show us pics of your desk

[amberleadavis]

Beautiful!

[Auspice]

I am what one might call a 'crafty' person. At the moment, I only have a small corner of the house. The back room is going to be turned into a guest bedroom / office so I'll be moving a lot of this back there in the next couple months. But for now, this is my workspace:

 

http://i.imgur.com/5aDb3U2l.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/ZORGea1l.jpg

 

This is a drafting table a friend gave me. I also have a cheap (plywood, mostly) rolltop. I'd really like a secretary and I've been eyeballing trying to build the one Ana White has plans for.

[I.M.]

Nice little workspace you have there Auspice. Is that House of Leaves I spy there among the books?

[Krisbecause]

Thank you Amberleadavis!

 

Auspice,

That does look like a wonderful little crafting spot. I want one of those too. Instead I just annoy hubby by dragging everything into the dinning room

[amberleadavis]

Auspice, is that a drink holder / trash sack holder? I had one when I was crafting. Great stuff.

[Auspice]

Nice little workspace you have there Auspice. Is that House of Leaves I spy there among the books?

 

Yes, it is! My favorite horror novel of all time. I loooove it so.

 

Auspice, is that a drink holder / trash sack holder? I had one when I was crafting. Great stuff.

 

I... don't know what it is, actually. I've always figured maybe it's to hold a tube sort of thing for paint brushes? Haha.

[penrivers]

Very cool. Manhattan Beach is the shiznits. You can walk from Hawthorne all the way to the ocean on the heads of all the techies that live down there now without your feet ever touching the ground.

 

When I was a kid in Iowa, we firmly believed that if you were Born Again, went to Sunday School, morning and evening church services, prayer meeting mid-week, and never did anything wrong to anybody, that when you died you'd go to Pasadena.

 

That is not a joke.

Actually, Orson Welles said you go to Paris.

[I.M.]

 

Yes, it is! My favorite horror novel of all time. I loooove it so.

 

 

I never thought of it as being a horror novel! But I suppose in a way it is. I've only read it once (it's likely I'll read it a second time after I've bought my own copy). The main thing that lingers in my memory are the journeys the footnotes take the reader on, especially the whole labyrinth passage. I have to confess I ended up getting a little lost (I'm guessing it was the author's intention), but since that section was about a labyrinth I didn't mind too much at all. It's certainly a challenging read.

Edited May 30, 2014 by I.M.

[sotto2]

Actually, Orson Welles said you go to Paris.

 

Orson Welles never lived in Iowa.

[penrivers]

 

Orson Welles never lived in Iowa.

Nope, then he was living in Spain, and btw he is buried there.

[MissChief]

My little corner of the digital world...

I bought this desk from a friend in Calgary about 10 years ago and I'm finally using it as a desk! It used to be used only for wine glass storage and only odds and ends were stored in the desk section.

 

 

 

 

 

[amberleadavis]

Looks great!

[Auspice]

I never thought of it as being a horror novel! But I suppose in a way it is. I've only read it once (it's likely I'll read it a second time after I've bought my own copy). The main thing that lingers in my memory are the journeys the footnotes take the reader on, especially the whole labyrinth passage. I have to confess I ended up getting a little lost (I'm guessing it was the author's intention), but since that section was about a labyrinth I didn't mind too much at all. It's certainly a challenging read.

 

When I first read it, I found I was unable to sleep after. Also, I was a fan of Poe (the author is her brother) at the time and her eponymous album, House of Leaves, gave me chills every time I listened to it after.

 

It took years for me to actually purchase a copy- I'd always forgo it in favor of other things.

 

I'm looking into building a new desk. Before I take the plunge, I may just try to shuffle things around to have my roll-top in here with the drafting table, so I can keep all my writing separate from the art stuff.

[Auspice]

So I got in one of those... moods yesterday to change things up a little. You may recall this madness:

 

 

http://i.imgur.com/5aDb3U2l.jpg

 

 

Well here's how things are now:

 

http://i.imgur.com/WVEcr3al.jpg

 

 

And on the next wall over, under the mantle (in front of the long-since-closed-off fireplace):

http://i.imgur.com/lfdVVucl.jpg

 

(The laptop table gets shifted around the room; usually it's at the couch, which is where I was sitting when I took the picture)

[Auspice]

Oh! And silly me, forgetting the close-up of the writing desk:

 

http://i.imgur.com/m0sZMmnl.jpg

 

 

I'm thinking of painting most of it red and... doing something to the writing surface. I don't know what. It's just a cheap pressboard thing, so there's not much that could be done.

[MissChief]

Love that desk, Auspice!

[gerigo]

You want messy ?

What is that platform or stand called that elevates your writing surface? I really like the one you have and need to get one, otherwise I hunch over the table.

[ndw76]

My desk at home after a good cleaning.

[Chuckie]

To the original poster: LOVE your desk! The grain and color are wonderful.

[stevesurf]

These are wonderful, Ken; excellent as they contain all the necessary food groups, and ink

 

 

My workstation at home. I am bargaining to get something like this for work. My supervisor and the Labor Relations Manager agree with my design, but unfortunately it violates too many company policies. I took this series of pictures a couple of months ago when the guys at work were commenting on the horrible condition of my work space at work. They wanted to know what my desk looked like at home. I showed them that I could be rather civilized when I was not working in barbaric conditions:-)