Before & After ~ Closet Office

For BooMama's Before and after, I want to demonstrate a space solution that I am PRETTY proud of.  By the end of it, I felt as if I had added another room to our apartment!

For two years, we lived in a tiny, one bedroom, 500 sq ft apt. (I almost typed 50 sq ft... now that WOULD be small!).  It was very difficult for us, as two students, to manage our clutter with no storage space at all.  One particularly hard thing for me was knowing where to do my work.  We had a desk, but it was covered with the desktop computer and my husband's stuff.  

The solution came in the form of our dining room closet.  This closet was cluttered and not being used often (just storage, and mainly of things we didn't need).  Here's the before:

And here are some after pictures:

We still had storage in the top and the bottom:

We moved this past summer to come to grad school, but I am so proud of myself for this project that I just had to share!  The "desk" part was plywood (cut for me at lowe's), covered in contact paper, and mounted on some brackets for stability.

If you're looking for more space, think out of the box... er, closet!

For more before and after transformations, visit BooMama's blog!

Menu Planning

Thursday: clinic; no plan

Friday: Marinated grilled chicken, Italian Veggie Bake, Rolls

Saturday: Quesadillas, Mexican Rice, Black Beans w/ Rotel tomatoes

Sunday: out

Monday: French Onion Pork Chop Skillet, Slow-Cooked Green Beans, Tomatoes & Bacon

Tuesday: Tilapia, rice, asparagus

God is BIGGER

God is bigger than the air I breathe
The world we'll leave
God will save the day and all will say
My glorious!

And all you ever do is change the old for new
People we believe that

God is bigger than the air I breathe
The world we'll leave
God will save the day and all will say
My glorious!

The world's shaking with the love of God
Great and glorious, let the whole earth sing
And all you ever do is change the old for new
People we believe that

God is bigger than the air I breathe
The world we'll leave
God will save the day and all will say
My glorious!

Clouds are breaking, heaven's come to earth
Hearts awakening let the church bells ring
And all you ever do is change the old for new
People we believe that

God is bigger than the air I breathe
The world we'll leave
God will save the day and all will say
My glorious!

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he's bigger than my reading.  he's bigger than my time.  he's bigger than my boredom.  he's bigger than my overwhelm-edness.  He's bigger than two years.  He's bigger.