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6/20/16

Office Makeover

I recently had the opportunity to create an office space for myself.

I wanted a wall of built-ins, but didn’t want to spend the money to hire someone to build them for me. I started looking for shelves that could be placed on the wall to make a built-in look, and everything I like would cost me a few thousand dollars and it still wouldn’t have the “built-in” look.

We started by ripping up the carpet in my husband’s old office, and putting on a fresh coat of paint. Didn’t get a good picture of the whole room with the lighting, but this shows the wall color and new flooring.

Here are my book cases. It took me a few hours to put them all together. I got them moved into my space and then it was my husbands turn to help.

I put together the same shelves in another color last year for shelving in my master closet.

We added trim pieces between each shelf, and then added a few boards that reach the ceiling, with trim and moulding. This helped to create a more custom, built-in look! I painted it and I’m still thrilled with the look of it each time I walk into the room!

I had a desk downstairs that was a collector of things. Anything the kids didn’t know where to put, got thrown on or in the drawers. I moved it to the office and changed it from black to grey very easily with chalk paint. I then added a wax finish to it. It was a very quick project and I’m thrilled with the results.

My almost completed office. I say “almost” because there are always little things I would like to do. I have one empty wall that I may add another chair or storage unit to, and a mirror.

I have plenty of storage on the shelves, and more in the closet, which is where I also keep my printer.

I got this little chest of drawers at Ikea. Another great storage option.

I purchased this map of the United States and little wooden push pins. I placed a push pin in the spots that my husband and I visit most frequently and are our favorite stops. I am thinking I will have him build a frame around the map to finish it off nicely.

Thanks for checking out my makeover! It’s a space that I enjoy being in ~ each morning I do my Bible Study here with my coffee, and find myself here throughout each day, to blog or study. Would love to see any other “Ikea Hacks” that you’ve done in your homes!

Blessings from Kim ~ "With Jesus in her heart, and coffee in her cup.” ~

"Hi! I'm Kim ~ Blessed wife of Eric, mom of four and Nonnie to a sweet little grand daughter with another expected in January! I'm a coffee enthusiast, baker, organizer and DIYer. My home style tends to lean

3/9/15

Laundry Room, Craft Room, Office All in One Makeover

Hello! Hope you are well.

My sister and her family moved into a (new to them) house back in September and she had asked me to fly out and help her get organized, so last month I was finally able to do that.

We accomplished a ton in the short time I was there...

The first thing I want to show you is her laundry room. It had to serve as a laundry room, but it also had to serve as a craft area and an office, all in that one space.

So (over the phone and via emails, etc.) my sister and I came up with a plan and our brother built some shelving and a new desk too. My sister went and did her shopping (with a list that I helped her come up with) before I arrived. As soon as I got there, we went to work organizing!

This is how her laundry room/craft room/office looks now:

and here are the before and after side by side photo's of this side of the laundry room.

NOW moving onto the craft/ office section.

We created a craft/office closet all together.

Here is the side by side before and after shot of the closet:

I LOVE transformations like this and I LOVE the challenge of creating them too.

Come back soon! I'll show you more of the organization we did in just a few short days.

May you be a little inspired!

Until next time,
DaNita
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View more of my Most Recent Projects HERE.

1/5/15

Organized All-In-One Planner & Free Printables

January is a BIG month for organizing.

Seems that one of the hardest things to keep in order is paperwork and a mom schedule. Especially when you have many children in sports and other activities that keep you busy, busy, busy.

Me, I'm starting my NEW YEAR out organized! How about you? Do you want to join me?

First things first... create an organized all in one planner.

This is my All in One Planner and it holds everything I need to keep my papers organized:

Inside my planner looks like this:

Behind the yearly planning section I have my yearly planner printables:

the yearly planner printable bundle can be found here in my shop.

and the bills & budget section:

has my budget planning printables:

Which can be found HERE in my shop.

and I have sections for each category in my binder with different printable packs that I've created.

and that is my All in One Planner. I Love it! I use it all the time!

I offer many different planners in my Etsy Shop. They are sent to you as a digital download via email immediately, so there's no waiting on becoming a more organized you.

Here are some of the All-in-one Planners that I have available in the Shop: (Click the photo to be directed to the item(s) in my shop.)

Click HERE to see all of my All-In-One Planners

Save 10% off everything in the shop now through the end of January, 2015! Simply enter OrganizedNewYearSale during checkout the receive the discount.

and here are your FREE printables to get you started on creating an organized planner of your own:

Click HERE to get your free printable planner cover pages.

and...

Click HERE to get the Free Tab Printables

Want the 3-ring binder? It can be found here.

That's how I keep my papers, mail, schedule, bills, budgeting and more all organized.

I do keep my boys' paperwork separate. I'm still using their awesome child message centers and I LOVE that system. I've been using it for many years now and it's been great for our family and many of my customers families too. You may want to look at all the digital message centers that I have in my shop. I'm continually adding new pieces.

Soon, I'll show you my New Kitchen Command Center, which I use daily to run an efficient and organized home and life. The biggest organizing piece that I use in my kitchen command center is one of these Calendar Message Centers. I use it Every. Single. Day. I'll show you that new setup soon.

May you be a little inspired!

Until next time,
DaNita
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View more of my Most Recent Projects HERE.

7/24/13

Organizing My Mom's Home Office

Hello All! A little while back I organized my mom's home office for her. It took a few days of her and I working side by side, but we got if finished and she is loving the newly organized office.

Before I show you all of the after photo's, I want to first share all the BEFORE photo's:

I forgot to snap photo's before I actually starting removing items from the room
(I tend to get so "into" it, I forget to take the before photos.)

You can see that I had already started bringing items out into the hallway.

Now that you have seen where it all started, Check out all the AFTER photo's:

My dad had a little extra peg board kicking around, so I asked him to pop it up onto the wall.

The peg board holds a lot of items...

... getting as much off the desk as possible.

I stole this large piece of artwork from my parents bedroom. It fits really well above the storage units and brings a little height to the that side of the room (which is what that space needed.)

Baskets hold software & software manuals, cardstock paper,

envelopes & another basket holds labels.

and now for all the before and after side by side photo's:

and that's it! My mom's office organized. I've slowly been getting more and more of my parents home organized. If you missed any of the other areas that I did at their place, you can find the links below: