Waaaay back before Christmas our church’s youth pastor {who is also really cool and I also consider a friend} asked if I’d help him remodel his office a bit.
Ummmm. Lemme see. Yep.
It took a while to get off the ground because of all the holidays, but over the last few weeks we’ve really gotten things turned around. See, I’m just about out of things to make over in my own house, so this was a perfect opportunity. Not to mention he’s a youth pastor who described his style as “bold, modern and colorful.” That’s pretty much the opposite of my style at home. I’m terrified of color, white is my favorite accent choice and 90% of my furniture belonged to my {or Derek’s} grandparents.
This has been a way fun project.
It’s not done, but I’ve just been itching to show it off to you. So here’s the progress.
I wish I’d taken better before photos. But I really dropped the ball. Originally there were huge, dated cabinets {upper and lower} and a counter along the side wall. Those were removed because the storage just wasn’t necessary. We painted with poppy colors and I {with the help of some handy teen girls} built a new shelving unit from galvanized pipes.
The remaining cabinet got an accent treatment and some sweet framed-out chalkboard doors.
But my pride and joy is this architectural accent shelf. I dreamed it up and built it with my own two, girly, winter-chapped hands. It took about six tries, but I finally got it right and anchored it up today. Pretty cool, huh?
I can’t wait to show you more in the coming weeks! Furniture is coming, as is new carpet and some cool wall art. Oh, and a mini fridge too. If I was 16, I’d totally want to talk to the person who works in this office.
