#gpoys

HELLO KADY i've been terrible w taking photos of my outfits recently but i can give you today's outfit!!!!

Long-delayed studio pics for @sarasa-cat, focused on decor.

I kept thinking I'd wait 'til it was clean, and I DID clean parts, but by the time I cleaned one part the rest was messy again. I didn't ever sit down and think about decor (as you can probably tell!).

The Side Desk of Crap Accumulation holds such decorative objects as 'cardboard box of CDs I'm slowly ripping' and 'folded blanket for the cat.' (The origami balloons ARE part of a decor project; I'm putting them on a string of lights to festoon... somewhere). The cork/whiteboard behind is the one I already happened to have. At this point the cork side is basically holding art from friends and neighbors (a neighbor painted a rose in my yarden and brought me the picture!). The whiteboard side is the to-do list.

The fiddling/step-dancing sheep a dear friend gave me when she downsized, because it made me laugh... then last week I realized that I still had the green sheep painting I did, so I hung it up, too. But mine is an alien. Usually that blank space has a calendar but it'll likely get some more art.

The view with the viola and fiddle and thermostat is my background in virtual meetings, and if I'd KNOWN that would be a thing I'd have put the thermostat somewhere else, argh. I love having the instruments there though, and I think they're the prettiest thing in the room. The prints next to them are from successful local artist Mimi Williams who did a series of one-color poetry prints and sold 'em for pennies because she wanted normal people to be able to buy art. I think the poems are by her family members? I included a close-up because I love them.

The big-ass mirror with the overly-ornate frame is more a tool than decor, for pose reference, but I threw it up there too. It's suspended from the ceiling with seriously heavy-duty picture wire, because the back of the chimney is behind it and drilling would require a masonry bit and probably crack the sparging. (BTW, that chimney is painted a completely neutral gray -- had the store color-match a gray card, then added pure white 'til it wasn't oppressive).

The lil' antique table is my partner's workspace. The painting behind the monitor is one I painted for him years ago. I'm still really happy with it so I'm glad it's there.

SELFIE DUMP 🤪

learning to feel myself thanks to this excellent Northern European climate lmao