Office Décor

Matterhorn Fan · 10-02-2005, 01:35 PM

I was talking about this with a coworker not too long ago. We seemed to agree that whatever we put on our office walls made a huge statement about us. So, if I put up a picture of Shakespeare, then I'm a Shakespeare worshipper. If I put up a picture of Allen Ginsberg, I'm a beatnik. If I put up a picture of a flower, I'm boring. If I put up Disney-related anything, I'm a nerd and/or immediately identified as a non-native Floridian. If I don't put anything up, then I work at the place I work, and I'm too busy working to bother with decorating my office.

In reality, I'm just too lazy to care. I've been in my apartment for over 2 years. I just last month put pictures over my couch. I just earlier this summer bought a desk to put my computer on. (I still use a chair from my kitchen table at the desk.) I have not yet purchased a bedspread for my bed (doesn't get cold enough to need it).

So, tell me why I should decorate my office?

But Moonliner--antiques are very cool. I just have random old office furniture.

Moonliner · 10-02-2005, 02:42 PM

Drat Drat Drat buggers!

Since I'm kinda new to the place I decided to take a walkabout today while nobody else was here and see what type of style the other office have. Just my stinking luck, the office RIGHT next to mine, that happens to belong to the overall top dog, is done up with an Egyptian theme.

So I guess I'll leave the Rosetta stone etc.. at home for now and go a different route. I thought about a series of historic document reproductions but they look bland on the wall. Sports ain't really my thing, Animals are not the way, guess I'm back to square one. Perhaps I'll go with maps...

But no matter what I do, these look way cool!

So why decorate at all? Several reasons:

1. I have to be here 8-hours a day. I might as well make the best of it.
2. Reputation - Co-workers judge you in part by your office. Is it a cubie, windowless, small, big etc? I negotiated a nice office during the hiring phase and now I really want to keep up the I'm not staff I'm management vibe. I need all the help I can get since I still have to occasionally crawl under peoples desks to install a PC or printer...

10-02-2005, 01:35 PM	#1
Matterhorn Fan Double Agent Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Back East Posts: 2,071	I was talking about this with a coworker not too long ago. We seemed to agree that whatever we put on our office walls made a huge statement about us. So, if I put up a picture of Shakespeare, then I'm a Shakespeare worshipper. If I put up a picture of Allen Ginsberg, I'm a beatnik. If I put up a picture of a flower, I'm boring. If I put up Disney-related anything, I'm a nerd and/or immediately identified as a non-native Floridian. If I don't put anything up, then I work at the place I work, and I'm too busy working to bother with decorating my office. In reality, I'm just too lazy to care. I've been in my apartment for over 2 years. I just last month put pictures over my couch. I just earlier this summer bought a desk to put my computer on. (I still use a chair from my kitchen table at the desk.) I have not yet purchased a bedspread for my bed (doesn't get cold enough to need it). So, tell me why I should decorate my office? But Moonliner--antiques are very cool. I just have random old office furniture.
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10-02-2005, 02:42 PM	#2
Moonliner 8/30/14 - Disneyland -10k or Bust. Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9,022	Drat Drat Drat buggers! Since I'm kinda new to the place I decided to take a walkabout today while nobody else was here and see what type of style the other office have. Just my stinking luck, the office RIGHT next to mine, that happens to belong to the overall top dog, is done up with an Egyptian theme. So I guess I'll leave the Rosetta stone etc.. at home for now and go a different route. I thought about a series of historic document reproductions but they look bland on the wall. Sports ain't really my thing, Animals are not the way, guess I'm back to square one. Perhaps I'll go with maps... But no matter what I do, these look way cool! So why decorate at all? Several reasons: 1. I have to be here 8-hours a day. I might as well make the best of it. 2. Reputation - Co-workers judge you in part by your office. Is it a cubie, windowless, small, big etc? I negotiated a nice office during the hiring phase and now I really want to keep up the I'm not staff I'm management vibe. I need all the help I can get since I still have to occasionally crawl under peoples desks to install a PC or printer... __________________ - Taking it one step at a time. Last edited by Moonliner : 10-02-2005 at 03:19 PM.
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