home office style {part 1}

Moving into a new home has been thrilling.  All those new spaces to spruce up and decorate!  As it could be imagined, I have several home-decor projects going on right now, but have been (trying) to prioritize setting up our home office.  So far it is a room crowded with boxes and files and papers and boxes, but it is getting there…slowly.  My first order of business was  repainting a very inexpensive (read: cheap) filing cabinet we have had for years.  

I actually covered the artificial honey oak with spray paint years ago, to match some of the darker furniture we had in our “office”.  It did the job, I guess.  But it didn’t do much else.  Ok, it was hideous.  With the move into a shiny new house and a shiny new home-office, we talked about getting rid of it and getting something much nicer.  Then my DIY instinct took over.  And this is what that ugly file cabinet turned into:

Before:

After:

I am loving the green trend right now so I saw this as a perfect use it.  And although we have polished nickel, chrome, silvery colors everywhere, I like the idea of mixing metals.  So burnished brass it was.

I used tips from Centsational Girl on how to brush paint furniture.  It was so easy, turned out beautifully, and now I am thinking of what else I can rescue with a coat of paint!

I am looking forward to sharing more of this room as it comes together!

Anne

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