| Grabbing your steaming cup of coffee you head into | | | | sconces, sword and dagger displays, shields, and axes. |
| your office to begin your day. As you walk through the | | | | Don't go overboard on the amount of decorations you |
| door you glance around at your walls with framed | | | | put up. That will only make it look gaudy and make |
| certificates, articles about your work, photos of friends | | | | sure that the items you choose complement each |
| and family. Your desk sits in the middle of the room | | | | other. |
| with your computer, photos of your kids, yesterdays | | | | Next, you can dress up the furniture you already have |
| coffee mug (forgot that again!) and a stack of | | | | or you can find new antique furniture to complement |
| paperwork waiting for your attention. Off to one side | | | | your style. Add a fluer-de-lis rug in complementary |
| of the room is a small coffee table and a couple of | | | | colors. In the sitting area, how about a medieval chess |
| arm chairs. A few magazines litter the top of the | | | | set for the coffee table? On your desk you can place |
| coffee table. Resigned you head for the desk, sit | | | | a dragon letter opener, a medieval style box for cigars, |
| down and think, if only I could walk into this office and | | | | or misc. items and other decor items that would not be |
| feel like a king or queen everyday. | | | | in the way of your workspace. Now that you've |
| Well, you can! Stop wishing and start decorating! First | | | | finished, here is what you will see tomorrow when you |
| things first. Something needs to be done about the | | | | walk in your office. |
| walls. Let's remove all the pictures and start with paint. | | | | You grab your morning coffee and walk into your |
| If you are comfortable with doing things on your own, | | | | office. As you open the door you are greeted by |
| go to your local paint or home improvement store. Pick | | | | warm walls graced with a tapestry of a castle in |
| out some paint colors that you feel would suit the | | | | medieval England, light reflects off of swords and |
| statement you want to make. You can choose some | | | | dragons mounted behind your desk. The sitting area |
| grays and blue grays, reds and burgundy, or as I would | | | | invites you and a guest to play a game of chess. Your |
| prefer you can go with shades of golden brown and | | | | desk is gaurded by a dragon holding a miniature sword |
| tan. Next, pick a faux painting technique. Try ragging or | | | | and another sitting atop a box daring you to have a |
| sponging to get the "old wall" effect. Now that your | | | | cigar, your family smiles out at you from pewter |
| walls have been painted let's start looking at what you | | | | frames. You sit down and flip on your computer, look |
| can hang on them. There are a variety of things | | | | around once more, and know that you are ready to |
| available for this style such as tapestries, paintings, wall | | | | conquer any job that comes your way. |