My Desk

Recently I was given a great assignment tag by Mary-Laure, of the elegant Aurea blog, to photograph my desk. Thank you Mary-Laure, I was very touched by your tag and seriously enjoyed doing it. Your lovely green book laden desk was inspiring… :) At home we have two desks; one is in the living room where we keep the computer and the second is in my bedroom where I work on jewelry. I wasn’t sure which to photograph, but decided on my bedroom workspace since it has the most personal things on it and also because it’s where I use my favorite chair. I bought it at a second hand store for $12 a year ago, sturdy and distressed and convenient since it completely bores George with its lack of fluff:



This is the business end of the desk; little beads and jewelry findings are kept in two very boring boxes along the wall. I realized while photographing it yesterday that I really need some kind of shelf there? Little Mini the Mouse keeps me company while I craft:



I keep the tools I use most often in my handy tin cup and my Devo sticker gets me through the hard times... what would Devo do?



The corner near the lamp is where I keep a small collection of vintage knick-knacks. I don’t smoke, but I love certain ashtrays. The two I have here were purchased at second hand stores. The white and blue one is from Holland and though you may not be able to tell from the photo it has a windmill painted on it and tiny wooden shoes sit inside. The brass leaf tray doesn’t have any markings but the small porcelain box is from Denmark and has a rather violent battle depicted on its top and around the sides farmers and peasants work in the fields while viking ships filled with soldiers sail the waters:



Thank you again Mary-Laure, this really was fun. I’d like to pass the tag along now to Sam of Matou en Peluche , the Asherette, Francesca of Certain Creatures and Alexandra of Mothersvea. I’d love to see your desks!