It does not provide any space to do computer work. Now I'm not just talking Facebook and Pinterest! haha ... In this day in age we have 78% of our bills paid online right?
I have never had a designated place so things were pilled everywhere. I even used the empty space behind the couch before!
I decided to rearrange the living-room a bit to see if I could resolve this situation.
I started with clearing off our sofa table to store the lap top. I found this large basket on clearance at Joanne fabrics. It ended up being 7 dollars and I love it. The computer fits in it nicely and has enough room around the sides for easy access.
Of course I put up my cute decorations. This is my living-room after all.
I used the space under the sofa table to all the home office supplies.
I placed the printer on a milk crate so I could put our books under it and maximize space. This thing doesn't look the sturdiest so I think I'll have to adjust this later.
I had these storage drawers in my hall closet to hold bathroom accessories and medicines. But I decided they would serve a much better purpose here, and I wouldn't have to go spend any money!
( boy am I excited to organize that hall closet now!)
I had everything put in the drawers and stepped back. sigh, I wasn't as thrilled as i wanted to be. So I decided I didn't like the stuff glaring at me through the see through drawers. I decided I could fix that pretty easy!
I used 3M postal wrapping paper from the dollar store my husband had bought for a different project. It's brown which matches my living-room very nicely.
I cut the paper to fit inside the front of the drawer. I just used a kids glue stick and pressed it to the drawer. The glue dried clear. A more experienced crafter could use mod podge and it may be a lil more sturdy.
My husband asked me what I was doing and how I could tell what was in the drawers now they were covered. Silly question really! I labeled the drawers with my label maker :).

This project cost me 0 dollars today as I used everything I had on hand already.
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