Part 7: Pink and Orange Office

After buying new furniture for the living room, I went back to attacking the office. Just to refresh your memory, it went from this:

To this: 

To this.

I am still in love with the orange. It just brings so much light and life into an otherwise dark and boring room. It makes me so happy! However, the room was still nonfunctional without good furniture to make it work. So I went shopping.

I bought this cube organizer online. Still waiting for the drawers to come, but I love it already! 

Since my furniture isn't terribly tall, I used the tops to display my degrees and trophies. My favorite thing, though, is that adorable pink piggy bank! It says "Shoe Fund" on the side. So cute! 

The second picture above shows my old desk. It was tall and thin with very little space to actually stretch out and put things on. It wasn't working for me because I usually work with a computer, textbook or reference book, binder or notebook and papers spread out on the desk, and with that tiny surface area it wasn't really possible. I bought this 48-inch desk from IKEA and now I have a ton of space! So far, I really like it.

As you can see, I still need to replace the kitchen chair with an office chair, and the box with a little side table. But the space is so much cleaner and more organized now - I love it! I can finally breathe in here.

So far, so good!