design hotel: A Colorful and Fun Office and Hobby Room

These home owners did a fantastic job of turning a very common and

mundane basement into a colorful and bright office and hobby room

with every day materials. The space is not huge but they make good

use of the space with a good floor plan.

The colorful walls are simply peel and stick carpet floor tiles. Not

only does it give the room a punch of color but it can double as

a bulletin board. The desks and peninsula are made of MDF

boards.

The bottom half of the wall is covered with beaded board

and gives the room a nice detail and finish to the walls.

They used old scrabble boards with Scrabble

tiles to caption and frame photos.

An inexpensive way to make wall art is to take a set of photos, prints,

or in this case cards and pin them on the wall in an orderly fashion.

Believe it or not, this electronics charging station used to be

a bread box. Holes were drilled at the bottom for the cords

to come through. Clever isn't it?

One way to make a space uncluttered is to not store anything

on the desk or counter space - take it all away by storing the

supplies and tools in drawers or lifting it off the ground and

storing it on the wall like in the image above.

What I especially love about this peg board is that it is clear

and made of acrylic. It is very modern and lets the colors of

the supplies pop up.

Hmmm do I see 1970's popcorn ceiling? The owners were actually

very clever in using patterns and colors that didn't make the popcorn

ceiling stand out. If there isn't any space in the ceiling to install

recessed lighting, track lighting is a definite solution around that

problem.

Have a container for everything.

Chair covers make a great way to put some color in a space.

If any of you have hobbies or crafts and art projects on the side

but need some inspiration to get organized and get started...
Creative Time and Space is a wonderful book to help you in

the mindset, get organized and to get started.

Photos from DIY

design hotel