• Newsletters
  • Subscribe
/
1x
Home Decor

How We Gave A Teeny Home Office A Gorgeous Makeover For Under $200

A small, cozy mudroom becomes a home office on a major budget. Here's how.
Add as preferred on Google(opens in a new tab)

This week, in our video series The Home Primp, we set out to transform a teeny tiny mudroom into a beautiful home office.

The challenge: The apartment, which is the ground floor of a home on a quiet residential street in Toronto, has a teeny tiny mudroom that backs off the bedroom. Because the owner uses the front door, it was a strange space to keep coats and shoes, especially when guests came over (they'd have to walk through the whole house to hang up their jackets). Instead, we primped it into a gorgeous, organized home office.

The Home Primp home office makeover

How we primped it: A beautiful pendant light, some genius organizational hacks to keep those pesky cords organized, a office chair and a few coats of paint on an old dresser, turned a sterile space into a cozy work retreat.

Mudroom turned office the home primp Photo, Andreea Muscurel.

How much we spent: $194

Advertisement

Watch the full transformation above.

Products featured:

Related Stories

I Tried a $1,100 Stick Vacuum That’s Designed For Pet Hair
Home Decor

I Tried a $1,100 Stick Vacuum That’s Designed For Pet Hair

Is the Dyson V16 Piston Animal Absolute worth the price? Here’s what I thought.

How To Turn Your Mudroom Into A Home Office For Under $200

GetTheLook_2

How We Gave A Teeny Home Office A Gorgeous Makeover For Under $200

Pendant lamp

$99, Ikea

Advertisement
How We Gave A Teeny Home Office A Gorgeous Makeover For Under $200

Chalk Paint™ by Annie Sloan

In colour Old White, from $15, Annie Sloan

How We Gave A Teeny Home Office A Gorgeous Makeover For Under $200

Knobs

$10/pack of 2, Zara Home

How We Gave A Teeny Home Office A Gorgeous Makeover For Under $200

Double sided paper

$6, The Paper Place

How We Gave A Teeny Home Office A Gorgeous Makeover For Under $200

Flatware tray

$4, Ikea

Advertisement
How We Gave A Teeny Home Office A Gorgeous Makeover For Under $200

Glasses wall art print

From $21, Minted

How We Gave A Teeny Home Office A Gorgeous Makeover For Under $200

Photo display frame

$25, Ikea

How We Gave A Teeny Home Office A Gorgeous Makeover For Under $200

Acrylic storage box

$34, Muji

How We Gave A Teeny Home Office A Gorgeous Makeover For Under $200

Label maker

$23, Amazon

Advertisement
How We Gave A Teeny Home Office A Gorgeous Makeover For Under $200

Coaster

$3/pack of 4, Ikea

How We Gave A Teeny Home Office A Gorgeous Makeover For Under $200

Felt balls

From $6, Etsy

How We Gave A Teeny Home Office A Gorgeous Makeover For Under $200

Velvet chair

HomeSense

How We Gave A Teeny Home Office A Gorgeous Makeover For Under $200

Porcelain cup

$7, H&M Home

Advertisement
How We Gave A Teeny Home Office A Gorgeous Makeover For Under $200

Print

From $21, Minted

How We Gave A Teeny Home Office A Gorgeous Makeover For Under $200

The very best of Chatelaine straight to your inbox.

By signing up, you agree to our terms of use and privacy policy. You may unsubscribe at any time.

Alexandra Gater is a former home editor at Chatelaine who now shares renter-friendly hacks, DIY projects and joyful makeovers with her 900,000 YouTube subscribers.

Advertisement
Advertisement
Copy link

More Like This

Chatelaine Summer 2026 cover, featuring a woman biting into a burger.

Subscribe to Chatelaine!

Sandwiches! Sundaes! Jello shots! Plus the lowdown on the female desire pill, women who hit major life milestones at 50 and guest editor Meredith Shaw's all-Canadian summer lookbook.