no inclination

So, remember when I was thinking about putting a desk in the chair/tree corner by the fireplace? Well, I was gifted a drafting table, and I'm going to try it there. It's leggy and open, which will be a nice counterpoint to all the heavy furnishings, it's right by a window, and will give me plenty of surface area to spread out my projects, I'm over balancing everything on my lap or the arm of the sofa. 

living room everyday

living room christmas'd up

living room apres' tree, shitty picture

I'd have moved the table into place this weekend, but it's still in the back of my car, which is still parked 1/4 mile away, at the bottom of the drive by the road. Snow, ya know...

I'll post photos when I get it all prettified. Until then, what do you think of the idea?

love the stool!

tough + girly + green paint = swoon!

No pen, no ink, no table, no room, no time, no quiet, no inclination. 

James Joyce

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in the engine of belief

I wanted to post this last night but COULD NOT get logged in to blogger.

I'm thinking about moving my desk into the living room when we move the Christmas tree out this weekend. Yes the tree is still up. I got started late. Don't judge.

Anyway. Here's the room pre-tree:

And with tree:

So, once that corner is treeless, wouldn't it be a great place for a desk?

Here are some photos for inspiration:

MFAMB sent me this pic when I was settling in at Moss Hill. I have a table something like this,
painted icy blue. It's currently in use as an end table in the living room.

My desk is quite like the one above, only painted red.

Where you from, you sexy thing, you?!

Love this one, too. Sweet, simple.

I may go with something more contemporary, less traditional predictable...

Thoughts?

Your work is to keep cranking the flywheel

 that turns the gears

 that spin the belt in the engine of belief 

that keeps you and your desk in midair.

 ~ Annie Dillard 

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don't you love a cushioned seat

My living room is sorely lacking in the throw cushion department. Actually, it's not that I don't have cushions, it's just that I'm not thrilled with the ones I do have. At least I'm not thrilled with them in my living room.

So I'm on the hunt. 

How do you like your throw pillows? Matching pairs, carefully coordinated, lined up just so? One-of-a-kinds, tossed casually here and there? Perhaps you're a purist, preferring your soft furnishings naked? 

Show me your favorite looks, will you, thank you, please?

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Don't you stay at home of evenings?

Don't you love a cushioned seat in a corner, by the fireside, with your slippers on your feet?

~Oliver Wendell Holmes

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