This Bedroom-Turned-Office Has the Coolest BILLY Bookcase Hack

Kelly Dawson
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Bedroom before renovation.
Bedroom before renovation.
“Every project has to be really renter-friendly, as my management company is not necessarily the friendliest,” she says.
Credit: Louise Pappas Credit: Louise Pappas
Curved shelving in home office.
Work desk in home office.
Curved shelving in home office, with standing desk and beige couch.

When it comes to renting, it may seem as though you live with more rules than possibilities — after all, you can’t exactly take a sledgehammer to walls or rip out the flooring. It all can feel pretty limiting, but those rules don’t mean that you can’t customize your home as a renter. For Los Angeles renter Juliana (@joujee), making sure her landlord stayed happy didn’t get in the way of DIYing her way to a personalized home.

“Every project has to be really renter-friendly, as my management company is not necessarily the friendliest,” Juliana says. “Everything I put up needs to come off as if it never existed, and I try to keep the original blinds, light fixtures, and so on.”

This room was intended as a bedroom, and was originally where Juliana slept — but then she got the idea to change things up, as her light-filled, one-bedroom apartment has high-enough ceilings to accommodate a loft. “Even though the loft is a bit smaller than the actual bedroom, I decided to make it my bedroom and use this room as an office and craft area,” she says.