I finally get to say I finished this project lol. Hey! Guess what? I finally finished my office/creative space. Only took me three years and I still have my painting space to finish but I now have a space to go, and be creative in any way I choose. It was a labor of love and a learning experience. What did I learn? I have too much shit, so my first thing was to declutter, sell what I could, and donate what I couldn’t.

Before pictures, As you can see I had too many things, lots of clutter, and was always having to move things around to do projects.

When I started this project I knew I wanted something feminine which is a change for me, a bold accent wall which again is something different for me and designated areas throughout the room for each specific task I like to do creatively.

It was also important for me to have a writing space because writing at my kitchen table or sitting on the couch or even in bed wasn’t serving me a purpose. I’d get distracted easily by household chores, kids, dogs, and literally anything other than writing. I even started dusting because I’d gotten up and walked past something to go to the bathroom and got sidelined on the way back because I felt I had to just do that quick. Do you get my point? My time needed to be managed better and I needed to be in my own space to do it.

I took to Pinterest to look for inspiration and to decide what kind of color scheme I was looking for. All I knew was I wanted something out of my comfort zone.

Warm Blush xx

I found a floral peel n stick wallpaper on Amazon that had all the colors I wanted in it, so I ordered that, and from there, I picked my paint and accents to match. Paint is from Lowes, and the color is called Warm blush. I wanted it to look like rose gold on my walls. Very feminine for me and my friends were definitely surprised by my bold wallpaper choice, but I love it.

This is the exact one I ordered. However, I ordered it during Covid and paid half that price for a roll. Take note- measure, measure, measure, because I did not order enough and then had to wait forever to finish.

The next step was emptying the space for me to paint everything, put up the wallpaper, etc. I have 3 big vision boards up on my walls that I did a DIY blog post on if you scroll back to earlier posts. It will give you a step by step guide on how I made them if you’d like a set of your own. I scored a navy blue carpet on the Facebook marketplace and the l-shaped unit from there as well. It was custom made by a lady for her son’s to play Lego on and have storage. I fell in love with it, and it works perfectly in the space. An office chair from there as well and my office accents I scored from Michael’s, the Dollar store, Ikea and used what I had. I mixed real plants and fake ones and ultimately created a space where everything has its spot, I’m in creative heaven, and it suits me.

It’s time for the big reveal. I will have a list at the bottom with links to everything I did buy. I hope you love it as much as I do .

Need plants.My writing spaceA corner look, I’ve added 2 plants since this picture.Scrapbooking & small painting project area.That wallpaper is just so dang Jewelry making stationThe “lego” unit I scored on Facebook.Keeping organized with my monthly schedulesProjects, my books, and my grad dress in the corner xLast but not least,my sewing machine with one of my quilts hung over the chair. X

My little slice of heaven is finished. I have many many other projects to share over the next little while. Again, I will share where I got everything, and if you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask. If you’d like to see more of my DIY projects, be sure to sign up with your email to get first look at everything I share.

Lowes- paint Warm Blush

Ikea- gold shelves, pegboard, accessories, white photo shelves, fake plants and pots.

Michaels- Office accents, gold and white file boxes, gold and white photo boxes.

Dollar store- all picture frames, pens, white board, and post-it notes.

Facebook Marketplace- white ikea desks, white corner unit for storage, office chair, keyboard, navy carpet, and jewelry displays.

Amazon- Wallpaper, tabletop timer, notebooks for planners, tabletop ring light and phone holder, mousepad and wrist guard, markers, planner stencils (I’ll go into more detail in another post), and gold/white pot holders.

Indigo- pens, daily planner, cup warmer, notebooks, clipboard.

Till next time,

Love, an excited and motivated Magnolia xx