Police Station Makeover Community Service Project 2016

Today I wanted to share with you our latest project, our local police station makeover. You know, sometimes as a blogger you get to do some really cool things. I feel so lucky that I happened to fall into the blogging world literally by accident, over 4 years ago. Never in my dreams did I think that writing about  our insane living arrangement and sharing our home renovation stories would lead to such amazing opportunities and a full time career. As many of you know, we work with Sherwin-Williams and Wayfair on a regular basis and we are thrilled again to be partnering with them for the upcoming National Painting Week in May. This is our third year working on the National Painting Week campaign with Sherwin-Williams and this year, it’s totally different.  Each year during National Painting Week Sherwin-Williams stores dedicate time to updating community spaces around the country, and this year, I was also tasked with finding a community project in my hometown that was in need of a makeover. Of course, I jumped at the chance and started visiting places in town to see what places were in need. After visiting a few places, it was evident that our local police station break room was the biggest space in need. When I tell you this space hasn’t been updated in years, I am not exaggerating. I was a little hesitant at first about this project. I mean, who goes into their local police department and asks if they can start ripping stuff out? Once you do that, you are kind of committed to finish. -ha. I certainly didn’t want to get myself in trouble with these guys and end up in the slammer.

Police Station Makeover

Here is another view of the space.

The other side of the room.

When I first approached the Chief about a possible makeover, I am pretty sure he thought that I was crazy. Initially, I planned on doing a small makeover consisting of some paint and working with what they already had. That strategy changed once I got in there and realized, we need to make this space amazing.  These officers deserved something fresh, new and really pretty -ha. I was originally planning to repaint the existing cabinets, reconfigure room and add some additional storage options and then that night happened when I couldn’t sleep. You know when you are working on a project and it keeps you up at night? It’s so annoying BUT the middle of night is when I have my best ideas.  I woke up the next morning and decided everything in the room needed to go. Like in a dumpster. The kitchen cabinets, the sink, the table, the old broken chairs, the filing cabinets, oven, microwave and whatever else they would let me throw away. I remember asking the Chief  if anyone would be sad if I got rid of everything including their kitchen wall and he laughed and said, “umm noooooo……but you are going to put stuff back there right? ”  Well yes! At this point, I know he thinks I am crazy. Stay tuned. You won’t believe what happens next ;). In the meantime, be sure to check out some of our other projects on our “interior” page.