My blogging desk was a little blah.  In fact, it was never meant to be a desk to begin with.  It’s an IKEA console that I transformed into a desk out of necessity.  (Take a look at how I painted it here.)

This piece of furniture works hard though.  It serves as our mail sorter (see all those baskets?), bill paying center, blogging office and house stereo (during family dance parties).  And since I’ve been spending so much more time there (well, here) downloading DIY photos and such, the idea struck me to make it a little more appealing.  Even though I had polyurethaned it, the desk top was getting nicked up.  I decided to add a glass top for function and style.  Handy Hubby found a local glass shop to supply and cut a glass desk top for under $40. 

It was a great improvement but I had one more trick up my sleeve.  Off to my fabric store crush, Fabric Shack, in Waynesville.

That’s just a corner of the store.  They’ve recently expanded into another building.  It’s a sewer’s haven.  I was looking for a fun printed fabric to display underneath the glass top.  I narrowed it down to these final four…

Wanna guess which one I chose?  Ta-da!…

I was totally digging the scrolled, monogram-esque print.  A yard and a half put me back $10.  I brought it home, measured my desk top, added an inch lengthwise and widthwise and then cut my fabric to those measurements.  With the added inch, I was able to finish the edges.

I simply removed the glass top, smoothed out the fabric over my desk then placed the glass back on top of the fabric.  (Well, maybe it wasn’t as easy as it sounds.  I had to keep adjusting until all the wrinkles were out.)

Here’s my view while blogging now…

To the left… (to the lef’, to the lef’…everythin’ you own in a box to the lef’)

To the right…

All together now…

This little detail makes blogging even more fun for me!  If that’s possible.

Adding a quirky detail like this to an overused area in your home can make the oodles of time you spend there more inspiring.  Do you have a built-in kitchen desk where you make grocery lists or pay bills?  Why not hang or lean a small but fun framed print above it?  Do you spend a lot of time cooking in the kitchen?  Try framed artwork here too that either leans or hangs against your backsplash.  Maybe you just like to chill in a corner on your favorite chair reading a book.  You can add a funky side table in a fun color or hang some bold artwork just at eye level.  Is there a designated place where you hang your keys on a daily basis?  That would be the perfect opportunity to add some ‘flare’!  It’s the little things like this that can make ordinary, mundane chores less stagnant.