Cloffice Faux Wallpaper(Updated)

While doing my daily design search I came across this room.

(Here is the original picture I found...)

Designed by Katie Ridder. I can't remember where I originally saw this room, but found it again here. In our basement remodel we have expanded our closet sizes, by moving some walls and openings. More on that later.... In moving these closets I have made an office, within an office. The office closet, is turning into my "Cloffice".... I wanted to try this wallpaper on a much smaller scale, and by painting it, instead of actual wallpaper

I started out measuring out 1'x1' squares, and taped them off with 1.5" tape.

I bought this Martha Stewart Metallic Paint from Home Depot for $5. Then went to a craft store and picked up this dowel with foam round tip for $3. After I had the squares measured out, I put two strips of tape on a ruler, and dabbed paint on the ruler every 1.5". It ended up being 9 dots on every side.

After doing a few lines and rows I went through and marked all the corners, this helped me keep an eye if the dots were getting too close together.

It took a while, and quite a few Keeping Up With the Kardashians, on Netflix.... Question.... Why do these people have a reality show? Ah, what does it matter? Besides their use of the "r-word" they are a pretty funny family.... I get their humor.... Take that for what it's worth...

Dot after dot....

I am crazy about how it turned out! The metallic gold against the flat white is awesballs!

I moved in my $5 thrifted desk.... It needs a lot of work, but I love the shape. I'm just trying to decide how to finish it.

I have been in love with campaign furniture for a long time. And I think with the right hardware I could make it look similar to the one below. I would love to do a fun color like the green as well. Or maybe a peacock blue!

Doing an ombré finish would be less expensive, I would just need paint, no hardware etc, and I think this is a fun look. You can see my other office ideas (here).

And as always the pups were a HUGE help!

Final reveal also here...

Pooch Palace!

Drew built an awesome dog run... To make it custom Drew matched the existing slope of the roof, shingles and fascia.

Now it just needs paint that matches the exterior of the house, and it's perfect!

 

Fascia...

I think this pooch will be very pleased with his new place.... But again I have to emphasize dog runs aren't for full time living for your dog. Just when you need a safe place for them while you are gone for a short time.

.... awake ....

Oh man.... One of those nights.... You can't predict it, prevent it, or hide from it.... It's just going to be one of those nights that you watch the clock numbers grow.... Nights like these I just hope I'm not awake to see the windows get lighter....

I stayed in bed with Drew for an hour tonight willing myself to sleep.... Finally after yelling at Drew for sleeping so soundly.... How dare he... I wandered into the living room. After laying out here for 45 min in the dark, I decided to make a night of it.... Flipped on the t.v. to hear Gary making a very compelling argument, about why I needed some sort of erectile medicine.... Don't Gary! Anyway, I resisted 3 easy payments of $9.99....

But I did find this...

 

It's the dog in the cart that kills me.... He looks like he's way into the race, and keeps checking back to see if she is gaining on him. Silly pooches...

 

This one is self explanatory from the Seattle Childrens Hospital

And on a final lighter note.... The above picture is almost a daily conversation Drew and I have.... Why? Why did I spend so many countless hours, crying, worrying, being sick over junk like this?

Things I found while I couldn't sleep.... Enjoy!

 

Adorable...

 

The End is "Near"!

The end of our basement apartment is so close to being done I can taste it.... Or that just might be the Sheetrock dust.... Hmm... Drew has been phenomenal working on our house, after working 60+ hours a week at a highly labor intensive job.... Being patient with me as I find deals.... I want the look with out the price... We could have been done forever ago, but waiting for things we have wanted and for Drew to have the time has been a LOOOONG process... I have finally gathered more courage and will do more projects on my own. So far grouting tile has been the only thing Drew hasn't had a bunch of mistakes to point out... Oh well... They are getting done!

I am almost done painting our cabinets. I LOVE oil based paint. It comes out so smooth and shiny, and the enamel finish is so durable! My thrifted strainers look perfect on Drew's hand made shaker panel...

Have I blogged about this? Or just instagrammed? Huh.... So many social media options.... This is my favorite Anthropologie Sale find, on a window Drew removed from a house... I bought a chain and hook from Home Depot.... I love it. I like that the frame adds width, but you can still see the tile. Still love my $2 sq/ft, gift from Heaven tile. Question.... I know color translates differently in pictures, computers etc.... But... Drew calls this tile green! What? To me it is clearly brown?.... I believe I am right....

This is becoming my favorite corner of the house.... Maybe because it is the closest to completion....

Oops.... I need to replace that art light...

Cleo....

“Dogs are my favorite role models. I want to work like a dog, doing what I was born to do with joy and purpose. I want to play like a dog, with total, jolly abandon. I want to love like a dog, with unabashed devotion and complete lack of concern about what people do for a living, how much money they have, or how much they weigh. The fact that we still live with dogs, even when we don't have to herd or hunt our dinner, gives me hope for humans and canines alike.”
― Oprah Winfrey

Thursday Thought

The Solution...

I have been perplexed how to store our dog food. Now that we are hoarding animals in an 800 sq/ft apartment... And have one dog on adult and two on puppy... Storing two 40 lb bags, in am aesthetically pleasing manner is not easy.... Then I thought about a file cabinet... Started looking online for sizes, uses etc... And found this picture! Perfect! Then I went thrifting.... And found this beauty... File cabinets new are pretty pricey... So this one at $15 was quite a steal... The guy who came out to help me said, "oh this was on sale yesterday, I'll give it to you for $1...." Even after two others told him he couldn't he walked up to the front with me and insisted the sell it for $1.00! Awesome...

So I drove home (aka picked up a 32 ouncer of DC...) Threw some Dog bones to the animals, dusted off this can of rust-oleum white enamel spray paint I've had hanging around... Who knows what unfinished project it was originally for? Whatevs!

So I sanded with my sponge sander. My favorite way to sand...

 

Sprayed into the wind.... Awesome.... Once I start something, I can't be bothered by a little wind...

Drewpy got home and measured and cut some butcher block we had extra from our countertops... So far I'm still only out $1.00 on this project... And my soul after Drewpy stole it with this picture I took below.... Don't!

This is what I get when I ask Drew to smile like he loves projects.... He must really like them.... Hide yo kids, hide yo wives and hide yo husbands.....

Then I graduated from helper to worker when Drew let me touch one of his tools, and I routed the edges of the butcher block to give it a pretty profile.

Then easy-peasy... I did four globs (and a heart in the middle for good measure) of silicone onto the file cabinet... Pressed the butcher block on and let it sit....

 

Pretty routed profile....

The next day Drewpy brought out his sexy legs to play... And screwed on a sheet of melamine, with some self tapping metal screws.... That you guessed it we had left over.... This melamine gave the file cabinet more sturdiness and a place to screw the casters on...

I wanted fun casters but Home Depot was slim pickins...

 

Casters on, flip her over, and voila!

Puppy food on bottom, adult on top with extra room for waste bags, collars, leashes etc! Ahhhh-MAH-zing....

And when I need it... It's extra prep space can be wheeled out like an island....

Please only take notice of the file cabinet island, not the patched walls, cluttered counter, or dusty floors.... Just the file cabinet.... Nothing else to see here! What do you think?...