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Desk-A-Day: Brooke’s Under $100 Office Makeover

by on Jan 10, 2011

Brooke and her husband Jacob found themselves in an interesting situation. They’d just paid for their own wedding, Jacob had just earned his degree, and they were doing their best to pay off student loans. When they moved into Jacob’s grandmother’s house, they knew it needed an update, and completed a total facelift for under $5000.

One of Brooke’s favorite projects was her own office space, where they created custom built in furniture for under $100 USD. created at: 01/10/2011

She works from home as a graphic designer, doing websites, wedding invitations, etc

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She says, “It’s nice to be able to carve out your own private space, even if all you have to work with is a spare closet. I adore my little desk space, and get excited to wake up in the morning and throw on some sweatpants for my commute to the room next door. Now my next challenge is to give this multi-purpose craft/office/guest room space a FOURTH purpose of nursery!”

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Stats:

  • Hand-built desk from Ana White’s Parson’s Towers Desk Plan – $30
  • Hand-built gallery shelves from Ana White’s $10 Ledges Plan – $30
  • Fabric for the top is Joel Dewberry’s Deer Valley scraps from my bed’s duvet I sewed, glass desktop was cut down from the desktop on the original built in
  • Mason Jar pendant was made from the IKEA plug-in pendant and a mason jar leftover from our wedding – $7

 

Thanks for sharing your awesome makeover, Brooke

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