Our house has a crazy little bedroom, that belonged to the previous owner's two littlest girls. It is now my office, and its color scheme equally inspires and enrages me.
It could best be described as "Preppy goes to the Circus--pink and green stripes vertical stripes on top, mint green and blue stripe at the bottom half.
The room is totally full and disorganized, despite plenty of small organization I watch the television show Hoarders on A & E and have noticed that many of them have the same problems: lack of lighting, lack of proper furniture (or access to it) and mainly: lack of vertical storage.
This was my problem in my office. No place to store and show off all of the fun items I have collected over the years that were supposed to organize my markers, my hobby supplies, my papers. I started looking around at the "pretty organization" submissions on Flickr and decided I could do as well.
My lovely husband P removed the existing "closet" accoutrement and patch the walls. I didn't even take a "before" picture, because there's nothing to show--it was white walls with two white powder-coated racks. We measured the empty space and I went to Home Depot* to get shelving, brackets and drywall screws and most importantly, PAINT!
For the inside of the closet, I wanted something darker, something bold, something with fast, thick, luxurious coverage. The only way to go is Behr* paint with primer already added. It's like smearing real butter on fresh bread--goes on smooth and thick with minimal effort. It dries quickly and I haven't been able to detect any vicious VOCs--and I'm fairly sensitive to them! I picked up two quarts of a peacock blue color that we used in our wedding.
My lovely husband P removed the existing "closet" accoutrement and patch the walls. I didn't even take a "before" picture, because there's nothing to show--it was white walls with two white powder-coated racks. We measured the empty space and I went to Home Depot* to get shelving, brackets and drywall screws and most importantly, PAINT!
For the inside of the closet, I wanted something darker, something bold, something with fast, thick, luxurious coverage. The only way to go is Behr* paint with primer already added. It's like smearing real butter on fresh bread--goes on smooth and thick with minimal effort. It dries quickly and I haven't been able to detect any vicious VOCs--and I'm fairly sensitive to them! I picked up two quarts of a peacock blue color that we used in our wedding.
*Note: Home Depot and Behr haven't paid me for blogging about their products. If they want to send me money for the good publicity, I'd love to be reimbursed!
