Right now above my laptop screen there a big furry dog napping on the sofa. If I look above the pup there is a painting of an old small town motel with all sorts of neon signs and traffic going past by Kim Reasor.

In my craft room if I look above my desktop monitor I see a studio portrait of my Gramma Alice from the 60′s.

Orange (or rather, “Spiced Pumpkin” according to the paint company) walls. Bare. Hmmm… probably should get some artwork…

A shelf full of containers (mostly tin cans) with: pens, pencils, screwdrivers, coloured pencils, jewelry pliers and crochet hooks. Yes, I’m in my craft room! Also two photos of my Dad with each of my sons taken (gasp – I just realised) 25 years ago!!

Really depressing, right, but all over the horrible white walls that remind me more of an insane asylum than anything else, I’ve plastered neon post-its to remind me of things I should already know. Like when my next assignment’s due, email passwords, or dates of when I sent out a poem to a magazine. How embarrassing… :>

Directly on the wall in front of me is the picture that came with my confirmation certificate. It´s some kind of dune/rock formation, with black and orange colors. Left of that are two clwons sitting on a swing, on the right are my diving diploms.
Since I´m typing this on my laptop, which sits on my desk directly in front of the monitor of my pc, that´s what I always see when I look up…

I looked up from my laptop to find my 10 year old telling me that my 8 year old and 4 year old sons are playing with plastic cups. I don’t really care about the plastic cups. I do care that the 8 year old is NOT doing his homework! I think I need to close my door. Then I’d be looking at the shoes hanging on the back of it. And maybe for a few minutes it would be a bit quieter in here…

On my wall oddly, is a life size cardboard cutout of Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow, the 2009 Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince calendar I haven’t changed yet, a coo coo clock I inherited from my grandparent’s house, two of the three Original Star Wars Trilogy Movie posters in the style when the movies first came out, and the top half of a life size cardboard cut out of Darth Vader.
Yeah, now psychoanalyze that one if you dare.

I am currently looking at my tv and tv cabinet. Around it covering the wall is an assortment of Twilight, Harry Potter, and band posters. Some of my own artwork is also mixed in. My family and I live in an older house that was easier to put panneling in instead of sheetrock when it was being remodeled. In saying that I HATE PANNELING! Several years ago I decided to buy posters and cover it up, so that has how it’s been since then and will stay that way until I move out. As I get bored of something I just buy new poster or draw something new to put up.

A M. C. Escher calender and a Phoenix hyundai A league football poster, oh and the one shot for glory crowd shot (FIFA qualifer), the football is hubby and calender was my choice as I love Eschers art.

The kids art is on the wall behind me though

I’ll tell what’s on the side wall at hone cause the rest is WAY too boring. I was trying to decide on paint color so I bought a sample and painted a rectangle about one ft by 1/2 ft. I liked it. SOSs not to waste the paint on the brush I paintedsround the next section and painted a smile and 2 dots for eyes. Hubby said ” I guess you like this one?”

Sounds like a feast for the eyes, Kaia!

It says you’re supah cool, Sophie!

Excellent shade, Teri! I’d go for that myself if hubby would agree. He’s more into green.

How gorgeous is that, Nicole? You must be perennially inspired!

Craft rooms are da bomb, Jill! (Our photo of gramps with the babes is on the living room wall. Look at it every day–it’s 16 years old!)

Ahhh, the magical whiteboard. Did you realize, Amber, you’ll never be able to make your kids shiver by screeching your fingernails down an old fashioned blackboard. Kinda sad, really.

Well, Becky, at least you’ve gone with neon!

Badminton! Awesome! I’m so terrible, but I have such fun when we play, Laney4. And every time I miss I look at the racket like, WTF?

That, Tanja, is a fascinating combination!

Ah, Caitlin, vintage cars. Yum.

LOL, Sara. There is something to be said for talking scenery though!

Aw, Mandy, now I have that same sympathy-for-Harry-Potter feeling for you. Definitely you should put those pictures up!

Not touching that one with a Freud textbook, Jenna. Just enjoying it from afar!

I like it, Megan! Originality everywhere!

Excellent plan, Miranda. I agree, paneling sucks. (We have it throughout our house too. Even though I’ve painted it, you still get the pattern. Sigh.) Today I’m at the other PC, so I’m looking at the first four Jaz Parks covers and a framed poster of “Biting the Bullet” that they did for a publicity campaign in Australia. Much better than painted paneling!

Love it, Bec!

Family walls are so cool, Penny. The best, I think. Just to my right is a framed picture that my daughter drew. A treasure.

A Bunny Suicide calendar? I’ve never heard of this, but I am utterly fascinated, Eimear. You rock, as usual.

LMAO, Tori!!!

Congrats on the new home, Jo-Anne! It’s exciting to imagine what lovelies you will adorn the walls with, yes?

“Healthy Air Starts with me”

I’m in the office so I have a calendar made from designs from kids about Healthy living and good Air Quality!

I also have a sticker that says “Marathon Freak” that my boss gave me along side a congrats card from my coworkers for finishing my first marathon (on my bday…might I add ) other than that its all business stuff… Boring!

I’m on my mum’s laptop right now, so if I look up from her desk I see her bookshelves and the pale green wall. If I were on my laptop looking in fron of me I’d see a blue armchair full of my stuff (bags, books and papers, a pillow with a cross-stitch embroidery I made, scarf and gloves…) and a concrete column painted red (the rest of my walls are a very light yellow).

Above my laptop there is… a toy boat, Newton’s cradle, a juggling ball and a horse pulling a drink mixing kit. Swizzle sticks and shot glass included

I am looking at the rain pouring down in the backyard.

I’ll bet your eyes dance every time they hit the wall, Becky!

Woot, Sweetsummer! Way to go you healthy runner you!

What? Zita? You can see into the library and yet not a single book in sight? You are definitely living in the 21st century!

Comforting to know I’m not the only chair-piler, Vale. Yesterday was the first time in two months that I was able to write sitting in my office chair. Before that it was full of a vast array of items, from clothes that needed to be ironed to Christmas cards!

Anybody with toys is tops in my book, Kelly!

Glad you’ve got such a great view, Lola!

I feel like I should cheer you up, Donna. Um, perhaps if you set some rubber duckies out there to play in the rain?

LOL, Bryan! I imagine he keeps you in line then!

Well, above my laptop screen, there is the tv, a shelf of dvds, and a painting I did! I can see some of my yarn, some for current projects, some that needs to be put in my stash yet. And one of my birds on his playgym.

A map from the 1700s of St. Eustatius in the Carribbean. The island was a dutch slave trading post and I worked on a dig there a few years ago.

A window… very boring, except when a fight breaks out in the parking lot. But in my old dorm room, I had a gorgeous cherry blossom poster, a Vampire Knight graphic novel poster, a gothic artwork calendar, and… food.

Behind my screen is a pirate skeleton with a monkey on his back!