I have claimed the front room of our house for myself. That doesn’t mean nobody else uses it, but I call it my room anyway. My husband has a room in the basement and the kids have…well, basically the whole house.
In my room, I use an antique table that my mom gave me as my desk. Because it doesn’t have any drawers, the top gets pretty messy sometimes. So, with tax time coming, I thought it was finally time to tidy up my work space.Just like in university when I had an essay to write, I will do anything else first, rather than start organizing tax papers. Luckily, this means I will even tidy up.
I started with the desktop (baby steps) and I will move on to the rest of the room (can’t show you that right now—I have stuffed a bunch of papers in a bag and they are sitting on the floor next to me). I figure once I accomplish this one small task, it will inspire me to do more.
For my special room, I settled on a black and white colour scheme, with a touch of pink, inspired by this portrait of Audrey Hepburn, which hangs on the wall next to my desk.
I like to surround myself with little things that inspire me, like this postcard of a painting by Alex Colville.
I got this neat Umbra tray (with a swivel lid) for $1 at a liquidation store. It takes up too much space on the desk, so I put it on top of my printer.
I found this inspiration board at a discount department store—perfect for my colour scheme.
My room would not be complete without some of my favourite artwork—like these woodcut prints made by a dear friend. The top one is of Canadian writer Margaret Atwood.
Do you have a room of your own?
I love your re-claimed room and the pink touches (hey, a girl's gotta have a little pink!). So, I see you already have a bright corner in the house... Thank you for visiting my happy entry way :)
ReplyDeleteCheers. I would come again soon but your vegan recipes make me empty the office fridge!
I agree, we need a little pink. I love the yellow in your entryway too!
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