This video shows the intricate workings of an 18th century mechanical desk from France. Its really quite a feat. (via the Getty Museum and a shoutout to mjh for the tip!)
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Hope you all have a lovely Thanksgiving week and I hope you get time to write, draw, plan out your holiday projects, address your holiday cards and make your list for Santa. I’m going to be busy for the holiday week but I’ll be back on Monday, November 26 with lots of ideas to fill…
Vintage yet modern. (via The Plumed Nest)
Edith Wharton’s Desk
The Mount is Edith Wharton’s former home in Lenox, Massachusetts. It was a palace of books, including her desk. (via Miss Bibliophile)
Tumblr So Pretty!
(Click each image for the link…) Aren’t they pretty?
Bob Cratchit Never Had It So Good
Vintage, large-scale secretary desk from Alex MacArthur Antiques.
Color in the workspace
Maybe its the autumn weather but I’ve really been attracted to workspaces with more color– deeper, darker, richer colors. So many of the office spaces I find are white, white, white. Let’s embrace dark woods, color and wallpaper! I am thinking I might like adding wallpaper to my workspace to add some pattern and color……