Pocketful of Joules

Last month, I shared with you in Office Thoughts & Sideboards that I was looking for a perfectly sized sideboard/credenza piece that would look much nicer than the cube system I was using, and serve to increase my storage space in my office.

As a reminder, here is my before:

I ended up purchasing the Badel 58” Sideboard from Wayfair for $319.

The reason I went with this particular option:

• I loved the look of it and it was actual wood.
• It had a mix of shelves and drawers, which seemed best for my hodge-podge of stuff.
• The price was right.

I placed my order, received free shipping (yay!) and it arrived a few days later. I’m actually one of those people who enjoy putting furniture together and have done it many, many times. This piece went together very well, the wood is a really good weight, and the finishes are fantastic. I’m talking nice, heavy metal for the knobs and drawer pulls, and a very thick backing board for the inside of the cabinets.

Once I had it together, the “fun” began. Where I basically had to reorganize my entire office because everything looked terrible next to my new, fancy sideboard. I also did a huge closet clean-out, so that I could better organize everything by utilizing the sideboard space. I ended up with 3 bags of donations for Goodwill and 2 bags of trash.

And here’s the great reveal:

I love, love, love how the new furniture fits the space!

Here is a close-up of the corner:

I moved my walking pad so that it fit into the space next to the sideboard, and stole my bookshelf from the other side of the room for my workout stuff storage. I had been using a standing desk with my walking pad, but wasn’t fully loving it. This bookshelf is a great height for me to balance my kindle on it for reading or watching Netflix while I walk.

The collapsible table on the wall folds down when not in use, but when I need to sew something I just roll the walking pad out of the way, lock the table into position, grab my folding chair from the closet and sew away!

 Here is a closer look at the sideboard:

You are not going to BELIEVE how much stuff I fit inside:

Here is a look at the right cabinet: there is a ton of random crafting supplies, my cross-stitch supplies, jewelry making supplies, painting supplies and small canvases, a tie-dye kit, some larger canvases, a bag of Acrylic markers, some RIT dye and an unused craft set.

As for the left cabinet: I have an assortment of electronics and chargers, a bunch of half-used notebooks from Jack that I grab when I need scratch paper, camera equipment, assorted fabric and scraps from sewing projects, a bowl and wax I use for making candles, and an empty box giving me room to grow.

The three middle drawers currently hold all my gift wrap stuff:

Right now, I have a drawer full of cards, ribbon, bows, labels and gift boxes; one with assorted gift bags; and one with boxes and tissue paper. I’m hoping that I can get through a bunch of this stuff this holiday season, so that I can combine them and have one drawer option for other stuff. To keep all my gift wrapping stuff together, I hid my 4 rolls of wrapping paper under the sideboard, out of sight.

I am so, so, so pleased how the addition of this piece of furniture has allowed me to organize my entire office. It just feels like there is so much clean space now. And even better, when I open my closet everything is accessible without having to play jenga to get to my filing cabinet!

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