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 a new home and learning a new job, but now that you’re settled in you start noticing again the same things that you noticed when you first took over your office.
The walls are a boring, neutral colour and are looking decidedly depressing. The sun streaming in through the industrial quality blinds is decidedly dingy and the furniture is just about as grotty and plain as it can get. You reckon that an acceptable amount of time has passed for you to start redecorating your office.
Of course, before you commence it’s always a good idea to make certain that those in charge won’t have any objections to your stylish redecorating plans. And remember that it is only an office and so you should treat your plans to redecorate as such.
Painting the walls a snazzy red colour possibly might not work. However, you could brighten things up a bit by repainting the walls a bright and airy colour that won’t be an eyesore to anyone, least of all you. Then you could always take down those ancient blinds that have been hanging there since the early 1980’s and replace them with something more pleasing and functional.
On the other hand, if the whole of the office is done up in the same style with the same blinds hanging on every window, your stylish changes might not be appreciated by your colleagues. So think twice before doing something that changes the whole look and dynamic of the entire office.
There are, however, simpler 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.
However, if you’re like me and you don’t have green fingers or if you compel any plant in your vicinity to immediate suicide, then maybe you shouldn’t bother with plants. You could however bring in some lively pictures and hang them up on your walls. Or perhaps you have children and they have painted some lovely pictures for you.
These work well too, and will show your colleagues another side of your character. But, don’t get stressed out over anything though - you really don’t need a simple decorating job 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’re at your office most of the day, so it should be a place where you can be just as relaxed as you are in your own home.