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Where do you Work From "Home"

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    #41
    Originally posted by Lockhouse View Post
    I've got a dedicated office at home that I designed and decorated myself in high art deco style. It's got hand made repro 20's lead lights and hidden surround sound system behind original brass floor registers in a 1920's sunburst pattern that I ordered from the States. I sanded the backs off the registers and used some original period speaker cloth to finish them off then fitted them on the ceiling to look like air con vents fitting cube speakers behind. I added stepped coving and a hexagonal ceiling rose plus a plaster art deco "wing" over the door frame. The skirting was replaced with a 1923 reproduction pattern and a repro bakelite light switch was ordered from a specialist firm in Australia. My 1930's framed motor racing posters are all from the same firm in France who produced the pre-war originals. A local firm made curtains for me from some pattern photos taken at an old theatre in the US. The desk and bookcases are reproduction 1920's stylee with cream fronts over bronze with leather handles. I bought some vintage marble photo frames and a 1920's marble clock from various antique shops and Fleabay. The clock garnitures are used as bookends for my collection of cocktail books.

    I spend a lot of time in here. You may think I'm quite mad.
    Oooo, sounds awesome. I love deco.

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      #42
      3rd bedroom Study
      "why ride a vespa when you can push a lambretta?"

      As I look ahead, I am filled with foreboding; like the Roman, I seem to see "the River Tiber foaming with much blood."

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        #43
        Converted 1/2 of the double garage, decent sized mancave!

        Window onto the back garden watching the blue-tits feed....
        Politicians are wonderfull people, as long as they stay away from things they don't understand, like working for a living!

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          #44
          I alternate between my Bavarian Keller and the lounge in my Edinburgh pad.
          "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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            #45
            Originally posted by jamesbrown View Post
            Oooo, sounds awesome. I love deco.
            Its top notch I'm sure.

            Especially the host is preparing to pass the Opium.....

            The Chunt of Chunts.

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              #46
              Originally posted by MrMarkyMark View Post
              Its top notch I'm sure.

              Especially the host is preparing to pass the Opium.....

              I would literally kidnap the Lindbergh baby for that jacket.
              ...my quagmire of greed....my cesspit of laziness and unfairness....all I am doing is sticking two fingers up at nurses, doctors and other hard working employed professionals...

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                #47
                Originally posted by Major Hassle View Post
                3rd bedroom Study
                Your desk depresses me.
                "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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                  #48
                  Armchair in the lounge for me. I get a lot more done if I'm relaxed and comfortable.

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                    #49
                    Related: I Work from Home - The New Yorker

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