Office/Craft room make over

So my first order of business once I decided to decorate my home was to pick a room. I chose my office . My office was builder beige and did not inspire creativity in anyway.

I had this idea that I wanted a pale pink office with white furniture in favor of a shabby chic style. However my budget did not allow for that. The hubby had acquired a desk that was more of a modern style with walnut stained legs and a black glass top that was a great size and in rather good condition. In my attempt not to be spoiled and selfish, I chose to work with what I had. Since the desk top was black, I had no choice but work with it in my color scheme. Black is probably my favorite color so this didn't bother me one bit. After much pinning on pinterest and gathering ideas I decided on pale pink, black and gold. I took inspiration from photos like this

So I made a plan to put my desk in the center of the room facing entry door. I wanted a cabinet of some sort to the right to keep my printer and office supplies in and I wanted at least one large shelf behind the desk on the wall to make a statement. I had an idea for a collage of wall art as well, but I had no definite plans. I really played this one by ear. In addition to my office, I wanted excellent organization in the office/craft room closet. I have many hobbies and DIY projects that I take on regularly and I wanted to have a closet to organize and easily access all of my stuff. 

So I made the trip to Lowes and picked a paint color for the walls, grabbed a few bottles of gold spray paint, brackets and a board for my shelf and some paint to refinish an antique armoire in my garage that was hideous (more on this later). 

My office/craft room redo took a full 7 days of working on it every day after work and the weekends. Additionally the hubby was home to do some work as well during this time period. My house is brand new and is builder beige everywhere. Here is a before picture of the office, it doesn't show the entire space, but you get the idea. 

The original pink color I chose was pretty on the swatch but not on my wall and I didn't use primer like an idiot, and it made the shade of pink worse. The pink looked like bubble gum. So I eventually chose a lighter shade and covered it up. 

 I used treasured satin doll from Color Place, a Walmart brand. 

On top of the former color, which was pink ribbon from Valspar, it came out like this. 

Please don't judge the mess, we were painting

Then we made a shelf out of a large board from the hardware store and some brackets from walmart that I spray painted gold. I also sprayed a ton of accessories gold. 

This industrial paper shredder was an ugly army gray and looked like it belonged to WWII. People could never even guess what it was it was so ugly. 

Before

AFTER!

spray painted the feet gold

brackets are now gold :D

I got to do some shopping too. I have this gift... when I pass by a thrift store I get this sense of when something I need is in there. Every time I am looking for something specific, I walk in and walk out with exactly what I am looking for. IT'S CRAZY I KNOW! but true none the less. I got that feeling when I walked in for a lamp and walked out with these:

this one I don't have a before but look at the after :D

I LOVE IT!

Ok, granted, the shelf could use some decorating, and yes the gold frame on the wall still has the fake photo from the store, but I am still super proud. After 7 straight days of painting, shopping and organizing, it was finally done. I am most pleased with my the way my spray painted accessories came out, like the hole punch and the clip boards on the wall. I tired a few different spray paints but the Rustoleum was by far the best gold spray paint. 

My craft room/office closet didn't come out bad either. 

The office was less work, I just added an extra shelf and a peg board to the inside wall and it's working out great. Leave comments, let me know what you think :D