My Office

We’ve got the upstairs of my building cleaned out enough to assemble the basics for my office. Eventually we will need to repair the ceiling that is in poor shape due to years of water damage from roof leaks. But for right now, I have my desk and computer set up against the wall that borders the stairs. I elected to leave the old vintage wallpaper on the walls and simply hung a couple of prints from Ikea.

Note the lights hanging from the ceiling. My grandmother’s house had those same lights. There were no plug-ins in my grandmother’s house except on the light thing that hung from the ceiling. I believe that this upstairs room could have been used as living quarters a hundred years ago but not really used since then.

The wooden floors are just grand. I carefully oiled the floors with Danish oil. By hand. My arms ached for days! The front wall is made of brick with plaster over it.

My view out my office window of the main street here in Iuka:

The gazebo you see in the center of the photo is in a little park called Jaybird Park. During the spring and summer months there is a concert held in that gazebo each week. And farmer’s set up to sell their produce on Thursday mornings. At the far end of the street is City Hall, the police station, and fire station. The train tracks run alongside Jaybird park to the left.