When we bought the clinic, it had a very bachelor vibe. The former owner must have really loved black and grey. Although we have pretty much no decorating budget, I have slowly tried to update little parts of the office, mostly by decluttering.
The quarantine has given me a little extra time for the hygiene coordinator's office. She is in here 8 hours a day making and taking phone calls in non-pandemic times. This room is very Harry Potter-esque, mostly because it is under a stairwell and has no windows. I toyed with lots of grand ideas, like ripping out the built-in desk that is under the stairs, and also the little built-in table that is super awkward and never gets used.
But the zero budget thing won. This is what I did:
1. Declutter. I threw out lots of empty binders, old photos, headsets, and even a star wars phone. At some point that bookcase must have been used as a lost and found, because I found a few pairs of dirty old mittens and hats.
2. Cleaned the floor and the desk. then I put a marble-like sticker on the desk and table. This cost next to nothing. You can buy huge rolls of it on amazon for $25 that will last for so many projects.
3. Traded the broken filing cabinet and bookcase for new shorter filing cabinets. Filing cabinets are not cheap, but completely necessary in this room.
What I want to do:
- add a wall-to-wall countertop to sit on those filing cabinets
- maybe some art and more fake plants over at that end of the room.
- Someday I would love to completely overhaul this room (including drop ceiling situation), but until then it's at least 15% better for our coordinator.
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