Make A Mini Office In A Closet, step by step

When Mary sent us her remarkable closet-to-office makeover we simply had to share it. Here is her letter:

I hoped to write to you to tell you how much I absolutely enjoy your journal! You two have provided me with so much inspiration since I stumbled upon your site a few months back. Keep doing what you do! On another note, I hoped to share some before and after pictures of a little project I tackled at my house. We lately picked up our first home and had to downsize a bit. We came from a 2,000 sq. foot rental home and moved into a 1,080 sq. foot home that is all ours. The only thing this home lacked was an office. Our future plans include enclosing the back patio and turning it into a large office for me and my expanding design business, but that is likely not going to be in the budget for another year or so. For the time being, I came up with the idea to turn the linen closet into a teeny compact place to keep my office supplies, magazines, bills, laptop, etc. It is not the office of my dreams, but it will work for the time being! Hope you enjoy! – Mary

Here is the linen closet before:

And the lovely mini office after:

Do not you enjoy that work-with-watcha-got spirit? We think it is a charming little place to store everything and get right to work without waiting for a big office renovation to come to fruition. Plus the cork boards on the inside of the door add even more function and display space. Thanks so much for sharing the inspiring before and after photos Mary (check out her journal here)! What do you folks think? Is not that a sweet and plain solution to get the job done?