Like many people I have been mostly working from home over the last year, trying different parts of the house to find the spot that worked best. Eventually opting for what had become the cats room.
The smallest bedroom in our home had at one time been set up as a home office, back in the days when a computer took up a lot more space than a laptop now does. But sharing a room with the cats things did mean it wasn't really set up properly, a clear out and a tidy up later and the space was suitable to work.
We tend not to have many house plants, except in the conservatory, however more have been creeping in over the last year or so, and the home office, sorry cats room was no exception.
Earlier in the year we had repotted the variegated Monstera that came home with us from a trip to Madeira and have been rewarded with some lush new growth.
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Variegated Monstera
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| Monstera adansonii (?) |
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ReplyDeleteSuch a good idea to repurpose the cats' room and make it into a welcoming 'office' space. It is so important to make somewhere both comfortable and inspirational for carrying out work related tasks.
The addition of the houseplants is a great idea. It really brings the outside in and is probably giving you a much healthier working environment.It also gives you something to look after when you cannot venture outside.
Thank you Jane and Lance! The houseplants makes the space cosy and conducive to working. I think home working will be for the long term, might as well make the space better
DeleteI love all your houseplants and the green rabbit! Are the cats still allowed in the office? Do they get to sit in on video conference calls, and, more importantly do they behave themselves? I retired just before we moved to our current house but I have my own office nonetheless, as does my husband. At present, there's just one houseplant in mine but there have been more in the past. The cat is allowed in but she generally avoids Zoom calls ;)
ReplyDeleteSo nice that you both have your own home office. Two of the cats hang around whilst working and listens in to the zoom calls, but rarely interrupting fortunately :)
DeleteI have never seen a variegated Monstera delicosa before . It is beautiful !
ReplyDeleteIt is, a favourite :)
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