Just had a great image of a class of eagerly listening adult pupils being taught how to put up shiny stereo speakers that are belting out lady in red while teacher puts up a 5 foot Hoff picture.Now if you are impressed by my interior design skills no need to be intimidated- I have to admit I have done a class in interior design at my local evening classes.
Any suggestions to brighten up my home office. I reorganised furniture, hung a couple of pics but feel its missing something.
Any particular plants that work better then others? Should I hang a planter from the ceiling or put a couple of potted ones in the corner?
Buy a large free standing plant or two if you prefer (buy it in a garden centre or nursery more variety and cheaper), maybe paint it or paint two opposite walls to match the current colour to jazz up the room a bit. Buy a nice rug for the floor. Buy a small cactus for your desk (good for the elecro magnetic radiation from the comp screen). Think colour, add colour to the office maybe fresh flowers or artificial ones. Stick up a shelf with a plant and a few books, magazines, etc. Or buy a bookcase and put that there. Buy a nice painting for the wall, or buy a nice framed poster for the wall (an inspirational one like, courage, chellenge, etc). Add any qualifications you have, frame them and put them on the wall. Stick up a few framed photos of loved ones etc. Stick a picture of somewhere you always dreamed of going on holidays (good for motivation lol)
Just some ideas for you.
nothing says class more than a plug-in picture!
Now you're talking. I can tell you have taste.
I seen a gorgeous picture in the ARgos catalogue of Bratz but get this- it lights up! I kid you not. It'd be gorgeous.
just a quick thing that I've learned the hard way - don't buy real plants - they die if you don't water them!
Something like this is much easier to care for and provides a talking point!
I'd like to caution that the above idea may constitute a fire risk (I've got my technical hat on now), as these ceiling tiles are unlikely to have the requisite resistance to surface spread of flame, as detailed in Appendix A of Part B of the Irish building Regulations 2006. Pity that, I thought that was a neat idea (that's with my interior design hat firmly back on)....This next idea now is really a one off- you can get these foam ceiling tiles that are self adhesive- they only come in really boring colours but you can get a can of spray paint in a couple of colours. My tip is to spray them before you stick them on the ceiling though ( I stuck mine up before I thought of that but you can hardly see the bits where I ran into the next tile). You could go for really bright colours like pink or purple. Or I thought of spraying them all blue and then adding clouds on top with like cotton wool glued on, that'd be really cool, like.
Ah sure he might as well be in an old folks home if he goes with that plan. Listen Car, I've decorated my own gaff and loads of people comment on it. It's only fab. You can pick up fantastic stuff at Car Boot Sales and markets and the like too. I seen a gorgeous picture in the ARgos catalogue of Bratz but get this- it lights up! I kid you not. It'd be gorgeous. And like if you weren't into Bratz ( let's face it every one is though) you could take out the Bratz picture and put another picture in front and it'd still light up. And in my local pound shop they have this lovely pink fur on a roll and you could put it around your desk, or your computer ( I done it around mine and put little sticky shiny balls in intervals) and it's really individual. This next idea now is really a one off- you can get these foam ceiling tiles that are self adhesive- they only come in really boring colours but you can get a can of spray paint in a couple of colours. My tip is to spray them before you stick them on the ceiling though ( I stuck mine up before I thought of that but you can hardly see the bits where I ran into the next tile). You could go for really bright colours like pink or purple. Or I thought of spraying them all blue and then adding clouds on top with like cotton wool glued on, that'd be really cool, like. Oh yeah and you can get these really cool stickers for your windows too- the more the merrier I say!
And lads now please, remember the OP wants to brighten the place up so no more rubbish ideas, okay?
you gotta be kidding Vanilla? Sounds more like 6 year old barbie room than an office lol each to their own I suppose but I:'d prefer to keep an office a bit more formal than pink fur and glitter balls
I hate plug in pictures, they scream tackiness all over the place.
you gotta be kidding Vanilla? Sounds more like 6 year old barbie room than an office lol each to their own I suppose but I:'d prefer to keep an office a bit more formal than pink fur and glitter balls
I hate plug in pictures, they scream tackiness all over the place.
I'd like to caution that the above idea may constitute a fire risk
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