I admit, I've totally slacked. I've had this video on my phone for at least a week or more and keep forgetting to upload it. I also have pictures to show you. If you want to watch the video and ignore the babble, just scroll down.
A while back I decided to move everything to one room. It took a while, but finally got done. I still need to put some things away and move things around in here a bit, but for now it's totally functional and works.
This is the main larger portion of my "new" desk. This used to be the SO's desk but his computer no longer works so it is now mine. I have candles, UGA things, pictures & other stuff on the top. I originally wanted to put my polish displays, which you'll see below, on top but was afraid things might fall with the kid running around. I have a rather large monitor, so this gives me plenty of room and I'm not right on top of it.
Now you can see the L shape a little better. The cabinet has some of his stuff in it, but underneath is where I store my lotions, removers and such. I also have a small space heater under my desk because I tend to get cold very easily.
I previously had this shelving unit in my bathroom. The only thing I hated was it got dusty very easily and there was very little room to sorta get around it. So when I decided to make this into my own room I thought I'd bring my make-up in here too so I could sit and be comfy whilst doing it and not stand being all awkward trying to see in my vanity mirror. This holds my make-up, my untrieds for polishes, backups, camera bag, etc. Unfortunately, I can't find this shelving unit anymore on Walmart.com. The closest thing I could find is THIS and I got 2 of the ones I have for the price of that one.
This is my photography/storage area. This desk was the one I previously used. I can't find it on the Walmart website in black, which is what I have, but they do have it available in another color....click HERE to see. I've also seen it recently at Big Lots, but I can't remember their price. I do remember that I picked this one up before school started a few years ago and only paid $30 for it. It might have been less. So, that's definitely a good time to shop for stuff like that. I have a light box that I think I got from Ebay, lamps, giveaway stash, backups, and other stuff sitting on the desk.
Now here is the polish display that you saw above. I will say that I totally suck at cutting straight lines and probably could've made them better, but they work for what I need them to. AND they're sturdy enough I'm not afraid that they'll collapse. I didn't want to hang anything on the walls, and this is perfect because I actually SEE it. I might actually end up moving it over to my desk at some point, but for now it's in a great spot. I found the YouTube tutorial HERE and it was easy to make.
Now here's the video.
If I forgot to link anything, or you want to know something, please feel free to ask.
I meant to do this a few weeks ago, but finally just did it today. Previously, I showed pictures of my manicure area that I have set up, but didn't really go into too much detail with everything, so here's the video.
I put links in the info bar below the video to anything I may have referred to within the video.
I did a lot of moving stuff around a few months ago and I'm just now getting around to blogging about it. I showed these on twitter, but I know not everyone looks/follows me there. Again, these pictures were taken with my phone so please excuse the quality. I will eventually do a video showing everything and showing my stash as well.
I wanted an area to do my nails rather than dragging my tv tray out every time and taking up the bar area in my dining room with all of my supplies. Not to mention that I basically had my nail polish & supplies in just about every room of the house. This way, it's all in one spot.
I started out by decorating my Melmer with some stickers I've had laying around for a while. I'd originally planned to do something else with it, but figured I'd use these so they're not collecting dust.
Top
Front with all my Happy Bunny stickers. I've since added a 6th one.
Left side.
I have more stickers I need to add to this one and to another when I get one.
Rather than buying a desk or making one, I kinda recycled one we already had. It was in the office/playroom area and wasn't being used. The SO has had it forever and it's just been collecting dust and holding paperwork he had forever. I made him clean it out for me so I could use it and all that jazz. I didn't bother with resurfacing it, but just made sure to clean it up & added my stuff all over. I'll try to get the video done soon when I have a free moment and lots of sun coming in so I don't have to worry about y'all not seeing stuff. Then I can also go into more detail with everything.
What do y'all think? I really like it. Keeps me more organized and all that jazz.
