"Office Space" or the lack there of...

Our house only has 2 bedrooms, bathroom, a living room dining area all shared in one space, and a kitchen on the bottom floor.

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 :).

I'm pleased with the completed project and am happy it all has a home. It's not the perfect solution ( a bigger house would be haha) but it works for the space I have and makes it all easy to get too. With the ottoman in front of it, it's even more tucked away.

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