Three Ways to Update Your Space: Office Edition
Published August 9, 2024
Ashley Basnight from Handmade Haven, engineer turned designer, has a love for all things DIY and Home Design. With her ability to act as designer and contractor; she brings a unique perspective to home remodeling and loves transforming spaces by pushing the edge and bringing that wow-factor. You can check out her beautiful transformations on her website or on her socials Smashing DIY.
A Note From The Home Depot
Thinking about updating your home office? Join Ashley of Smashing DIY as she showcases three ways to update your space!
Table of Contents
Adding Shiplap Paneling
Everyone Needs a Little Color
Jazz It up With Wallpaper
Styling Your Space
There are so many ways that you can update your space and give it a little flavor. Today, I’m going to walk you through three ways that you can update a space in your home to give it a whole new feel.
First, we start out with our blank canvas. Pick a room or a space that you’d like to change and utilize one or all of the following ways to update your space.
Adding Shiplap Paneling
I always love using shiplap paneling to update a space because it’s a quick and easy way to bring depth to a room. I headed over to my local Home Depot to get my shiplap paneling and then cut it down to size to fit within my office cabinets. The great thing about your local Home Depot is that they can cut down your boards for you, if you don’t have the proper saw to do so at home.
I secured the paneling to the wall by using two-inch brad nails and a brad nailer. For extra strength, feel free to also use some paneling adhesive.
Once I installed the shiplap paneling, I went through with wood filler to fill all the nail holes and used caulking to fill all the cracks at the top and bottom. Once all the nail holes were filled, I used a primer to paint the paneling to prepare it for paint.
Everyone Needs a Little Color
Adding color is hands down my favorite way to update a space because it’s the cheapest way to make a space look totally different. I knew I wanted to go bold in here, so I decided to go moody.
If you are someone that struggles with picking paint colors, feel free to utilize The Home Depot App to visualize colors in your space before committing to a color.
I decided to choose this awesome green color called “Classic Bronze” and it really made my office cabinets pop. I utilized my Graco X5 Sprayer to spray the cabinets because it always gives me that nice finish I’m looking for.
Jazz It up With Wallpaper
Wallpaper is another fun way to really make a statement with your space. I personally love going bold when it comes to wallpaper. I had this fun idea to add wallpaper to the shelves of my office cabinets. The Home Depot has so many wallpaper options to choose from and they have a wallpaper calculator that helps you calculate just how much wallpaper you need.
After seeing the wallpaper close-up, I decided to add it to a blank wall instead of adding it to the shelves, so I was able to add the wall measurements to the wallpaper calculator and figure out just how much I needed for this project.
Styling Your Space
Once you finish updating your space, it’s time to style it. I was able to grab some fun items to bring my office space to completion. This sleek desk was the perfect combo for these dark green walls and I was able to bring in some contrast with this nice purple rolling office chair.
The space really tied in together with this multi-colored vintage inspired rug and I can’t forget to mention this amazing chandelier I found, it really is a statement piece for my office space.
I was able to utilize three easy ways to bring my office space to life and The Home Depot helped me get it all done!
This post was created in partnership with The Home Depot. The author may have received compensation for this article and associated images or video, potentially in the form of products and/or services. All expressed opinions and experiences are the author’s own words.
