This is a picture of our Slidell, LA home office. I was not taking these pictures for anyone but myself (never heard of blogging back then), so please excuse the quality. Also, you will notice that there is not a rug in this room. Thanks Hurricane Katrina. Circa 2005
Our next home was Tullahoma, TN. I did not have a picture of the empty room but I did find this one before the cabinets had been painted. I always get these cabinets from Home Depot (in stock) and paint them (distressed black). I removed the doors of the top cabinets to create an "open look". Installing those top cabinets created the height I needed in the room. The countertop is formica, custom ordered from Home Depot (or maybe Lowes :). Those black & white bins at the top of the cabinets are just white bins with black electrical tape made into a plaid pattern. Notice I have a rug and the desk still looks fantastic! Circa 2006
Now, for present day. Yes we move. A lot. Because we move so often, I have ended up with a "hodge podge" of furniture. What worked well in one house, does not necessarily work well in the other. So, for my current home, I had to make these humongo bookshelves work in the home office. Bye-Bye black distressed look. Hello brown. So, I sewed this table cover/skirt and had a piece of glass cut to fit on the top of the table. Viola. It works or at least make me feel good and TELL me it works :) Circa 2007
So this is the story of the little desk that kept reinventing itself. Who says I don't recycle.
This was my inspiration (Thanks BHG May 2005):
There's the desk "how-to"...
XOXO-
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