My Real Life

May 14, 2013

My Space

Filed under: Uncategorized — Amy @ 6:00 am

Not, “My Space” the old and probably defunct social media website.

I mean my actual space.

My writing space.

My new writing space.

I have a beautiful roll top desk that used to be my Dad’s.

However, it’s right smack dab in the living room and the traffic through the living room is constant in a house with four children.

And, even if there is no one there, it’s not really very inspiring to be facing the wall.

It’s just not.

And, so, and idea blossomed a few months ago, to take a small piece of the office, (which was Real Man’s domain since we moved in) and turn it into a writing space for me.

I needed a desk or table, as the roll top was too big for the space and would cover half of the window I was planning on using.

I needed to clear out that area, because, as you remember, clearing out the office is one of the things on my 20 Wishes for 2013 list.

It’s occupied a lot of my mind over the past few months, even though I wasn’t making any progress toward that end.

Then, on Thursday, I was picking Tiny up from his babysitters and she mentioned that they were having a garage sale on Saturday.

It’s a huge, neighborhood-wide thing.

I said I’d need to get over there because I was looking for a small desk and explained my writing space.

She said, “Wait…come with me,” and took me into the garage and showed me a desk that they were planning on selling.

Small, wooden, well-loved.

Perfect.

I offered to buy it and she offered to give it to me.

I loaded it in the truck, brought it home and it fit perfectly.

Maybe one day I’ll refinish it or paint it or do something with it, but for now, I could care less about it’s appearance.

Because it is just what I was looking for.

I can’t tell you the amount of time I have spent at this table.

Maybe it’s because it’s new and it will wear off, but right now, I. Am. Inspired.

And sometimes…that’s all you need.

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11 Comments »

  1. Looks perfect!

    Comment by Stacey Maisch — May 14, 2013 @ 6:56 am | Reply

  2. What a great view. Perfect for writing–pretty, but not too distracting. I’m very jealous, but in a good way.

    Comment by Jen Anderson — May 14, 2013 @ 6:00 pm | Reply

    • Thank you! I am absolutely loving it!

      Comment by Amy — May 14, 2013 @ 6:53 pm | Reply

  3. I love it. I need to find a writing space (she types from a laptop on her bed).

    Comment by anna — May 14, 2013 @ 7:09 pm | Reply

    • 🙂 Laptop on bed has always been a writing spot of mine!

      Comment by Amy — May 14, 2013 @ 7:17 pm | Reply

  4. It’s a beautiful table and a lovely view.

    Comment by Suburban Snapshots — May 14, 2013 @ 8:26 pm | Reply

    • Thank you!

      Comment by Amy — May 17, 2013 @ 6:38 am | Reply

  5. This reminds me of the poem Monday by Billy Collins
    http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/599747-monday-by-billy-collins

    Comment by James — May 17, 2013 @ 5:17 am | Reply

    • I love this! Thank you!

      Comment by Amy — May 17, 2013 @ 6:37 am | Reply

  6. That’s awesome!! I think it looks great, no need to refinish it (but we haven’t seen the rest of the desk)

    Comment by myliladventures — May 26, 2013 @ 1:20 pm | Reply

    • Oh, it could use a sand-down and a coat of varnish. But that’s a project for another day! 🙂

      Comment by Amy — May 29, 2013 @ 7:15 pm | Reply


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