From Closet to Office Nook; Guest
Hey There, I am Robyn from Whimages.
Dear Sweet Cassity, if you blush easily then you may want to avert your eyes or just skip this first paragraph.
As I’m sure many of you have discovered, the bloggity world is full of super sweet and lovely people. Cassity however, is a shining GEM of a blogger and a lady. I like to think of her as the FAIRY BLOGMOTHER. She has shown us so many wonderful blogs that we may not have found on our own PLUS she herself has the most delightful ideas that she shares in order to make our homes a happier, prettier place. Let us NOT forget her generous heart and the give aways that she often has had. On that note, I’d like to THANK Cassity for asking me if she could show you all my little NOOK. I am completely HONORED and so excited to share it with you!
For several months, we had a hole in our family room wall with mismatched paint (sage green from several years back) and drywall tape as it’s only decoration. We could NOT decide on what to do with the HOLE IN THE WALL. (Actually we couldn’t agree but that’s another story).
Finally Matt drew a plan (it really was like the 7th one) and it just CLICKED. We had our BUILT IN DESK AND READING NOOK!
I just want to tell you a little bit about some of the things in the nook. First of all, it’s not quite finished…it gets a little bit more trim, some paint here and there, shelves in the super cool built in in a built in and also poly on the floor.
Matt has cut a 5 out of wood (that’s our family number) for me to distress and that still needs to get done and hung. Look for a tutorial about that in the near future on my blog. Hopefully, sometime this summer I’m going to paint a Robin on a branch above the built in in a built in, I already sketched it out.
All of the photos in the nook were taken by me and most of them have some type of meaning or we just like them. The architectural piece above the one wall of photos is from a friends store. We stay with her at the beach, so it reminds us of our wonderful beach memories.
The 2 larger boxes are family heirlooms on Matt’s side. The little cracker box is from one of my favorite antique stores. There is a curlicue flower frog on top of the scale. I have a small collection of flower frogs and I’ve been looking for that kind forever!
I think Mercury Glass is gorgeous, my father purchased us the mercury glass pendant and I love how it goes with the votive and the candle holder (that’s too tall to hold a candle!)
Last but not least, there is a school bell that was Matt’s great uncle’s, Matt taught school for 13 years and still works for the board of education. There is a little grey reproduction comb holder that holds our pens and Matt fell in love with this school teachers chair/attorney chair at an antique store. When we saw a similar one at Pottery Barn for 399.00, we knew that 70.00 was a bargain!
The reading bench lifts up for storage and it was our first experience with upholstery. It’s covered in a 5.00 plastic backed drop cloth! If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask me. My email is robynlbedsaul@comcast.net. I hope you enjoy the photos of the NOOK.
We are in love with it and I think it might be our favorite project to date! …and that’s saying something!
Cassity Kmetzsch started Remodelaholic after graduating from Utah State University with a degree in Interior Design. Remodelaholic is the place to share her love for knocking out walls, and building everything back up again to not only add function but beauty to her home. Together with her husband Justin, they have remodeled 6 homes and are working on a seventh. She is a mother of four amazing girls. Making a house a home is her favorite hobby.
>This is absolutely beautiful! What a great way to introduce additional space in your home! Thanks for sharing and for the inspiration!
>Sooo cuteeee!
>What an amazing use of space!
>How amazing! It makes me want to go take a peek at some of my closets to see if I could do the same thing.
>that is the most beautiful little office space, I LOVE everything about it!
>As a decorator, I've made closets into other use spaces before, but this one is really sweet! So nice! Good job!
>That is really, REALLY neat! LOVE the charm.
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Denalee
>What a fantastic job! I am going to show my parents because they recently created an office nook in a closet but instead of creating built in shelving, they hung shelves. I have a feeling once I show them this, there will be some changes made to theirs!
>Now that is an office nook. Very nicely done.
>Such a nice feature! Love it!
>I LOVE IT !!!!!!!!
>Nice…Robyn is lovely!! and cute !!…………….love Ria…… and your blog is also amazing !!!………..bye!
>Wowee! This is the neatest use of a closet I think I've ever seen! It looks like it came out of a fancy magazine! I love every single detail put into it!
>I AM AMAZED!!!!! How gorgeous and incredibly genius. I MUST SOMEHOW COPY!!!!!! =) great job, girL!
>I'm in love. I'm looking at my sad closet-to-workspace and thinking about having a do over.
>I love it! Great job Robyn and thanks for sharing!
>this is a amazing space……love it
Hi! I love this! Can I ask, what is the size of the nook you started with?
Would you be willing to share your plans? And the dimensions? I love this and think it’d be perfect in our loft!