My office needs some sprucing up.
Since up until recently I was uncertain that I would be in this exact office full time, I was loathe to start decorating because it's a little heartbreaking to take all that stuff down. I would know because I came in here on a Monday, hung up halloween garland and pinned my pumpkin decorations on the wall (yes, I am a huge nerd) and the NEXT DAY I had to take it all down because our temp quit. It was so sad.
But here I am in this new, enourmous, high-walled cubicle and I am ready to jazz things up. On my list of potenial jazzy elements are:
The new Oval Kleenex Case. With cold & flu season upon us, it's nice that Kleenex has come up with a product we will all find useful
In 9 different color schemes to brighten up even the dreariest of cubicles (which is probably mine, since it is the exact color of gray that a tooth turns when it dies.) I'm definitely picking up a box or two next time I hit CVS.
In 9 different color schemes to brighten up even the dreariest of cubicles (which is probably mine, since it is the exact color of gray that a tooth turns when it dies.) I'm definitely picking up a box or two next time I hit CVS.
And then there are these message boards from The Container Store in fun, punchy colors.
Lately, chartreuse is speaking to me. I have no idea why but I am into it. These boards are magnetic to so you can stick papers on them without using tacks and creating little holes in your documents. Plus it doubles as a dry erase board. So you can write youself little love notes like "3 more hours until martini-time!". Your boss will be psyched.
I am the kind of person who writes everything on sticky notes. I have them plastered all over my monitor, walls, trays, anything that is stationary on my desk is usually covered in stickies, which is why I am very much into these babies from Crate and Barrel.
The colors are adorable too. And this way I can actually see my computer screen.
Sometimes when I am out shopping, I come across a rogue tumbler on sale. It isn't part of a set, and is marked heavily down because it's a little too fun looking to use as an every day tumbler. Well, I buy those and use them to keep pens/pencils/binder clips in:
All of these are from Pier One and are around $2 a piece.
All I need now are some swank file folders from Target
And I am good to go. After I redecorate completely I will post a pic.*
(* I know my nerdiness knows no bounds but if I am going to be stuck in a gray cube with no window for 9 hours a day, I sure as hell better have some bright and fun things to look at)
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I'm so jealous that you have the will to decorate your cube... I've worked at my job ofr 5 months now and still not a single decoration, picture, or personal possession to be found in here!
~jeannie
I love decorating my office! I would surely perish away in this sad, soul-draining, grey building if I wasn't able to spruce it up a little!
Seriously, this is the BEST website ever for cute office stuff. Check it out. The mousepads are to-die-for!
www.seejanework.com
jeanne: ha! at my work they pretty much force you to decorate at least a little. my old boss used to say that if you dont have some kind of personal effects, it looks like you are trying to make a quick getaway.
and ali thanks for that site! i LOVE it!
awesome sarah! i am the same way... i need to make my workplace look homey :) it's so much fun, too, and it makes you feel so much better about being there most of the day!
i am looking forward to seeing your pics!
Like the rest of you ladies, I need a homey-looking office. To that end, I have postcards of Edinburgh, Scotland pinned to the cube walls, two plants, a blue betta fish, a picture of my nephew and one of my friend's son, two framed pictures, and a miniature painting that a friend made for me in Italy. Before I moved to this desk, another employee sat here and did absolutely nothing with it. Once I moved here, everyone was like, "Oh, that desk is so nice!"
The only thing of mine brightening up my desk area is a Mr. Winkle calender. www.mrwinkle.com
He's cute! He's hilarious! I will not be ashamed!
anonymous: nothing on my page is underlined...you must have a virus! good luck with that.
nicky, i love mr. winkle!!! he is so ugly that its adorable.
I am the queen of decorating the work space...I painted my classroom hot pink, lime green and blue. My dorkiness though is my obsession with glitter. Any office accessory I can find with glitter in it makes my day!!!
All that stuff just for a cubicle? Think of how much fun I'll have when I have an entire classroom!
Yipee!
Although, since I don't right now, I'll have to live vicariously through you.
You weren't in Borders in Downtown Crossing tonight, by any chance? Someone was browsing around there about 6-ish and she looked kind of like you. Wearing pink rain boots.
I'm kind of drunk! But I swear, I thought it might be you.
haha no, it wasn't me. i am always into drunk comments though! :-)
Gotta love decorating the work space... good ideas! I've got pictures everywhere - I've somehow hid the pics of me on a "booze cruise" with friends - though at this place it might be appropriate ;)
When the holidays are behind me, I plan to do a little cube sprucing, too. I'm just too busy these days to pull the materials together.
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