Inspiration for the home office
If you look anything like my family or me, I watch HGTV almost every afternoon or evening at home. I love seeing how Joanna Gaines can transform any space into something specifically for her clients, or seeing the Property Brothers turn dreams into reality. How about a home office remodel?
Now that my daughters have moved in, I became my own Joanna Gaines or Jonathan Scott by transforming a room in my house into my home office!
This room has a lot of history in my family; It’s been a bedroom for my oldest daughter, then a guest room for my mother, and now it’s finally my turn to make a mark.
I needed my own space
Don’t get me wrong, I love my family but I definitely need my own space for my dreams and my business to grow.
My favorite assistant, my husband, Ralph, helped me tremendously during the transformation!
He helped move the bookcases from 20 years ago, my daughter’s childhood bed frame, mattress, and all the garbage that had accumulated in the room.
Home office budget
He also didn’t have a big budget. I reused a lot of things around the house: bookcases from my daughter’s room, books I put in the attic, tables and lamps from our living room, etc.
The things I spent money on:
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Teal Chair – $ 110 from Wayfair
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Curtains – $ 60 at Walmart.com
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1 bookstore – $ 75 from local vendor
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Blackboard – $ 15 at Walmart
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Paint – $ 50 from Lowe’s
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Interior designer, Robin O’Nan – $ 155
Total = $ 465.00
Be a smart shopper
Choosing the few things I wanted to splurge on is what I found to be the key. Having an interior decorator is key. She helped me select the paint color and was able to put all the elements in place to create a stylish workspace. Finding a local interior decorator can be easy if you ask your friends for recommendations on social media.
Reusing old things around the house not only saved me money, it also gave a new sense of purpose to things that I had forgotten were there. I didn’t think I could create a beautiful space with just $ 500. One of the shelves was from my daughter’s room, the lamp was in my bedroom, and the table was in the living room.
You don’t have to spend a fortune to have an office that appears to belong to HGTV!
Talk to you soon,
Kathleen Olivieri