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I have a real need for plants in my work space. Something that doesn’t require a lot of sunlight, preferably, or constant watering. And maybe a couple of cute prints from etsy you can frame?

congrats on loving the new job and the new office! as for the color scheme of it… um… eggplant and yellow are kinda odd colors to try to work around. i highly suggest decorating in neutrals since you arent gonna find much to match that

I’m so excited for you! And I LOVE the purple office. Maybe you could get some black and white prints to frame?

Oh congrat on your new workplace and space! Other than I’m not comfortable with working with my back against the door (perhaps I’m totally misinterpreting how you sit from he pic?) and that purple wall colour being one of my least favourites ever I think it looks grand. Some paintings and plants would do wonder, and you know those ribbons you can hang on hooks on the wall and then clip on things that matters to you, postcards, special tickets, photos, little trinkets for a personal touch…?

PS How on earth can anyone let people work in such environment as your previous place?!? Brr… DS

Oh, and that old office looks like a tornado came through. I once worked at a tiny desk shoved in a storage closet with network wires dangling down around me and closed cases stacked high in boxes behind me, but THIS! I’d rather go back to that closet than work in that disaster area.

I am the world’s WORST decorator, but YAY for a job you are excited about! I’m so happy for you : )

YAAAAAAYYYYYYY!
In terms of office-decorating tips – hm, well, probably the wrong person to ask. The only “office” I’ve ever had was a student one, and I covered it in Calvin and Hobbes cartoons.

I love the colors of your office! I definitely don’t have any office decorating tips. My office consists of a desk in my classroom that is usually piled 3 feet high with things I need to get to and doesn’t have a grown up sized chair.

wow, that’s crazy the old space. i think it says a lot about the company that they would let it be like that for weeks and weeks. glad you’re out of there!

and as for the aubergine wall…love it! i think you’ll be totally inspired by those colors. at my old job, we had some drawings that had been done by a cartoonist that we took with us everywhere. we had them framed and put up on the walls. everyone loved it, especially when people came to visit. oh, and at my work there are quite a lot of models of ships–my favorites are the tankers, but with the container ships, it looks like you could get in and play if you could just lift the glass covering. ships are nice. you could get one in lego perhaps?

That old office makes me want to die.

Congrats on getting out of, what looks like, the storage room from hell! Also, I like the new office.
Here are my decorating tips: If the office is smaller, I can’t tell from the picture, I would get a really nice,framed, big mirror and then some art work. Or you could get three or four little mirrors and group them together (ikea has some great cheap mirrors). I like the idea of the black and white art work, but if you found some art work that had a rainbow of colors that would work too. Or even a wall sculpture could be cool, (maybe expensive, BedBathBeyond has some sculpture pieces that don’t break the bank). Also, I agree with the plant idea, but I wouldn’t just put all the plants on the ground, I would get shelves to put on the wall and put plants on the shelves. Though it looks like there might be a good place under your desk for a plant. Good Luck. You should post the decorated office pictures when you are done!

I’m so glad you now have a job and workspace that you love!