Suggestions for decorating/pimping my new office?

[Piobaire]

I have always maintained one should never have more personal items in their office than what can be packed into a single box. Will make the eventual perp walk much easier and shorter.

 

[Joffrey]

My boss and a new co-worker have a lot of economics books from college and/or graduate school on their shelves. There's something cheesy about it. However, since I'm keeping a lot of my grad school books I kind of feel more cheesy displaying them in my apartment. Thoughts?

 

[blackgrass]



I have always maintained one should never have more personal items in their office than what can be packed into a single box. Will make the eventual perp walk much easier and shorter.

Best advice ever.

Never more than you can fit in a empty copy paper box.

 

[FLMountainMan]

I've never gotten the whole "frame the degree" thing. I have five degrees and they're all in their original envelopes. All a degree does is raise expectations. I like to keep mine nice and low. Underpromise and overdeliver.

 

[edinatlanta]



Oh no, please don't do this unless you're a healthcare professional or an attorney.

My dad has a wall full of awards that have gold plates on them. It is actually a nice touch.

 

[otc]



My boss and a new co-worker have a lot of economics books from college and/or graduate school on their shelves. There's something cheesy about it. However, since I'm keeping a lot of my grad school books I kind of feel more cheesy displaying them in my apartment. Thoughts?

I suppose it depends what you do.

Lots of people here have shelves full of economics books, many of them probably from school, but they may actually use them as a reference or cite them in a report. You're probably more likely to use them in the office than at home.

 

[suited]

I'm in the same boat and recently decided that an ergonomic chair will be just about the only thing I use to "personalize" my office. I had a very special photo framed for my office. It's a very old ad from the 40's that shows an old fishing camp in Ontario owned by the man I would eventually be named after. It was delivered to my office yesterday, and within 2 minutes I came to the conclusion that hanging something so special in my office would be a waste. I packed it up and took it home.

 

[HORNS]

The president of the bank back in Texas is this chain-smoking sixtysomething year old woman who has her office decorated with dioramas of taxidermied squirrels.