I heart my study
Published by Becky S August 31st, 2005 in miscellaneous fluff
When you sign up to live in Fishtown, they throw in a study as part of the deal*. See this study? I’m sitting in it right now, studying, and I can feel myself getting smarter by the minute. Can’t you just feel the brainwaves oozing out of your monitor?
*While supplies last. Study time is subject to interruptions from ice cream trucks, pizza trucks, and the teenage girl having a crisis on your front stoop. Offer not valid in all states.
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I heart your study, too!!! It looks so cozy!
I’d love to have a study, but I suspect I won’t have books impressive enough to pull it off. Can you recommend some titles that will evoke feelings of awe and wonder when I show off my shelves?
Howdy neighbour, I live in Fishtown too. I still remember the estate agent offering a study, en suite bathroom and utility room, as though he was peddling a “buy one house, get three rooms free” offer.
Fishtown, Britannia does differ from Fishtown, PA mind. Our middle-class ideal demands American nannies rather than English ones.
also loving the exposed brick wall, adds real character to a room. i’m jeal-y
Thanks, everyone! Lee, I had no idea that Fishtown has a sister city!
Dave, your bookshelf should show the world that you are erudite and multi-faceted. Subscribe to a semi-obscure literary journal for one year and keep the back copies on your bookshelf. Stock up on some classic philosophical works (anything old school Greek or Roman is good). A few art books are required, as are a few religious tracts, just to show that you are open minded (can’t go wrong with something written by the Dalai Lama, but also throw in something scholarly).
Go for depth: pick a scientific figure and stock up on all of his or her writings. Choose a literary place/period and collect! Make sure to pick an era that is no longer under copyright; you will be able to get the books cheaper. Personally, I like the Brits: Jane Austen, etc. Choose some classic fiction that is still relevant (Catch-22, for example). Round out your collection with some current bestsellers to show the world that you are not a book snob. Finally, proudly display your technical books–they show your female visitors that you are employable.
And please–if you have any self-help books, hide them under your bed.
oh i **HEART** it too!
after my cabinets get installed today i am sharing before and after pics of my new house! You can see then that we have VERY similar studies!
What were you studying?
Dana, isn’t it great to see everything come together? I’m loving the house thing so far.
Clair, I am currently studying the Internet.
Great study topic Becky! (One of my favorite things to study!) And great study too, I need to add some color to mine; perhaps I’ll add some red like in your case…love the globe btw. Been wanting to get one myself…but wouldn’t know where to put it.
Pretty damn swanky.
Is that an Ikea chair on the left? If so, why no matching footstool?
Glenn, I can’t believe you ratted out the Ikea chair (I wasn’t going to buy any Ikea furniture, but after the big-ass-purple-chair-craigslist-debacle, I broke down). The footstool is usually covered with a laptop, bills, and various cords, so it is not in the picture.
enjoy your study! the study in my first house mysteriously turned into a nursery. Now I have an attic that no one can bomb my studio from.
Where is the headless doll and the inflatable Mr. Stud box?
In the house we just moved into, I’ve got a room very similar to yours, but with exposed stone instead of brick. However, you have managed to do more with yours than I have with mine. Oh, and I was intending to put one of those IKEA chairs in my room too.
By the way, what are you studying? Is it a book from the book club you are in with Paul Giamatti?
Sassy, I finally disposed of the inflatable Mr. Stud box when I moved out of Fairmount. It was quite a relief.
Tom, don’t give me too much credit on the room. What the photo doesn’t show is a big pile of unpacked boxes shoved into the corner. Exposed stone? That sounds cool…
Paul Giamatti quit my bookclub
Becky,
Sorry for outing you as an Ikea consumer. I actually really like those chairs myself. Thought about getting a couple a month or so ago. But that was around the same time I decided I was tired of renting and have started hoarding for a down payment on a home (which will hopefully happen within the next year or two).
Honestly though, most of my furniture is Ikea bought, so I didn’t mean any offense
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