"For the past 10 years, my home office has doubled as my family's unofficial storage locker. Last week, I used a staycation to finally give the drab, tiny room where I spend 60 per cent of my work week a much-needed glow-up. The transformation involved considerable sweat equity, but for under $3,000, I transformed the space into what's pretty close to the studio of my dreams."
"The studio renovation involved bidding goodbye to the large Ikea Kallax unit that has stored my books, family paperwork and the overflow of my kid's toys for the past decade. The vision was to replace that with a long built-in base cabinet topped with floating shelves. I also wanted to revamp another Ikea cabinet we inherited from the home's previous owners and cover the wall behind my desk with wallpaper."
"The project involved, stripping, sanding and staining wood, painting over Ikea's laminate finish, and lots of measuring and drilling. I'm glad this wasn't my first rodeo. My foray into DIY started a few years ago with much simpler projects, such as caulking and painting. By the time I thought up my home office redo, I had already hung up a few floating shelves, sanded a deck, stripped six layers of paint from a stair handle, and coated a wood dining room table with epoxy resin."
A staycation was used to renovate a small home office into a studio-like workspace for under $3,000. The project replaced a large Ikea Kallax storage unit with a built-in base cabinet and floating shelves, revamped another Ikea cabinet, and added wallpaper behind the desk. Tasks included stripping, sanding and staining wood, painting over laminate, and extensive measuring and drilling. Prior experience with smaller DIY jobs—caulking, painting, hanging shelves, sanding a deck, stripping paint and applying epoxy—provided practical skills. Instagram offered design and cost-saving ideas while YouTube supplied technical step-by-step guidance, with multiple videos recommended per new skill.
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