgeous archway and a decent amount of space. I was over the moon and couldn't wait to put it together. Originally the space was painted a beige hue that wasn't doing it any justice so I grabbed Behr's Ultra Pure White and gave the room a brighter paint job. It instantly opened up the space.
Next, I brought in some art and curtains to add some pops of color because I wasn't really used to having white walls but I wanted a blank canvas to really decide what I wanted to do with the space. It was looking like it was coming together with the addition of plants and some decor pieces that fit the space but it felt like something was missing, big time. Obviously it was MORE COLOR!
But, I didn't want to invest in any more paint until I had a clear idea what I wanted to do with the space so I took a look at what I already had in storage and set me sights on my previous office's color Vacay by Clare. I was a little nervous about using the same color for both office's but it was a great hue and the lighting in this space is WAY more brilliant than the last space so it had to be different, right? I pulled it right out and decided I didn't want to commit to the full room just yet so I decided to paint the ceiling to give the room a bit more height and a pop of color.
Immediately I loved it but I wanted a bit more color so I decided to create a colorful gallery wall along the side of my desk to bring everything together. I included some art & fun accessories - don't sleep on putting fun bags and hats (even jewelry) on the wall. It's a fun way to add texture in unexpected ways.
I brought in a colorful vintage inspired aqua rug and everything seemed to fall into place. Naturally, I had to swap out the boob light fixture and had just the fixture with a fun medallion from my old bedroom.
SO MUCH BETTER.
I hung a floating shelf behind the sofa for additional storage which totally makes up for the wasted space behind the sofa because of the radiator. I filled in the extra space with plants because I want to make it look like I'm on a tropical vacation while I'm working (also the plants really like this light). Added a couple of chairs (these are so popular!) for 'meetings' at the round table and used bowls as storage for notebooks, writing utensil and miscellaneous cords. A stool to double as a side table with a storage basket underneath for pads and books. I LOVE this room divider/screen to hide stuff behind and of course hang pretty dresses on.
I REALLY love using vintage baskets to store office essentials and some camera gear. I've found that the fun unique pieces really brings things to life and give me a little smile like the small flower vintage pill box from my grandmother gave me is used to store my SD cards and the tiny tea light votive for mini colored pencils for doodling.
Since my office also kind of doubles as a dressing room/vanity - I have all of my accessories and make up setup in fun bowls across my dresser. It's organized yet out in the open because I will forget what I have if it's not right in-front of me. In the future I'd love to ditch the bulky dresser and build built in's with storage across the arched wall but for now I love this quick fix.
I also just realized this entire transformation ended up costing me nothing because I already had everything I used so that makes it even better because I feel like it was a pretty big transformation with not a lot of effort.
BEFORE AND AFTER 
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