An Office Update with Vintage Appeal
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Budget Redo: Home Office Renovation
Budget Redo: Home Office Renovation
Photo by Averbeck, Homeowner
Who: Kelly and Wayne Averbeck
Where: Jerome, Idaho
What: Used leftovers and bargain buys to age an office to perfection.
Unlike the rest of our 1916 home, this room's good bones were buried under 1950s "updates": pale pine slab-front cabinets that were chipped, and fir floors with a crazy tricolor painted border beneath ugly brown carpeting. We gutted the room, leaving the built-in intact, and had a contractor hang new Sheetrock on the walls.
Shown: White paint and dark pulls refreshed the built-in, while a faux-grain floor and repro sconces added to the space's vintage charm.
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Restoring the Hardware
Restoring the Hardware
Photo by Averbeck, Homeowner
We wanted the space to reflect the house's original era, so we sanded the cabinetry and "paneled" the drawer and door fronts by adding lattice strips, which also disguised dings and broken corners. White paint and dark hardware revived the unit and, along with period-style sconces, added vintage character.
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From Dated Nook to Vintage Office Space
From Dated Nook to Vintage Office Space
Photo by Averbeck, Homeowner
The upstairs room had ample storage, but its cabinetry and painted fir floor were out of sync with the home's early-20th-century style.
We gave the walls a damask look with stencils and paint. On the floor, we sanded and painted a faux area rug, then used a wood-graining tool to make "planks" of distressed white paint over a base of butterscotch. Three coats of polyurethane sealed the surface. The room was part of an upstairs redo that spanned a few summer weeks. Now we've got a space for stashing craft supplies and computer gear that's a pleasure to be in rather than an eyesore.
