What do you have in your workspace?

SnShne322 · September 2015

I'm coming up on 4 months at my new job and my cube is still stark. It's like an art form here to have a decorated cube, but I came from a very minimalist company so it's outside my comfort zone. I need to step up my game.

What do you have in your workspace?

angelashly · September 2015

Right now a ton of crap/piles

Not work related:

A framed picture of DD

A picture of SO

bottle of lotion and hand sanitizer

Picture that DD drew me

my cup that I keep here

kleenex

Work related:

business card holder

post it not holder

2 pen/desk organizer

phone

in/out holders/shelf

stapler

tape

paper clip holder

jenndawnp · September 2015

A candy dish

Tissues

A lamp

My Phone

post -its, 2 kinds

Lots of pencils, a pencil

A snoopy from MetLife

Hair Elastics

Yoda, Darth Vader and a Luke Skywalker

Jon Snow, Khalhessi, Ghost

A Ring Wrath

Carl and Daryl, some walkers

I have 3 plants

Various beauty/skin items

Pictures of my cat

A Marie Curie Coaster

SusieBW · September 2015

Pictures everywhere. - of family and friends, of landscapes that I or DH took, prints I bought on vacations, a Fenway blueprint, stuff from one of my fave artists . . .
Paintings by my kids
Three plants (that I need a reminder in my calendar to remind me when to water)
2 lamps - and I desperately want a third
A couple of cute little storage boxes and baskets
Framed diplomas and law licenses

I'm planning to get an area rug to put under the client chairs across from my desk, but my whole building is getting new carpeting and walls painted soon, so I'm waiting for that to happen so I can coordinate the color.

Our paralegal just moved her cube to a bigger and better one, and she put chevron contact paper up like wallpaper on her shelving, and it looks really nice. She's got pretty baskets for stuff, a few fake plants, lots of pictures and some of those woodcut words and her initials in wood blocks. It's all coordinated and lovely. She calls her whole thing "cube chic." There are entire pinterest boards dedicated to this, apparently. You can google it.

lab7979 · September 2015

My cube is a disaster area sort of like a nuclear bomb blew up all the worlds paper factories and all that paper landed on my desk. I've got a pile system. On good days the piles are neatly stacked. On a bad day they are spread out everywhere. For an organization that is attempting to go paperless, there is an obscene amount of paper being used. I have a bunch of file organizers that are filled to the max and spilling over into piles on my desk, post it's scattered everywhere, a couple of pics of my husband and kids, a khaleesi figure, a magnent left by the previous cube owner, a retro pic of my boss that also came with the cube (he'd love for me to take it down which is why it's still hanging up), and a pen/paper clip/post it organizer. There is a lot of other misc crap not worth mentioning. Ideally I'd like to decorate it and make it organzied but ain't nobody got time for that.

RevJen · September 2015

Most work stuff that I need. A calendar. Two outdated pics of my niece and nephew that I adore. Two bottles of lotion. A pic of mh and me. Pens, paper clips, tape, stapler, post its, a brand new bottle of purell, highlighters. Notebook. That sort of thing. It looks personalized but it's mostly work stuff that I can leave if my assignment ends.

sassypants527 · September 2015

Photos of DH and the furkids

Lotion

A daily calendar that my SIL gave me last year (I don't generally go for the peel off calendars) plus a wall calendar

A mug from a volunteer event

A pair of mannequin feet

A flying monkey slingshot

A framed signed photo of the astronaut Leland Melvin

My framed diplomas

A truck-shaped stress squishy thing

A railroad themed teddy bear

Kevin Bacon (a resin pig)

Scraps the stuffed dog

I know, I know. I totally embrace the weird.

sassypants527 · September 2015

sassypants527 said:

Photos of DH and the furkids
Lotion
A daily calendar that my SIL gave me last year (I don't generally go for the peel off calendars) plus a wall calendar
A mug from a volunteer event
A pair of mannequin feet
A flying monkey slingshot
A framed signed photo of the astronaut Leland Melvin
My framed diplomas
A truck-shaped stress squishy thing
A railroad themed teddy bear
Kevin Bacon (a resin pig)
Scraps the stuffed dog

I know, I know. I totally embrace the weird.

Here's a photo:

duxcaelo · September 2015

I WFH and we just moved my desk to the dining room to make space for baby, and one of the things I've been doing to keep the space organized and separate is no paper clutter. I have a pad of sticky notes and a small container of the chocolate covered coffee beans we bought on our honeymoon that I use as a pen holder. I keep a small file in the only drawer in the desk with notes or handouts from when I worked in the office.

When I worked in the office, I had a few photos of family and a couple of memes pinned up, a box of tissues, and a small container filled with backups like chap stick, cough drops, hair ties, etc.

I always wanted to put up a holiday tree and decorate it year round, if you are looking for ideas.

