tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3710943063115906414.post-50208481963671840042008-05-12T17:46:00.006-04:002008-06-14T19:49:45.320-04:00With feng shui as my guide, I am attempting to design a quadrant of my apartment into a home office. For the past seven months, I propped my laptop computer on my, err, lap; and while I may still do that, it would be less frequent as I now have a proper desk that I bought yesterday at IKEA.<br /><br />After assembling the desk today (very easy) and moving existing furniture around to maximize space and comfort (not very easy as I kept changing my mind), I think I'm set for now. I still have some organizing to do (taking clutter off the floor, consolidating multiple bins' and baskets' worth of stuff, buying a floor plant, buying another floor lamp, etc.), but apartment life is much nicer-looking now than yesterday.<br /><br />Comparing the living room with the office room, here are some pictures (which can be clicked on for a larger view).<br /><br />BEFORE:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_5TqRmPgLrfk/SCi7jflJ2WI/AAAAAAAABB0/xtFILyr9mp4/s1600-h/IMG_0137.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_5TqRmPgLrfk/SCi7jflJ2WI/AAAAAAAABB0/xtFILyr9mp4/s320/IMG_0137.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199611988246387042" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_5TqRmPgLrfk/SCi7kPlJ2XI/AAAAAAAABB8/HhOuT1p1GFk/s1600-h/IMG_0138.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_5TqRmPgLrfk/SCi7kPlJ2XI/AAAAAAAABB8/HhOuT1p1GFk/s320/IMG_0138.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199612001131288946" /></a><br /><br />AFTER:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_5TqRmPgLrfk/SCi7kPlJ2YI/AAAAAAAABCE/5VqXjIEwaa0/s1600-h/IMG_0298.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_5TqRmPgLrfk/SCi7kPlJ2YI/AAAAAAAABCE/5VqXjIEwaa0/s320/IMG_0298.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199612001131288962" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_5TqRmPgLrfk/SCi7kflJ2ZI/AAAAAAAABCM/Ky9werV9BCw/s1600-h/IMG_0301.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_5TqRmPgLrfk/SCi7kflJ2ZI/AAAAAAAABCM/Ky9werV9BCw/s320/IMG_0301.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199612005426256274" /></a>Ari Herzoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09358692285798166066noreply@blogger.com