I have been after the Pottery Barn Bedford Desk since I was like 10. Well, maybe not that long but I had my eye on it forever. Its perfect-functional, not too gender specific and there are so many options. I was in love. But not with the price. Enter JCPenny Home Store to the rescue. They have a fantastic alternative. With our Christmas money burning a hole in our pocket, we took the leap and ordered the desk. I LOVE it! It’s hard not to love it based on what we started with.

A countertop anchored to the wall. It worked, sort of.

The night we brought it home I had to open it and set it up right away. Unfortunately, in my laziness excitement to paint our office the last time I didn’t paint behind the old countertop. We were dealing with a 6 inch strip of wall in blue. A minor detour.

Well, it’s all painted and in it’s place. The storage in this is amazing. I’ll be on the hunt for cute accessories to cute it up.

Can you tell I love it? So hold on to your hats folks, here’s how much we saved going with our inexpensive JCP version:

Pottery Barn Bedford:

Desktop, 2 drawer file cabinet, 3 drawer file cabinet: $649.00

JCPenny Version:

Desktop, 2 drawer file cabinet, 3 drawer file cabinet: $298.94

Total saved: $350.06-and that’s how it’s done my friends.

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