Business on a budget (2)...

Hello!

Welcome to the second post in my 'business on a budget' series. If you haven't read tip number one click this link http://becky-iblog-becky.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/business-on-budget-1.html and for all the rest of my 51 posts click here- http://becky-iblog-becky.blogspot.co.uk

So my parents said that as we have a spare room in our house, I can use it as an office. The only thing is I don't want to spend a huge amount of money at the moment, so it's really just going to be a spruce up. I obviously want it to look nice so I am working on accessories and decorative items that will look nice, be useful and be cheap!

The first thing I really wanted was a pretty little unit to store paper work and all the boring stuff, but without it looking messy and chaotic. When I helped to decorate my parent's café we found a lovely little storage unit in tk-maxx for £3.99 (I think). I know that £3.99 isn't a huge amount of money, but the costs soon add up so I decided to look for an alternative.


This is the tk-maxx one - pretty right?

I found this box in my house, that nobody was really using.

It was quite similar to the shape of the shop bought one, so i decided to give it a coat of paint. 

I literally just wiped it, to get rid of dust and then started painting with white acrylic paint. It needed about 3 coats, but I left the tiniest bit of green to give it the shabby chic look.

Then I simply went onto Photoshop, typed in 'Becky's Files' and selected a font I liked. I printed it out and carefully cut out all of the letters, which took a while (might have been easier with a craft knife rather than scissors). The last step was gluing the letters on using PVA, and it was finished. I am thrilled  with the results, it didn't cost me a penny. You could try painting any shelves, or boxes to spruce them up! This will look perfect in my office, and are really useful!

Bye for Now

P.s. the glue in the picture wasn't dry, but you get the idea...