Room by Room

I'm tackling the basement.  Room by room.  After months of being an invalid I'm finally a slightly more able bodied person.  And after months of neglecting all proper methods of organization my house was becoming a bit of a disaster zone.

Las week was the office.

I have the most fabulous built in bookcases ever-- made by my fantastically amazing husband.  And in case you didn't know-- these bookcases are actually Ikea's Billy bookcases that we customized for our  office.  (You can read more about the projects we've tackled in the office here).

But after months of neglect the office was terribly disorganized-- and my bookcases were looking terrible too.  So I took everything off the shelves, sorted through the mounds of paper work, office supplies, and sewing paraphernalia and then put it all back together.

I rearranged the shelves a bit and am liking the way they look.

And I finally took my metal Superstore bins back from Caleb.  His little stuffed animals did look pretty cute in their cages, but I'm excited to finally have a place to stash my fabric...

And... speaking of Billy bookcase hacks-- did you see the one's Centsational Girl completed last week?  They look pretty sweet!  I'm liking the way she painted the back of the bookcases blue... although I do like the look bead board we used to update the bookcases in our office.

{read more about her bookcases here}

It's soooo nice to have my office/sewing room organized again... kinda makes me feel like doing a little sewing :)