$100 Office Makeover

by Vineta @ The Handyman's Daughter

Our basement office was so drab and boring! It had turned into a depository for furniture that didn't have a home after we moved in two years ago. The sagging desk held an old Mac that hasn't been used in ages, and the printer cabinet was jammed full of scrap paper and old cables.

A group of my blogging friends and I decided to challenge each other to transform a room in our houses for less than $100. It took a lot of creative thinking and some furniture musical chairs, but I managed to complete my basement office makeover under this tiny budget.

I had this IKEA Kallax storage piece in another room, but wasn't used much. I hauled it down to the basement, and used it as the inspiration for the rest of the room.

Taking the colors from the bright turquoise and white Kallax, I painted an inexpensive IKEA Rast dresser to match. You can see my post about that transformation here. These two pieces will infuse some much needed color into the space.

To create the desk area, I spanned the gap between the Kallax and Rast with 1 x 6 boards. A full tutorial of this easy IKEA desk hack can be found here!

Above the desk, I installed a pegboard to hang all the tools and supplies that I didn't want to get covered in sawdust from the workshop in the next room. Nothing ruins a good paint brush faster than dust!

To see more of this amazing transformation and the final reveal, please visit my website at The Handyman's Daughter by clicking on the link below. Be sure to check out the other $100 makeovers as well!