p's office

In February I shared how I painted a desk that had a beat up plastic laminate finish. The desk I scored for free on craigslist and a couple coats of paint turned it from drab to looking fresh again. Because P's old chair was broken and wobbly we checked out the Design Within Reach Outlet that is close to where we live and found this Series 7 chair. It was marked down quite a bit and they also had a 20% off sale that weekend. P had a gift certificate as well he ended up spending only about $50 on the chair. And the chartreuse color looks great in combination with the grey of the desk. Now you can also see where the framed pucks hang. It's so great that each of us has a room for ourselves, it's a solution that works for now. Who knows what we might need the space for in the future. 

You know both of our work areas now, I already showed my desk a while back. What does your desk/work area look like? Would you mind sharing them with me? If anybody would be up for it you could send me a picture and a description about what you like/don't like about it and I would turn it into a post. It would be fun to see where you sit while blogging...

Happy three day weekend everybody!

 

office update

Today I write to you from my new and improved work space. Although it is not quite finished and there are still mountains of magazines that need sorting it's such an improvement from the previous mess.

The only things I bought new are the Alex drawer unit and the Forså desk lamp from Ikea. Everything else I already owned. Actually the birds are new as well. Sitting on the lamp is the coocoo showhorn and on the printer sits this little bird from West Elm. Yes, there is a Super Grover hanging on my bulletin board. He was one of my favorite Sesame Street characters and my husband gave it to me a while back. It's a bird. It's a plane. No, it's Super Grover!

workspace shopping

I got one step closer to getting an organized workspace when we stopped at Ikea on Sunday to pick up a drawer unit for all the small bits and pieces that were flying around on my desk. Also in my shopping cart were a new simple mouse pad and a new desk lamp because the old one couldn't be attached to my new desk, the one I found on the street back in August. I really liked the Aröd lamp but the whole lamp including the foot was way too big for my small desk so I decided to go with the Forså lamp.

1. desk found on the street 2. Aröd work lamp 3. Lågis mouse pad
4. Forså work lamp 5. Alex drawer unit