Hey guys! I'm Alexandra. Welcome to my series Make My
Space Work, the show where we gift hardworking entrepreneurs
with a complete office makeover. These are people who don't have
time to think about their office space so that's where I come in. I make it beautiful, organized,
functional, and stylish. Today I'm helping Bianca who
works full time but also has a side hustle doing these
amazing crochet pieces. Look at the one she made me! It's so beautiful. Her company's inspired by
her Nonna which is why it's called Party at Nonna's. Cutest name ever! Bianca lives in a tiny downtown
condo and has absolutely zero space to run her side hustle. Before we get started, make sure
you hit that subscribe button. We have tons more makeovers and you
seriously do not want to miss them. Hi, my name is Bianca. I'm the owner of Party at Nonna's. I love to stitch embroidery,
cross-stitch, all that kind of stuff, so all my pieces
are inspired by the things that Nonnas say and do. I've been doing my business
for about a year now, but I also work full time. And what I'm struggling with
is just having a designated space in my home that's easily
accessible, that has storage. Sometimes I work from the couch,
sometimes I work from my bedroom. I have a really large
industrial sewing machine, and that has its own issues. I can't close my
bedroom door fully. I also don't have
any general storage. It just makes it really hard
to kind of get in the creative zone and create new things. What I'd love to see is, of
course, just a designated working space anywhere in my home. I love pink and, like, fun,
girly things, plants, cats. So please Alexandra,
come make my space work. When I scouted Bianca's space
originally, I really had to think outside the box. I was like, okay, do we
change her living room around? Does she have a workspace in
her living room, kitchen area? I was really happy to hear
that Bianca was open to working in her bedroom. She has the perfect
little nook in here. I need to make it stylish,
comfortable and also find a way to kind of separate her
sleeping area from her work area. So my plan is to turn this little
nook into an organized and stylish craft area that inspires Bianca
to sit down at the end of the day and work on her business. I have five hours to pull this
whole entire make-over off so it's time to get started. So it's day one, bright and early. It's pouring rain. Xico and I are off to the paint
store to find the perfect pink color to do a beautiful alternative
accent wall in this little nook. I'm thinking clouds. I'm thinking cotton
candy and lots of pink. Xico has already
befriended the store dog. There's this Fusion mineral
paint deck and it has recipes. We can actually mix some of the
colors to make our own pink. Oh my gosh, so fun! We're going to be making
your own paint today. Xico's always like, "Great. Yeah. Sure." The darker you go, the more tones
you can get out of it because you, like, water it down and
get, like, lighter shades of it. Okay. So we should go dark? Yeah. Okay. So we need cranberry and limestone. Fun. Okay, so we've got our paints. We have the tester that
you can pour right into the bigger pint of paint. It's 10am. We have, I dunno how many
hours left to do this makeover. We haven't even started. I haven't even had a coffee,
but I know Xico and I can do it. We pull it off every time! We're back from the paint store. We're at Bianca's. She sold the sewing table. What a huge difference! It feels open. I have a blank slate to work with. It's a really small space, one
of the smallest we've tackled. Let's get these walls prepped
and ready for some paint. So the first step is going
to be mixing these two Fusion mineral paints together. I want a pink that doesn't
feel super young, so I'm mixing cranberry and limestone. And you want to just put the whole
tester pot...into the limestone and then we're going to shake it. Ooh, it totally worked! Look at that. Now I'm going to pour it
into my paint tray and we're going to start painting. So you want to take your
paint brush, make sure there's not too much paint on it. You just want to do little
like lines in an area and then you want to go in with your
spray bottle and then you just want to dab it, dab the paint. A combination of, like,
smudging and dabbing. And it creates this like
really fluffy looking texture. So if you want to make
certain parts lighter, you just add more water. And I would suggest
doing a combo of both. So you end up with this
really beautiful, like, I keep saying clouds but
that's what it looks like. The last step to this process is
adding depth to your wall mural. So you want to take a small
paint brush like this, and you want to use the same dry brush
technique and just highlight any curves in the paint. This paint effect is actually
way cheaper than installing wallpaper and way less hassle. I'm going to throw to a previous
episode of Make My Space Work. If you guys have watched it,
you remember that I did this beautiful wall mural that
looked like blue clouds. What we're doing in Bianca's space
looks similar to the wallpaper at Natnael's, but takes way less
time and costs way less money. The wall is done. It looks incredible. I'm so happy with
how it turned out. Now it's time to hang the desk that
I bought for Bianca on the wall. Now this is technically
a Murphy desk, but it does the coolest thing. So when Bianca's done crafting
for the night, she can just flip it up like this. This is so cool. It turns into a little
cabinet on the wall. I'm going to place a chair
