Trading Offices

In my nine months of working for the college so far, I've moved offices a total of four times. That's right, you heard me: FOUR TIMES. Twice on the second floor, twice on the first floor. This is due to my boss's indecisiveness of where everyone should be, according to their jobs and departments. The good news is that out of all the offices I've had so far, my favorite is the one I'm currently in. Let's just cross our fingers that I'll be in it for a least a year!

When it felt like I was going to be in this office for a while, I decided to go ahead and do some light redecorating. I've only made some minor changes so far and will do the bigger ones later this summer.

Before, the furniture in the office was all cramped together and had a hideous fake tree, with an equally hideous pink chair, that took up a lot of space. It looked small. Take a look:

However, after I got rid of the tree, moved the console table to the side in the space of the tree, pushed my desk a few inches back, and added some illusion items (as in, the illusion of more space) like a mirror and a framed picture to go along with my other knick-knacks and decor, this is what it currently looks like:

(I forgot to remove the stacks of paperwork I have before I took the picture)

The majority of the things on this console were pretty cheap...
Mirror: Big Lots
Framed elephant picture: Salvation Army
Small box: Cost Plus World Market
Vase (incl. one on my desk): Ross
Thai buddha statue: Ross
Capiz frame: Ross
Books: from office library
Small drum: gift from Indonesia
Matyroshka (aka, nesting dolls): from my trip to Alaska
Small shell plate: gift from France
Purple tulip: gift from Amsterdam

Future decorating plans include hanging three vertical canvas painting on my back wall (the wall facing the back of my chair). To the left of my desk (not pictured) are two visitor chairs. I'd like to add a very small table between them and maybe hang a piece of artwork or another mirror above the chairs.

One of the IT guys passed my office the other day, stopped, and said, "I wish my office looked this lush." Just wait until I'm done, pal! Knowing my luck though, I'd get all settled in, finish making my office look pretty, and then have to move again!