Decorating the Office

Posted under environment by Owen Jones

It’s been at least a year now since you came to your new work place and officially took over your new office. At first, you were busy coping with your new home and learning a new job, but now that you’re settled in you start noticing the same things that you noticed when you first arrived.

The walls are a boring, drab colour and looking decidedly depressing, the sun streaming in through the heavy duty blinds is decidedly dingy and the furniture is just about as grotty and plain as it can get. You figure that an acceptable amount of time has passed for you to start an office decorating project.

Naturally, before you begin it’s always a good idea to make certain that the powers that be don’t have a problem with your redecoration plans. And remember that it is only an office and so you should treat your decorating plans as such.

Emulsioning the walls a bright red colour probably won’t work. However, you could brighten things up a bit by repainting the walls a bright and jolly colour that won’t be an eyesore to anyone, least of all you. Then you could always remove those ancient blinds that have been hanging there since the early 1970’s and replace them with something brighter and more modern.

On the other hand, if the whole of the office is decorated in the same style with the same blinds hanging on every window, your a la mode changes might not go down too well with your co-workers. So, think twice before doing something drastic that changes the whole style and dynamic of the entire office.

There are, however, easier methods you can use to carry out your office decorating project without too much hassle to you and which doesn’t necessarily need too much thought. You could brighten up any room by placing a pot or two of flowering plants here and there around your office.

But, if you’re at all like me and you don’t have green fingers or if your presence is death to any plants near you, then maybe you shouldn’t bother with plants. You could however bring in some bright prints and hang them up on your walls. Or perhaps you have children and they have painted some smashing pictures for you.

These work well too, and will show your colleagues a different aspect of your character. But, don’t get stressed out over anything though - you really don’t need a simple decorating project to add to the rest of your worries. Besides, an office decorating project should be fun and stress free.

Remember, your office decorating project need not entail your turning the whole office, or yourself, on its head. It should be something that you can live with on a daily basis.

After all, you work in your office for most of the day, so it ought to be a place where you can feel just as relaxed as you are in your own home.

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