I have to admit my husband and I sometimes take the pricier way out by buying new furniture to get the look we want. I’ve always had a desire though, to give old items new life like taking an old door and transforming it into a desk. When we went antique shopping recently I found myself entranced by all of the old doors and windows thinking of ways you could use them around the house.
When I saw those doors I remembered an article I saved in my archives about this fantastic office makeover on a small budget.
For $1000 Donna Talley transformed her NYC office and the end product looks anything but cheap. Here she gives herself an open work space by attaching a few table legs to an old door giving it a new life as a desk.
Donna took oak veneer filing cabinets and painted them to match the room and create a long credenza.
Her budget even allowed her to completely organize the closet as well. I am impressed! Just goes to show you can make it all happen on a small budget if you are willing to do a little work yourself and shop for those bargains!
[photos by Ann Stratton for Better Homes & Gardens May 2005 issue]
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oh! The credenza idea! I love that. Do you know what she put on top of the filing cabinets to create the credenza top?
It doesn’t look like anything is on top that is just the design of the top of the cabinets. If you look real close you can see that space in between them they are just pushed really close together.
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