SnShne322 · September 2015

@sassypants527 I'm really jealous of the room you have!

InLovewSB · September 2015

On my walls - a custom photo calendar (of my kids), one of those collage photo mats with lots of ribbons that you tuck lots of photos under, my beautifully framed college diplomas and CPA certificate, a large piece of art (a winter scene with mountains)

On my desk - 3 framed photos, one cute ceramic figurine

RiverPlate · September 2015

I hotel in different offices every day (I have 5 to choose from depending on what I'm doing or who I want to see on a particular day), so pretty much whatever I bring with me that day is on my desk. But sometimes I have an awesome view! Today, no view. I don't have a window.

jackiback · September 2015

Usually legos as carpet and light sabers everywhere.

sfgiantsjo · September 2015

I have so many "set abouts" on my desk. I'm a trinket keeper.

My Disney souvenir corner:

My wall o' junk:

It's all a big mess, but it's where I spend a big chunk of my life, so I like to be surrounded by things I enjoy.

katienichols08 · September 2015

I get canvases for Audrey to paint on, and then I hang them up--so I have two awesome pictures from her on my wall that she painted for me. I have a bulletin board full of cards and pictures from when I was sick that people sent me. I have a kitty cat post it note holder and a flower tape dispenser. I have a fabulous pencil holder and that's about it as far as personal stuff.

sassypants527 · September 2015

SnShne322 said:

@sassypants527 I'm really jealous of the room you have!

It looks a lot bigger than it is, but yes, it's roomy. I need lots of space to do layouts for exhibits and I had to share an office for the first two years I was here...NOT conducive to constructing exhibits!

RhymeReason · September 2015

I'm hesitant to get too comfy since I'm technically a temp but I have a few pictures of DD, a stuffed animal penguin,a throw blanket, water bottle, Ipod speakers, daily calendar and a drawer with snacks. My last job I had more stuff in the drawers than I did on my desk-it took three boxes to send everything home, counting my 4 pairs of shoes. I also had a bulletin board where I put favorite quotes, some comics that I printed out (xkcd & cyande and happiness) and calendar pages I wanted to keep. I put out a Christmas tree every year with lights and ornaments. We'll see if I am still there at Christmas to put it out.

GilliC · September 2015

I can't do too much in the way of personalizing, because I just have a desk. And I have enough trouble trying to fit my computer and monitors on top!

The only personal things I have on my desk are:

- a small Jiji cat plush from Kiki's Delivery Service that I bought at the Ghibli museum in Tokyo

- a fox temple bell from Inari shrine in Kyoto (If you ring it, "Good things will come." I save it for special circumstances)

- a framed print from a local artist that the company gave us for Christmas last year

I also have a cabinet behind me. Most of my personalization is there.

- a candy jar

- a washcloth packaged to look like a piece of cake that a colleague gave me a few years ago
- a boxy origami bunny that a colleague gave me a few months ago
- a trophy from my old team (a column of flames with a horse's ass on top that says "Attitude")
- a flip-flop solar-powered plant
- a mini orchid that has lost all of its blossoms
- a photo of a sad-looking penguin that I took in Antarctica
- a dry-erase speech bubble to fill in why the penguin is currently sad

(The big green plants aren't really mine. I just have the responsibility to take care of them.)

julie37619 · September 2015

I usually sit at the reference desk, so it's all work stuff: pens, post-its, scanners, receipt printers, labels, that kind of thing. I usually bring a coffee mug from home with me each day and keep my phone on the desk, but that's it as far as personal items. My "official" desk has all my processing stuff - book covers, paper cutter, bone folder, book repair stuff. After a few bad experiences with students at my old job I stopped bringing anything personal to work.

CeeCeeSugaPie · September 2015

Let's see...

- Lamp

- Dry Erase board that I never use

- two monitors

- Filing cabinet

- Corkboard

- A million pics of DS and 1 of DH

- Business card holder

- Pic of when I graduated from the Marine Corps

- Pic with 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (Be joyful always; pray continually: give thanks in all circumstances for this is God's Will for you in Christ Jesus)

- Scentsy warmer

- framed PMP certificate

- 2 pencil holders

- a magnetic sculpture thing

- a small New Testament bible

- a Lab manual

- a craft that DS made

RhymeReason · September 2015

So why is he sad @GilliC?

GilliC · September 2015

RhymeReason said:

So why is he sad @GilliC?

At the moment, it's because he broke the build.

I think I'm going to change it today to "I didn't test my change before I submitted it."

Skeezon · October 2015

I have a "creative corner" with art supplies. One wall is an inspiration wall with designs and layouts I like from other magazines. I have a couple of cards from co-workers. An ultrasound picture. Lotion. Kleenex box. And a cup of pens, markers, highlighters, etc.

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