In the past, I mainly used our shared home office for embroidery and crafts. I work from home now and spend the majority of that time working in the office. Some time back, I updated the office inexpensively. Here’s that before and after.
I am super excited about the latest update: built-in shelves along with crown molding for the entire room! It’s always remarkable to me how much of a difference crown molding makes! We had a friend who is a master carpenter build shelves out on both sides of the window.
The bottom of the built-ins are actually kitchen upper wall cabinets. I chose upper cabinets because of their 12 inch depth. For shelf spacing, the first shelf is at 24 inches above the base cabinet, the second shelf is 12.5 inches above the first, the third shelf is 11.5 inches above the second and, the top shelf is at 6 inches.
Another small detail I really love is the shelf that tops the cabinet is dark. It’s actually an
ebony stain, not paint. The rest of the unit is painted white, while the walls remain gray (Stonington Gray mixed in Behr Paint + Primer). Since this is still an office for two, we’ve designated the left shelves for me and the right shelves for the husband. The printer is also on the right side and we drilled holes in both the top and sides of the lower cabinet to access the wall outlet.
The materials (mostly wood and paint) totaled $700. The project took about 5 days to complete and they make such a great difference! With these and the updated closet in this office, we now have plenty of storage space, which I love! There are a few small finishing touches to be made.
I am still deciding which cabinet knobs to install.
See related office projects at the links below:
-J
Another awesome upgrade!
Shelli
Thanks! I am enjoying it.