Believe it or not interior design was my first love. I remember spending countless hours watching TLC with my mom Trading Spaces, Extreme Makeover Home Edition and more. I wanted to go to school for interior design but in the end choose fashion instead.

I’ve lived with my parents all my life, even as a college student so I never had the opportunity to create a space that was my own…until now. After Emin proposed to me the conversation of moving into his place became a reality and I knew I wanted to turn one of the two bedrooms into a cloffice. You may be wondering what a cloffice is…well it’s a closet + office space. A room that functions as both. I needed more organization, shelves and racks to neatly display all my stuff and a place that I could work in.

I first started by painting the room a crisp white. White rooms are a blank canvas, they allow you to play with furniture and decor as you please. With all my clothes, shoes and bags I knew that white was the way to go. The space is small but I optimized every inch using racks and shelves of different sizes and creating “sections”. I went into it not knowing the floor plan or even an idea. I simply began by purchasing items and moving them around in the space to figure out what worked and what didn’t. Most of the items I purchased were from Ikea or Target, cost efficiency was definitely a factor because the apartment is temporary till we get married.

Below is a detailed list with links to (almost) every item I purchased or similar ones I’ve found for you. I hope this helps and inspires the interior design bug in you! It feels so amazing to be organized and have a space where I can escape to.

White Racks, similar Here and Here
Faux Fur Rugs, similar here and here
Framebridge Instagram Frames (seen above racks)
Baskets, similar here and here
Mirror, similar here and here
Desk (purchased from close out sale), similar here and here

 

xo
ejc

 

 

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