A present for my friend Helena, who is pained by my weakness for oh-so-sensible Tupperware:
I have upgraded my desk storage bucket!
And to be fair, I do like this planter better. I bought it years ago, seriously discounted owing to a minor chip in the finish at the top on one side, from a very posh home decorating store in which I should not even have been browsing. Ever since, it's been a symbol of the casually elegant home in the formally elegant neighbourhood in which I dreamed of one day living. And though the dream is pretty much gone now owing to a recovery of my senses - do you realize how far you have to walk to the nearest chocolate when you live in a formally elegant neighbourhood? - I still like the reference to my younger self.
Bonus: it takes up less real estate and even fits into a niche on the bookshelf when I need to spread out my papers. Of course, this means less book space, but that was never not going to be a problem. And it will look like absolute Ew if I try stuffing papers or mail in it, should I ever stop wanting to have some knitting at hand at all times. Might just encourage me to stay tidy, don't you think?
2 comments:
Love it! It wouldn't encourage me to stay tidy, but nothing encourages me to stay tidy. I'll bet it does the trick for you though.
Thank you. This means a lot to me. Only the cost of posting a great hunk of glass to Canada stopped me attempting to foist an upgrade container on you. Now I see you had much nicer one all along. Well done. It's beautiful.
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