A pear here, a pear there, pears everywhere...

This would be so much more effective if I had a before shot to show you. I swear this looks better in person. What you see is an IKEA shelf on casters that holds our printer, scanner and wireless router. I looked on the IKEA website but I think this shelf has been discontinued. It used to be that "birch" faux finish, and a cluttered corner in our kitchen. Due to the perennial lack of space issue, I do all my work at the kitchen table.

Prior to this little makeover, a piece of cloth covered the shelf and the unkempt appearance always bugged me. On a whim, I decided to paint the shelf white and to create a little fabric cover to hide all the gadgets. The fabric design is by Yumeji Takehisa and I have three versions. I have a thing for pears. Remember my monitor cozy? I was on such a roll with the shelf cover that I whipped up a sewing machine cozy too (using the pear fabric, of course). I'll show you the sewing machine cozy later.

Total time to paint shelf + sew cover = 30 minutes, not counting drying time. Easy peasy!

**Those are regular old thumbtacks on the upper corners. One day I plan on getting something cuter...