I figured out my office storage situation, and it’s going to look fantastic!
And I say “going to” because the file cabinet for the center isn’t expected to ship until June. So this will be the setup for a while.
I mean, the furniture at least. I will clean up the wallpaper samples at some point in the next three months.
I came in nicely under budget though! I had set aside $2000 for the wall of storage, and came in at less than half of that. I bought the floor model Benchwright Desk Hutch for $299 instead of $499 at full price, and I ordered the modular Martha Stewart Living Craft Studio pieces during their St. Patrick’s Day sale (17% off), making them $562 instead of $677. I could have gone with a different configuration and saved a little more, but I felt like the extra $100 or so was worth it for more drawers, rather than open shelves.
The lights I have there now were grabbed from another room, and the sconces in the mockup aren’t final, but this is the general idea. The backordered filing cabinet is going to slow things down a bit, but at least the decision has been made and the order placed. Progress! Slow, slow progress.
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12 responses to “Update: Modular Home Office Furniture”
I don’t think you’ve said (or maybe my memory is baaad??), but are you repainting the walls? I LOVE LOVE that hutch! I know it’s all going to look amazing when completed!
I did repaint! It’s very subtle though. From stark white to a blushy nude color — the same as in our bedroom.
I am so distracted by the door! Is that glass? It looks like a watercolor! Do you know anything about it? I want some too!
Isn’t it pretty? The woman that owned the house before us was an artist who liked to dabble in stained glass, and I’m sure she added it. The same glass is in all of the transom windows throughout the house.
It is gorgeous. You lucked out with that, I’ve not seen anything similar before and I love it! I pinned your picture and have now made a mental note to “learn to make watercolor-y stained glass”.
Really like the lamps you placed there from another room. Do you remember where you got them?
They were from Pottery Barn. They’re fantastic lamps, just too large for that spot (and I liked them where they were, in the den).
LOOK AT THAT LILY PAD PRINT WALLPAPER. #missingthepoint #shiny! #bloggersworstnightmare #amIshouting?
Ha! It’s by Cole & Son if you’re looking for it. ;)
Lamps! Lamps! More on the borrowed from another room lamps
Pottery Barn! “Barclay” only available as sconces now.
What an absolute makeover one can done to a file cabinet! It’s looking pretty and gorgeous. You’ve shown the right way to makeover a file cabinet. It’s also budget friendly.
Please keep sharing ideas like this.
Thank you.