Office Orginization Center

I found my original inspiration picture. This was from a Pottery Barn Catalog, several years ago. As I mentioned in the previous post, I did a few things different, but this was where my inspiration came from.




This is a picture of MY organization center. I have added a spot inside where I can place the items to be filed (which I did not have before) and I am adding some cork to the inside panel. At first I did not want to do that, but I found I was taping items up and that was not working as well as I wanted it to.

As for the magnetic panel, that is working really well.

All in all, I am pleased. I can still have my bills and other items accessible, but then I can close the doors and everything looks organized and cleaned up.

 
This has worked out really well.

Bi-fold doors - Now... Corner Shelfs!

What do you do with old bi-fold doors.  Make storage... of course.

By taking the doors and making a 90 degree angle, a nice corner unit is created. I cut triangle pieces of plywood and mounted them in the cabinet using a 1X1 as the bracket to hold them in place. Then the whole thing got a lovely coat of white and some molding was added to the top for the required "cute"ness.
Tada - a corner shelf unit.  Not too bad.  And it uses space that was otherwise wasted.   

Update: since these shots were taken, the corner unit has move into my office.

Add a switch to a lamp! Tutorial

 Have you ever wanted to add a  switch to the middle of a lamp cord.  Here is a quick walk through on how to do that.  (The instructions were in another language, but the pictures were nice.)

These are the items you will need 

 Wire cutters
Exact o knife
Cord Switch
(In the this picture you also see a new wire plug end and extra wire... You don't need that for this project.)

***UNPLUG your lamp/light.***

 The first step is to cut a small slit in the wire about an inch long, where you want the new switch to be.  I like mine about four feet from the plug, but you can place it anywhere along the cord that you want.

 Then you are going to  cut only one side with the wire cutters.

 Your split will look a little like this...

 

 Next you will take the cord switch case and unscrew the  screw...and open it up.

  Inside you will place the wire on each side, going around the center circle.  Where the wire is split will be on the side with a separator.  The wires must not connect any more for this to work.

Put the two hales back together.  Make sure the the metal spikes pierce the wire.  This allows the electrical juice to run through the wire and make the switch work! (my pencil is pointing to the spike).

Tighten the screw back up.

  

 Now Flip the switch (after you replug it in.... because you would never wire something that is plugged in...Right?)

Tad-ah!  Now you do not have to constantly unplug... plugin... unplug...plugin to get light.  Just turn the little switch.  Give it a try and tell me how it went!

Chandelier --In the Pink - make over

I have this thing for remaking lamps lately.   

I found this ugly lamp that had those ugly glass saucers hanging up side down.  I thought, "I am going to re wire this and paint it.   Then I will give it to my sister Sundee for her birthday."

 

So I turned it upside down, Rewired it, Painted it Pink and....

                                             Happy Birthday Sundee....

 

She Liked it! 

So... Do you like it?