From a door to a chic console table.

In my living room/ foyer I wanted a table at the end of the room but I was having a hard time finding one that was long enough, as well as one that was cheap enough. I remembered having a couple of bi-fold closet doors that were white and knew that the length would be perfect. So I took one and cut it in half to the appropriate length, screwed the top piece to the legs I created from cutting the one piece in half and this is what I ended up with.

Works perfect for what I needed, and for only $20....you can't beat that!

Work it out.

Since I've moved into my new apartment I've been trying to get everything in order. I have two bedrooms, one little bitty one and a larger one. Now most people would use the lager on for the bedroom and the small as an office or overfill space, but I decided I would spend much more time in an office/study and less time in a bed so I chose to make the lager one an office.
Clearly some changes would have to be made to the space to make it enjoyable to spend time in. Below is a picture of the before, with it's existing tan walls, and a stereo that i found for $26 and painted white, two $4 lamps that needed shades and an oriental rug that I was not feeling in the space.

The first step for the new office was to paint it....now I love white, everything looks amazing on white and you can pretty much "plop" anything in it and it looks good. My other option was to do it really dark but i decided that would make the room appear too confined considering I was already interested in dressing the windows in heavy flannel drapery panels.

The rug I chose to anchor the room was a sisal that i painted in a charcoal brown to give the room a little modern edge and pull in the gray from the draperies. Since the room is so small i chose an antique walnut console table instead of your typical desk, considering i wanted seating in the room as well and couldn't fit a desk and a set of chairs in the room comfortably together. I wanted the color in the room to be brought in through the use of art, i chose to paint colorful abstract pieces because they were quick and easy with a powerful wow factor.

I layered two other pieces of art over the wall hung painting by simply leaning them in front of the wall hung art, this gives the room a less formal feel and adds personality to the space...details, details.

I always stress the fact to hang draperies from as close to the ceiling as you can get them, this trick always delivers and you get a great sense of height within a space whenever you do this. The modern, candle- platform chandelier gives the space a little taste of chic I think. I used two white Bertoia chairs for their modern lines and sense of weightlessness in the room.

A simple dark wood nesting table that matches the tones of the desk and some fresh flowers and this bad boy is ready for some amazing work and ideas to be made in it!!

Light it up!

How cool Is this chandelier, we're using it in a client's foyer at their lake house. Love the unusual shape, reminds me of the heaters that use to hang low to the ground to heat all the baby quail when I was little!

These are for the kitchen, love the rope detail with the glass!!!

Finally my favorite, these little sconces are so sweet, I love the antique mirror detail!!