“Your loft is too little Sharla,” they said. “You can’t do much in here. There’s barely room for a TV and a couch.” “THREE built-in bookcases? Psh! Keep dreaming!” But luckily Sharla didn’t listen to the naysayers, even though I just made them up just now. She added those built-ins all the way up to the ceiling, which made the room appear twice as big, and even had room leftover for a little window-seat area too. Curtains all the way to the ceiling are another great trick for adding optimum oomph to a small space. Optimum Oomph. That should be the name of a men’s cologne or something.
Anyway, the point is: don’t listen to those skeptics in your head telling you that you don’t have space for something cool too. Chances are you do!
See more from Sharla at My Little Gems.
12 Comments
LeeAnn
September 4, 2013 at 3:33 PMUnbelievable makeover! That is gorgeous. And I just now realized what my plain white bookcase need. 😉
Vel
September 4, 2013 at 3:39 PMwow! Love the yellows and turquoise!
Ashley@The Houston House
September 4, 2013 at 4:54 PMso cute! love the colors
Brittney
September 4, 2013 at 5:50 PMI know this isn’t really the place to ask this, but why can’t I see the whole post anymore? Around the time you changed your format around, I stopped being able to see the right side of your posts. Help!!
Lindsey @ Better After
September 4, 2013 at 6:24 PMHmm, how strange! I haven’t heard of anyone else having this problem. What browser are you using?
Brittney
September 4, 2013 at 6:39 PMInternet Explorer 10.0. This is how it looks to me. I can see the left side and it runs behind your side bar that has your welcome picture and categories and sponsors and stuff. I’m not sure why.
Lindsey @ Better After
September 4, 2013 at 6:56 PMThat’s what I figured. For some reason Explorer is a nightmare to deal with. Most web designers highly recommend using anything else! Explorer seems to make every site I browse look super wonky and run slow too. I’ve had the best luck with Firefox, but Chrome and Safari are also good ones to try.
Brittney
September 4, 2013 at 7:03 PMGrr. I can’t read the right half of your response. Thanks anyway! I will try to figure this out. For some reason I only have this problem with your site, which sucks because I like reading your witty commentary. Ha!
Brittney
September 4, 2013 at 7:15 PMUpdate: I fixed the problem. Compatibility View. Huzzah.
Lindsey @ Better After
September 4, 2013 at 7:45 PMYay! Thanks for letting me know! 🙂
Sarah
September 5, 2013 at 8:48 AMLove that gorgeous rug! The room looks so much bigger!
Sharla
September 5, 2013 at 10:05 PMThanks for featuring me! I will be writing a post soon with the details on where I got everything to answer everyone’s questions 🙂 Thanks again! What a great website this is!