Phew! We’ve entered that lull between Christmas and the New Year, people. I’m ready for everybody else to go back to work, so that when I run my errands in the middle of the day during the work-week, I don’t have to bother with all those people being everywhere. That’s the true beauty of working for home, you know. Everybody thinks it’s the pyjamas, but it’s not.
I decided that I prefer being in my living room more than the back bedroom, both for working purposes and relaxation. Luckily, both those things rely on a single piece of tech — the new iMac, so I ran out to Target and cashed in a few gift cards in exchange for a new desk. Of course, once I put the new desk together (well, attached the legs), I realized I needed to rearrange the entire living room to make things look right.
I’ve never not had the bookcases in the corner in which the desk now resides, so its been tough adjusting. I spent all yesterday evening and this morning walking through the room, feeling like it was a bad haircut. It might have looked fine for somebody else, but it just wasn’t me. I think it was the combination of newly blank walls and windows — broad stretches of nothing. So this afternoon, I hung the two wall shelves I’ve had in the closet for ages. I put a few things on them and switched around some framed pictures, and now I’m pretty happy with the set up. Thank goodness.
I’ve just got a boring blue Apple desktop on the computer, so I was playing with the screen savers when I took the picture above. I later set it to flip through the images in my Photo Book folder (that would be the photo book I never got around to actually printing), and at the risk of sounding immodest, I had to sit on the sofa and watch as it cycled through all the shots. There’s something about seeing one’s photos on a 24″ screen from halfway across a room that’s a bit dazzling.
So, I hope you had a marvelous holiday-time (I don’t get why Christmas-folk get so uptight about people saying ‘Happy Holidays’ — I mean, even if you’re a Christian, there’s still Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, and New Year’s. That’s more than one holiday!). And if you didn’t, try hanging some shelves. It might make things look better.
i don’t work from home, but i totally get what you’re saying about people milling about during the day when they should be at work. it would bug me too- and i was one of those people crowding up your normal grocery store routine at noon this past friday.
The shelves and picture make it – can’t imagine what it would look like without them. Nice work area. And I would love to watch my photos on a 24″ screen too. Well done!