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Tweaking my Office Nook

March 7, 2008 By Rhoda 84 Comments

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Welcome to the Ultimate Blog Party sponsored by Five Minutes for Mom!! Happy Friday! Hope you all enjoy your visit and get some inspiration as well. You moms will love these giveaways. There are tons of things for kids on there, so go and check it out.

At the last minute, I decided to add for giveaway a copy of Ethan Allen Style. It’s a full-color, packed with lusious photos of pretty rooms in all sorts of styles, so I think you will enjoy it. But, you don’t just post here to win it. It’s explained here! Looks like those bloggers who are not participating in the party can still win by commenting on 20 or more blogs who are participating. I didn’t make the rules, but that’s what it sounds like. Anyway, have fun blog hopping!

Of all the prizes offered, my top 3 would be:

*# 39 – A $20 gift certificate to Amazon.com offered by The Organized Knitting Club.

*# 59 – A $25 cash prize offered by Lori, A Cowboy’s Wife

*#70 – Virtual Chocolate giveaway

Also would love #100, book bag from Jill, #46, Jewelry from Kelly, #79 – Skin Care Set from Hick Chicks

Now on to my regularly scheduled POST:

Scrapbook paper is great, I’m just now discovering. I’ve never been a scrapbooker or a paper crafter for that matter, so I didn’t really pay attention all these years to the wonderfulness (and cheapness) of scrapbook paper, that is until I started reading blogs and seeing all the things you can do with it.

I‘ve been visiting a new to me blog, Nesting Place, and this girl has a lot of creativity and she’s fun too. She recently did a post on adding scrapbook paper to the back of her china cabinet and I loved the idea SO much that I did the same thing to my black bookshelf. Love it! What a way to add some fun to it.

Hobby Lobby has all these fun scrapbook papers. The week I bought these, the larger 12×12 size was on sale 5 for $1 and the smaller 8×11 size was 8 for $1. Now how can you beat that? This project cost me $3 (for 15 sheets of the larger size). Even regular price, it’s a steal. But, I never pass up a chance to get a sale. I used double-stick tape to put these up & it was a snap!

I got extra sheets to dress up my old binders too, like I did with the recipe binder. Next, I had a bright ray of inspiration recently and decided to drag out the leftover bucket of lime green paint that I used in my laundryroom (which is right next to my office space) and paint the back wall of my office nook. And I have to say….I really love it! I’m not a big fan of accent walls in general, but in this case, I think it works. My rug in here has both green and straw.

I’ve always thought that the black shelves would really pop against lime green walls, but didn’t really want to paint the whole space with green, since I have so much of it in the laundryroom already. And NO, my space is not always this neat in case you were wondering. I moved all the piles of papers and bills off the surface to take these pics.

So, feature wall it is. And then I had the bright idea to get out some rope trim that I’ve literally had for years in my stash to add to the corners since I didn’t love the two colors sitting side by side. It’s very close to the Believable Buff wallcolor that is on either side of the green and it has black in it too to tie in with all the black in this space. I tacked it up with small nails and added a decorative tack in each corner.

I love it when inspiration hits like that! And I knew that you’d all like to see it too.

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  1. ACC-mom says

    May 31, 2008 at 8:06 am

    Just amazing!!!

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  2. Nancy Hood says

    June 11, 2008 at 6:12 am

    love it!!!!!

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  3. Nancy says

    June 24, 2008 at 11:03 am

    Hey Rhoda, I have to send you a message about your blog….I had a little free time today (that doesn’t happin very often)LOL:), soooo I thought I would spend the extra time looking at blogs, and I went straight to yours…I think it is my FAVORITE place, Your even takin over my Ebay time LOL….Girl, If you ever make your way to east tennessee, please drop me a line, and put it on your agenda list to come to my house, it needs your inspriation!!! Nancy

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  4. jeanne winters says

    July 23, 2008 at 10:42 pm

    Gorgeous! I’m working on my new studio space right now! Hope my turns out half as beautiful as yours!

