The Office/Craft Closet Refresh

We have a little closet in the corner of the living room. 

Bless it's heart. The living room is such an odd room. 

The closet shares a wall with the closet in the downstairs bedroom.

 Bill uses that room as his office which is why you rarely see it. 

I rarely see it. 

There is always important bank stuff going on in there. 

The odd corner by the window could have been a wet bar according to the house plans. Thank heavens we did not have that. We had a piano there for years but Bill said the the piano had to go. 

It did. 

The closet was a fabulous place to put toys and games when we had small children in the house. 

When our oldest became a teenager and he needed his own room, Bill gave up the office and he turned the little living room closet into his office. 

He reworked the shelves and put in a little built in desk.  

This is the only picture that I have of the desk top. 

When the kids moved out, he got to move his office back into the downstairs bedroom. 

I inherited the little closet. 

I painted part of it Tiffany blue about 6 years ago. I didn't have enough paint to do the whole room so two of the walls and under the desk were still white. 

I never sat at the desk. It became a catchall for anything that I wanted to hide away. 

Bill kept the closet neat and tidy. 

Katie does not. 

 I'm a slob. 

When we were given the mantel, my sister's old desk got moved out of my room. 

I didn't want to give it away but we didn't have room for it either. 

 I realized that it could fit in the closet. The built-in desk came out easily.

The new desk doesn't fit like the old desk so the incomplete Tiffany Blue paint job became obvious. 

Now, it's not that big of a deal. The only person to see the closet is me. 

Bill refuses to open the door for fear that something will fall on him. 

I had to paint it anyway. 

This may not make any sense to anyone but I used the color that I'm sick of from my bathroom. 

I knew that the days were numbered for the color in my bathroom. I had almost a whole can of it left. It's a small space. I'm not in there often. Maybe, it will look gray like it's supposed to.

 The color is Gray Screen by Sherwin Williams. It reads blue not gray.

I still see blue but it doesn't bother me. 

In addition to storage, I wanted this space to be inspiring. 

I pulled in some pretty and romantic accessories. 

The paint was barely dry before I started hanging art. 

I don't craft in there. I usually craft at the dining room table or the kitchen island but it is a great place for crafting supplies.  

I will sew in there. 

 Hopefully, things will stay more organized. 

Somehow, I doubt it. 

Thanks so much for stopping by. 

Katie 

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