I’m excited to share today’s post because I was able to wrangle Ashley and Lindsay, the organizing duo behind Style + Dwell, over to my house to help me make sense of my OC office/guestroom. This room is where I do all my blog work: writing, DIY-ing, styling, and photography. We also have a Murphy bed at the opposite end of the room so this room also functions as a guest space too.

This space wears so many hats and there’s just one tiny closet. I have quite a collection of craft/office supplies, styling accessories, and guest accoutrements, and nowhere to store it all. I’ll wrap up one project and be onto the next, and without a dedicated place for everything, stuff just doesn’t get put away. The closet is overflowing, the desk is full of clutter and things are basically just shoved randomly on the Murphy Bed shelving!

Below is a run down of the project. Make sure to scroll down to watch the VIDEO!

BEFORE

Right off the bat, Lindsay and Ashley had so many great ideas for this room. I was like, why didn’t I think of that!

My Office Before:

• Overflowing closet
• Murphy bed storage not visually pleasing
• Open Desk shelving not capitalized
• Overall Not enough storage- Desk was always messy. Not enough places to put stuff. Would collect projects, and stuff would just get piled up.

Style + Dwell Key Organizing Strategies:

• Take everything out and inventory/assess.
  • Group “like” things together
  • Donate any unwanted or no longer used items
• When short on storage, put “pretty” things on display, and more utilitarian pieces in closed storage.
  • Pillows and fabric yardage at Murphy bed
  • Prop accessories on moveable cart at desk
  • Blanket ladder for blanket storage
• Capitalize Desk Storage – Leather baskets on open desk shelving add deeper supply storage, and visual contrast against white walls

AFTER

 Lindsay and Ashley also added one of their custom acrylic message boards at my desk to help me get to-do lists out of my brain and up where I can see them. They even personalized my board to say ‘Note to Self’, at my request.

I’m so pleased with how much extra space I have in the closet now…who knew?! Adding the prop cart next to the desk freed up a ton of space on the Murphy bed shelving and inside the closet. Plus, the cart is on wheels so I can wheel it around the house with me if I’m shooting in another room.

Moving the pillows and fabric over to the Murphy bed shelving was such a simple swap with BIG impact. And finally, the faux leather storage bins added on the top shelf above the desk add a bit more storage and visual contrast against all the white. Now this space is actually pretty and orderly. I don’t need my blinders in here on any more! Thanks Guys!

Video Music by HookSounds