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  5. Bella Casa says

    September 2, 2008 at 6:50 am

    I love your office, I was surfing over at An Inspired Room and saw where she featured your office and I had to run over here and see it! It’s really gorgeous, Rhoda! Wow! I love those colors together, too, pop, but not blinding pop, lol 🙂 Love your “R”, too 🙂

    One of your biggest fans,
    Bella

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  6. Lindsey says

    June 5, 2009 at 8:11 am

    I love your office nook!!! Great idea with the scrapbook paper!

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  7. Melissa Miller says

    June 5, 2009 at 8:16 am

    Rhoda you have the cutest most precious office nook I have ever seen! Love it!

    Come by and see mine. I joined Kelly's event today as well.

    Have a wonderful day.
    ~Melissa 🙂

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  8. Lauren says

    June 5, 2009 at 8:51 am

    I love your space! Love your creative ideas!

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  9. Nikki Cogg says

    June 5, 2009 at 9:40 am

    I love the Nesting Place, she always has great ideas. I love how your office turned out- great idea with the rope border, too! I love green- my master bedroom is green and it's a really happy color. I'm loving those bookshelves- great job!

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  10. maryvigil says

    June 5, 2009 at 10:34 am

    I love your office. What an inspiration – thanks for the tour –

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  11. Tiaras and Tantrums says

    June 5, 2009 at 11:11 am

    where is this little nook at in your house – I think it is cool that you could do that with a small area in your house !! I think I need a quiet corner for just me!! Love that you put cording up on the wall – it looks amazing!

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  12. Caroline says

    June 5, 2009 at 11:22 am

    Your office is beautiful. I love your bookcase.

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  13. The DIY Show Off says

    June 5, 2009 at 1:39 pm

    Your office space is beautiful! Great job on the shelves…I love pretty scrapbook paper!

    🙂
    Roeshel

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  14. Sabrina says

    June 6, 2009 at 1:34 pm

    Your office is lovely. Love the craft paper on the book shelves. I may have to steal that idea.

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  15. Lisa lee says

    August 1, 2009 at 1:01 am

    I love your scrapbook idea – I just repainted a little bookshelf today and was thinking the all white paint was a little – well “all white”. I will be doing this tomorrow – right after I go “garage sailing” as I put it. Thanks for the inspiration.

    Blessings and Love,
    Lisa

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  16. Betty819 says

    September 1, 2009 at 11:23 am

    What a super idea for your bookcase and that gives me an idea for the back of my shelves in our Sauder bookcase unit. Probably ordering a double-wide roll of wallpaper would be cheaper though for a larger area. I saw one of the bloggers had a great project with bookcases using wallpaper and she’d used the same wallpaper on her bathroom ceiling. I love that green wall in your computer/office area. Gave me another idea how to dress up these boring white walls. The builder put the room thermastats in the most odd place on the wall. It’s going to be difficult to hide that contraption! I see it is placed above an electrical switch plate..maybe that is the reason he placed it there. Duh!

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  17. Betty819 says

    September 1, 2009 at 11:33 am

    Maybe others will post photos of their office area so we can gather some more ideas for decorating these mundane spaces. Hint! Hint !Hint! Please, pretty please!

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  18. Jane @ the Borrowed Abode says

    September 10, 2009 at 9:28 am

    FIrst off, I love how honest you are about moving your mess of papers and bills for the sake of the photos 🙂
    Second, gotta love what scrapbook paper can do. I never thought of using it that way, but believe me – now I will!
    Lastly, beautiful job with the lime green and black. It really works.

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  19. Ashley says

    September 12, 2009 at 11:58 pm

    I love that desk! Where did you get it?

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  20. Cazra says

    September 13, 2009 at 6:26 pm

    First of all, I wanted to say that I love looking at your blog. I am new to the blog world, but I keep checking yours. I noticed your “Office Nook” and I love it! I have been calling my sewing closet my “Sewing Nook.” Just last night, I called my husband in to show him your nook in order to do a little replicating. Thanks for your great ideas!

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