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I have three desks in our home.

The built-in desk in the hallway is wonderful, custom-designed for me by Doug when we worked with the architect on the house plans. I absolutely love looking at it, and have decorated it with purses and high-heeled shoes and pearls and gloves, but I don't work well there. The distractions are too many and too frequent. My plots end up revolving around characters who do dishes and transfer laundry from the washer to the dryer, because that's what I end up doing when I sit there.

My desk in Doug's office is more industrial looking. I hate it, which is good. That way, when I am forced by concerns of both our business and personal finances to sit there and make hay, I stop at nothing to get the job done efficiently. It's a real get-in-and-get-out kind of desk.

The desk in my bedroom is my current desk-of-choice. It is large, with three file drawers and three smaller drawers. It has plenty of space for my laptop and a lamp, a vase, clock, piggy bank, stacks of books, framed pictures of my husband and kids, and my collection of ink wells.

It sits squarely inside the middle two windows of a four-window bay, looking out on our own three-acre wood. On sunny days, the curtains hang down to block the brightness. But on my favorite days, cloudy ones like today, the curtains on the middle two windows are each gathered and draped as smoothly as liquid on the side edges of the desk.

I've never had a canopy bed, though I've wanted one my whole life. What I have now is even better, because I'm wide awake to enjoy it.

I have a canopy desk.

Posted by Katy on 11/04/03 at 11:05 AM

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Cute!
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Posted by Bridget on 11/04/03 at 01:02 PM
Ah, nice. Close my eyes, and I'm there.
Posted by Pob on 11/05/03 at 12:27 PM
ME TOO! That's is cloudy days can be my favorite. But it needs to be a little bit brisk and chilly outside so you can curl up with hot tea and read or write.
Posted by hanna on 11/05/03 at 07:13 PM
If you ever really do want to "trade spaces," we'd be more than glad to trade! :)
Posted by timsamoff on 11/09/03 at 04:33 PM
Pob, Glad to give you a little retreat!

Hanna, Brisk and chilly. Oh, yeah, baby.

Tim, We could do a kind of vacation trade. You guys stay a week here, and we a week there, and pretend like we really went somewhere. That could be fun.
Posted by katy on 11/13/03 at 10:30 AM
I want to use it for school .. it is a nice office desk with 2 drawers one small one and one really deep one. and on the side there are 2 shelfts and at the top there is a shelf too. there is this slide out drawer for a key pad but i dont put a computer there so it's filled with junk and papers. How can i organize my desk? and kind of bins, tins etc that i should get please help!!
Posted by furniture on 04/14/11 at 11:40 PM
While it's fairly common to call a limo service for a prom, wedding, or graduation, there are a truly endless number of occasions that could benefit from the little extra spark that a limousine provides.
Posted by Brampton limousine on 08/02/11 at 02:00 AM

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Personal blog of christian writer & fallible mom Katy McKenna Raymond in Kansas City, Missouri Katy is represented by Greg Johnson at WordServe Literary Read more Katy at LateBoomer.net Follow Katy on Twitter Follow Katy on Facebook 123 Recent Posts Try Becoming Brenda Starr Off Beat Scattered That’s It So I’ve Finally Signed With An Agent. Now What? The Spoon Sciatica Sweetheart A Woman’s Train of Thought Has No Caboose However much we own, we are all still living on borrowed time After all, when restaurants shrink portions, they don’t shrink prices. As with everything in life, balance is key. Slow down, you move too fast… Yeah, I know. I have issues. Search Advanced Search Syndicate Login E me at katy @ ngenius.com	Trading Spaces I have three desks in our home. The built-in desk in the hallway is wonderful, custom-designed for me by Doug when we worked with the architect on the house plans. I absolutely love looking at it, and have decorated it with purses and high-heeled shoes and pearls and gloves, but I don't work well there. The distractions are too many and too frequent. My plots end up revolving around characters who do dishes and transfer laundry from the washer to the dryer, because that's what I end up doing when I sit there. My desk in Doug's office is more industrial looking. I hate it, which is good. That way, when I am forced by concerns of both our business and personal finances to sit there and make hay, I stop at nothing to get the job done efficiently. It's a real get-in-and-get-out kind of desk. The desk in my bedroom is my current desk-of-choice. It is large, with three file drawers and three smaller drawers. It has plenty of space for my laptop and a lamp, a vase, clock, piggy bank, stacks of books, framed pictures of my husband and kids, and my collection of ink wells. It sits squarely inside the middle two windows of a four-window bay, looking out on our own three-acre wood. On sunny days, the curtains hang down to block the brightness. But on my favorite days, cloudy ones like today, the curtains on the middle two windows are each gathered and draped as smoothly as liquid on the side edges of the desk. I've never had a canopy bed, though I've wanted one my whole life. What I have now is even better, because I'm wide awake to enjoy it. I have a canopy desk. Posted by Katy on 11/04/03 at 11:05 AM Fallible Comments... Cute! ----- Posted by Bridget on 11/04/03 at 01:02 PM Ah, nice. Close my eyes, and I'm there. Posted by Pob on 11/05/03 at 12:27 PM ME TOO! That's is cloudy days can be my favorite. But it needs to be a little bit brisk and chilly outside so you can curl up with hot tea and read or write. Posted by hanna on 11/05/03 at 07:13 PM If you ever really do want to "trade spaces," we'd be more than glad to trade! :) Posted by timsamoff on 11/09/03 at 04:33 PM Pob, Glad to give you a little retreat! Hanna, Brisk and chilly. Oh, yeah, baby. Tim, We could do a kind of vacation trade. You guys stay a week here, and we a week there, and pretend like we really went somewhere. That could be fun. Posted by katy on 11/13/03 at 10:30 AM I want to use it for school .. it is a nice office desk with 2 drawers one small one and one really deep one. and on the side there are 2 shelfts and at the top there is a shelf too. there is this slide out drawer for a key pad but i dont put a computer there so it's filled with junk and papers. How can i organize my desk? and kind of bins, tins etc that i should get please help!! Posted by furniture on 04/14/11 at 11:40 PM While it's fairly common to call a limo service for a prom, wedding, or graduation, there are a truly endless number of occasions that could benefit from the little extra spark that a limousine provides. Posted by Brampton limousine on 08/02/11 at 02:00 AM Page 1 of 1 pages Commenting is not available in this weblog entry. Next entry: The Onion Publishes Sad Truth Previous entry: Give Me More, More, More! << Back to main


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