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Fixing Up the New Office
So my office at work is quite empty and sterile (grey and white). I think it could use some blue. And green. But I'm also going to try for neat and fairly minimalist.
Normally I decorate with postcards. I like to tape them to the back of the bottom of the upper cabinets, so there's just a long row of postcards peeping out from underneath. But a) I can't find those postcards and b) I only have one tiny upper cabinet and it's not designed to let me do that anyway. I don't see another appropriate place to do that sort of thing either.
There's one nail on the wall; I've hung my 20-year certificate up there. It has a nice blue mat. I'm bringing another picture to lean up against a wall. The picture has a green mat and a lot of blue and green in the picture.
I plan to get one or two plants as well. Another person with the same lighting is growing a nice pothos ivy, so I think I'd like one of those and I'd like to try for a peace lily. I stink with plants, but have been quite successful with that particular ivy and fairly successful with that lily.
I might also not be able to resist one silly thing. Like a tiny stuffed animal. Or plastic The Tic. Or toy car.
I was able to get pencils and file folders myself; I only have to go through my contact for things we don't have. We don't have an office supplies closet, but we do have part of a dresser-like thing.
I still want a pencil holder, perhaps a glass jar, and a paper clip holder, which will be a little blue ceramic dish I have. I'm also bringing my blue business card holder. It is a little silly what with being super Victorian and having fake diamonds in it. I suppose that could be my silly thing. Maybe.
And unlike my last permanent job, I have access to a kitchen sink. So I'm bringing a real fork, knife and spoon that I can just keep there instead of worrying that they will poke a hole through the plastic bag I'm bringing my lunch in. I just got some at the local thrift store today--they don't match, but I like each one--and they were only $0.60, $0.65 with tax.
I have tried bringing my own soap. I'm still getting into the habit of a) grabbing the soap when I leave, b) remembering to use the soap, and c) putting the soap back when I return. But I've brought it home because it's clogging the hole. I'm going to try diluting it and seeing if that works.
Normally I decorate with postcards. I like to tape them to the back of the bottom of the upper cabinets, so there's just a long row of postcards peeping out from underneath. But a) I can't find those postcards and b) I only have one tiny upper cabinet and it's not designed to let me do that anyway. I don't see another appropriate place to do that sort of thing either.
There's one nail on the wall; I've hung my 20-year certificate up there. It has a nice blue mat. I'm bringing another picture to lean up against a wall. The picture has a green mat and a lot of blue and green in the picture.
I plan to get one or two plants as well. Another person with the same lighting is growing a nice pothos ivy, so I think I'd like one of those and I'd like to try for a peace lily. I stink with plants, but have been quite successful with that particular ivy and fairly successful with that lily.
I might also not be able to resist one silly thing. Like a tiny stuffed animal. Or plastic The Tic. Or toy car.
I was able to get pencils and file folders myself; I only have to go through my contact for things we don't have. We don't have an office supplies closet, but we do have part of a dresser-like thing.
I still want a pencil holder, perhaps a glass jar, and a paper clip holder, which will be a little blue ceramic dish I have. I'm also bringing my blue business card holder. It is a little silly what with being super Victorian and having fake diamonds in it. I suppose that could be my silly thing. Maybe.
And unlike my last permanent job, I have access to a kitchen sink. So I'm bringing a real fork, knife and spoon that I can just keep there instead of worrying that they will poke a hole through the plastic bag I'm bringing my lunch in. I just got some at the local thrift store today--they don't match, but I like each one--and they were only $0.60, $0.65 with tax.
I have tried bringing my own soap. I'm still getting into the habit of a) grabbing the soap when I leave, b) remembering to use the soap, and c) putting the soap back when I return. But I've brought it home because it's clogging the hole. I'm going to try diluting it and seeing if that works.