I got a new office at work; I can’t remember if I mentioned this or not…probably not.  Last week, we did some reshuffling of workspace and just about everyone played musical chairs in one form or another.  After the dust settled, I was in a marginally bigger office, with a big window and extra space for files, clients, etc.

To celebrate, I shopped for a new lamp. I took Rabbit with me after a research shopping trip a day earlier.  She looked at the lamps and chose a little buffet lamp with bead fringe around the edge of the shade.  I said no thanks.  I had it narrowed down to two, and the one I chose (above) made the final cut just because I couldn’t stop looking at it. 

I took the picture with my phone; later, I moved the lamp over to the opposite corner of the cabinet, and it changed the entire feng shui of the office for the better.  I immediately felt more comfortable, just by moving it over.

The framed New Yorker cover on the cabinet is one from the issue that came out the week before PC and I got married, and I loved the cover art that portrayed an old fashioned pen and bottle of ink.  What you can’t see in the picture is that there are constellations of stars in the ink bottle.  I’ve had that picture hanging in every office I’ve ever had as an adult and just love it. 

The bowl is one I got from a friend who was selling candles.  I just like it and thought it would look good in my office. 

The nicest thing is when I leave the lamp on and go out on an appointment, and when I pull up at the office, I can see it in the office window from outside, casting a welcoming glow to me if it is twilight.  The bad thing is that it doesn’t give off enough light for me to get by without the overhead fluorescent, but I’ll eventually get a second lamp for the office to take care of that.

It just goes to show that I’m the type to “nest” wherever I am, and if you’re at work as much as I am, that can help tremendously.