Bedroom turned office renovation

Our last son moved out on his own about six months ago. About two days later I started converting his bedroom into an office. Why so soon? Well I was using a small bedroom as my office and it was dark during the day and late afternoon the sun shined into the only window making it hard for me to work on my computer. Well and probably the fact that I just hadn't refreshed a room in awhile and I was itching to do so! My goal was, however, to keep the budget down and 'use what I had' and so I set out to do just that!

I kept the white/light paint that my son had used on the main walls and then used leftover black paint (used in our family room) for the 'focal' wall. Because this room has picture windows in front as well as a side window and is in the front of our house, it gets a LOT of sun and light. However I didn't want just a painted focal wall so started researching trimmed out focal walls.

I found tons of great ideas and love to gather all the ideas and then 'do my own thing' as it were. Which is exactly what I did with this. While most would have mathematically figured out how to install the trim I didn't. Believe me I tried! Math is not my thing and since the trim was 1-1/4" wide it was difficult. So I decided to keep 3" between trim pieces and started cutting with absolutely no rhyme or reason just until it look 'right' in my eyes.

Used 1-1/4" MDF trim

Used the old fashioned mitre box since I was cutting MDF. Saved me hiking to and from the garage to use my mitre saw.

Cutting trim, taping, and placing on wall.

Brad nailed all trim in place and painted to match base color.

For the main walls, I kept the light 'green' paint that my son had used. Not normally a white wall person but for some reason I felt like keeping it. Maybe I just didn't have the energy to paint the whole thing!

Completed bedroom to office conversion for less than $200.

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