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Wednesday is WOYWW ( What’s On My Workdesk. Wednesday ) but to me this Wednesday was also cleaning day as my desk was a huge mess this morning. For a good reason though… come on in and besides an explanation, I will also give you before & after pictures.
When we moved houses last Spring, my beloved and I brought the lamps from our old house including two professional office ceiling lights that we had hanging in our office space. Because we are not so handy when it comes to electricity, we still had only the absolute necessary lights hanging in our apartment. However, I had no lights in my atelier and therefor could not create after dark.
Now yesterday, my friend Lieke (remember her from this post?) came to visit us once more and this time she brought her spous, who came in with a trolley on which he carried several boxes with professional tools… yaaayyy!!! In one day he managed to get everything done that was on our wishlist… and one of those things was fixing and connecting the lights in my aterlier. Thank you so much Jan!
While our two men were working in the flat, Lieke and I decided to drive to the second hand store to see if we could find a nice coatrack and a lamp to light our diner table… We had a fantastic afternoon poking about in second hand stores viewing the mishmash… and I found the coatrack I had in mind! I even found two lamps: an old fashioned desklamp for my atelier (only 1,50 euro!) and another one that might be nice at our diner table (I have to alter the lampshade first and then we’ll see if it fits in our living room.)
When we got home, the apartment was a mess with tools and dust all around, so I layed the lamps out of my hands on my desk – where a writing pad and my administration file layed already because I had not put those away after use.
Sooo, when I got out of bed this morning, my desk looked like this!!!
WOYWW #284 (before)
So now you know why I’m late with posting this… I vacuumcleaned the apartment and cleaned my atelier. The latter took quite some time, and although my desk always looks ‘clean’ to you it never looked thát clean! Here’s the photo I took after…
WOYWW #284 (after)
Julia from Stamping Ground, who hosts this weekly ‘woyww’ event, can be proud of me ’cause the photos of the desk are all I show today… I know she (and a lot of participants with her) like woyww-posts to be sweet and short. I usually have more to show and tell, but this time not so much. So here you have it.
Thanks for stopping by and have a nice day.
Alter a lamp!
Wow – what bargains you got at the second hand shop. And how nice of your friends to fix your lights like that.
Your desk now looks amazing – feel free to come and clean mine 😉
Carmen x #45
Hey Marit! It’s great to see that desk again. I so love how you label everything on it – it’s so interesting!
Love the lamp you found – I’d like one of those (We have similar, in fact, but it lives in my husband’s office, as it is really his… but it is a genuine Anglepoise lamp!).
The tidy desk is a work of art… but I like the messy version even more, because it means you’ve been Creating Things!
(but I don’t suppose you’d like to come and tidy my desk for me? I only have the “before” image on my blog… the “after” hasn’t happened yet!)
How lovely to have a friend bring her hubby who just happens to be able to do all the jobs you need doing, now that’s what I call a friend.
Love all your bargain buys, sounds like you had a great time. Enjoy all your light!!
Hugs Lisax #34
Lovely before and after! I love how you labeled everything in the “before” (which is what my desk usually looks like, minus the lamps!) Lindart#63
How awesome you found some great deals at the thrift store!!!!
Your desk looks awesome Marit – love those big windows!!! It’s fun to see your stacks of journals too!
Great before an d after shots – I prefer the before – more like mine!!
Happy Thursday! (sorry I’m late)
Laura
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Wow, how lovely to have great friends like that – and they’re good at DIY, too!! Well done on finding the lamps, and getting the place straight again – all ready for some lovely crafting this week! Love, Chris # 7
Ha Marit! Long time no see 🙂 !! Leuk om je blog weer eens door te bladeren. Alles goed met je? Zie dat je verhuisd bent. Wat een heerlijk grote en lichte craft kamer heb je nu! Ik ga gauw verder kijken! Groetjes!!
Fijn als je zulke vrienden hebt! Ik heb gelukkig een heel handige man en als we ergens heengaan neemt hij altijd zijn gereedschap mee want wat hij in een paar minuten doet is een ander dolblij mee.
Nou ik heb je bureau nog nooit ze schoon gezien! Zal wel de laatste keer zijn. Volgende week ligt hij hopelijk weer vol leuke craft dingen.
Ik ben weer eens erg laat, maar ik lees altijd alle blogs en bekijk de fotos enz. Ik ga er voor zitten en ik doe er gewoon de hele week over….
Groetjes meid,
Lisca