Office to Twin Nursery Reveal ~ part 1 ~ Two Peas in a Pod

My hubbie will NEVER let me live down my reaction to the Ultrasound Tech's question of "Do twins run in your family?"  My response while sitting up trying to get a better look at the screen...."Shut up!"  But not in a mean, angry way.  More like a Valley Girl's "No way!" reaction. 3 months later when we found out we were having a boy and a girl, the Two Peas in a Pod nursery theme was set.  Come see how we transformed our Office space into a great space for these two little angles in Twin Nursery Reveal ~ part 1.

My first order of business (after cleaning out all the clutter that is) was to make the built in desk not so desk-y.  I thought if I could camouflage it somehow the nursery would look, well, like more of a nursery.  I came up with the solution of hanging fabric from the desk top to hide the drawers using Velcro's Sticky-Back Hook and Loop Fastener Tape with Dispenser 3/4 x 15 ft. Roll White

Here's what I did.  I cut the Velcro into strips and stuck one side underneath the lip of the desk top.   

I then attached the opposite side of the Velcro and removed the paper protecting the sticky side.  Next I started to hang my fabric from the Velcro.  I made sure to line up my fabric before hand so I wouldn't have to stick and remove the fabric if it all possible, just to make the stickiness last as long as possible.  

I did this all the way around until the desk bottom was completely covered!

I wish I would've ironed the fabric first  =)  I guess I could steam it....

The fabric makes the desk still functional in the sense that I haven't completely removed all of our paper work from the desk.  I figure this will last until our little twinkies start moving around and therefore tear the fabric down.  At that point I plan to make it more of a toy storage unit.  Searching Pinterest for ideas for that!

This same technique can be used for other things as well.  My little girls like to hide under the air hockey table in our playroom so I decided to take some fabric and make them a fun play house!  Bonus ~ hides the clutter!

Stay tuned for Part 2 of my Office to Twin Nursery Reveal on Wednesday to see how I turned the built in book shelf to a dresser and made my own chalkboard labels!  See the finished project and mural with all the details in Part 3.