here so it can become a little reading nook. Everyone who lives in a small
space needs one of these. Such a space saver! Bianca can just tuck
everything away. She doesn't have to be staring
at her side hustle when she's trying to fall asleep and think
about all the work she has to do. You can also DIY this kind of desk. There's tons of tutorials out
there on YouTube, on the internet, so I would definitely recommend
checking those out if you are handy and want to DIY one. I would love to know in the
comments down below if you guys have a Murphy desk or a Murphy bed
and if it works for your space. So Bianca keeps everything
she needs to run her business in this box. It was stuffed into her closet. Ummm, very organized, I will say,
but like some stuff in makeup bags, other things in, like, organized
in tackle boxes, which is great, but the problem is that she
doesn't know what she has because it's all tucked away in this box. There's not like a clear
organization system happening. I personally think yarn and sequins
and all of those things always look great out on display and then
she knows exactly what she has. So I wanted to have fun with it,
and I thought, what better way to organize all of her craft supplies
and make them look beautiful than with a pegboard on the wall. And I have all these little
containers that hook onto the pegboards and that's where
I'm going to store all of these little bits and pieces. I love using pegboards to
organize craft supplies. If you guys want to see me
DIY and install a floor to ceiling pegboard, check out the
episode that I did with Yandy. I will link it up here. You guys are probably wondering
why I'm hanging these so high. The reality is, Bianca lives
in a very tiny condo, space is limited, and so I always
encourage people to use vertical space, which she has a lot of. And it's great because she's able
to store all of this stuff and keep it out and not have it shoved under
all of her clothes in her closet. So Bianca also has things
like this, these really cute custom mailers. I'm actually going to put
these in the side of the desk. The desk has these, like, paper
organizers, which I think is perfect to store these and
finally get rid of this bin. This is like my favorite part of
the process: color coordinating everything, organizing everything. It's going to look like a dream. It's going to look like a dream! I love how much color
all of Bianca's craft items bring to this room. There are a couple things left
that I still need to find places for: an iron, some yarn, a
box full of sewing supplies. So I'm just taking this beautiful
basket and putting all of those unsightly things that don't look
good on display in this basket. And then just like that,
everything is super organized. Now it is time for
the finishing touches. I'm also adding in this custom
portrait of Bianca's Nonna so she can look over, see
her Nonna, and remember why she started this business. I bought Bianca a
beautiful velvet chair. This is specifically not a desk
chair, one, because she has carpet but also because I want to show
you guys how I've designed this to turn into a reading nook. So I wanted a chair that could work
for her crafting, but then also look beautiful when this is all
closed up for the day and turned into a beautiful, cozy, nook. We're done! We're done the makeover,
cutest little reading nook slash craft zone. I'm so excited to show Bianca. It's time to reveal
the space to Bianca. I am going to reveal this space
to her as a little lounge area. I'm really excited to see
her reaction because I think she's going to be like,
wait, where's the desk? And then when she's opened her eyes
and seen the space, I'm going to transform it into her work zone. I'm really happy with how
this space turned out. I think it's really clever
how it's a reading area but also a workspace. And when you live in a tiny little
condo like this, you need to improvise and you need to have
a space that does more than one thing and I think that I nailed it. Bianca is the final judge. It's her space. Let's see what she thinks. I'm going to lead you in. Okay. Just grab my hands. Oh my gosh I have butterflies. I always get, like,
massive butterflies. Okay. Before I count down actually,
I want you to remember what your space looked like before. Cramped. Brutal. No storage. Could not even close the door. One, two, three. Oh my God, stop. What?! This is beautiful! Oh my gosh. I knew you were going to be good. I knew you were going
to do something so good. Okay, but hold on, you're probably
wondering, where's my workspace? Where's my work top? A little bit, yeah,
but I'm also so happy. Okay. Stay there. Okay. Stop right now! Oh my God! This is genius! Oh my gosh. This is so, so cool. I'm so happy you like it. Is that a picture of my Nonna? So now you can see
everything you have. You have a worktop,
you can close the door. And then at the end of the night
when you're just done with work, you don't want to look at it
anymore, you just fold up the desk and it's a little reading nook. This is amazing. I can see all my stuff. This is exactly what I
wanted without knowing what I really wanted. I'm so glad. You're welcome. It was easy that you
liked pink and cats. 100%. It's like, my brand. Exactly! So we're very similar. Let me know in the comments
down below if you guys would do an accent wall like this one. Bianca, I'm so glad that you
like your new little corner. I love it. Thank you guys so much for watching
and I will see you next time. Bye!
