Desk Decision In It’s Final Hours

Posting has been obviously light as of late. Moving day is in less than 2 weeks (holy crap!) and I have a lot going on, both there and at work. This means my inspiration meters are low and my brain… well, my brain looks like this:

We’re almost there though! A new space means new beginnings, new design elements, new furniture pieces, and new colors! I will be getting rid of my dining table, now that I have an eat at bar, I will be using that to seat the boyfriend and I, since I rarely have guests over. This will give me more living space and the ability to buy a new desk without worrying too much over space. Mind you, I don’t want a command station, so I have opted to go with the Bond Desk from West Elm:

I am in love with the simple lines of it. Originally I was going to go with the Parsons desk from West Elm, but after going to the store (for the first time no less), I was not impressed. It felt like plastic. And though I wanted something that didn’t have a lot of ornate details and sort of faded into the background of the space, I realized that the Parsons desk lacked personality at all. It was just a rectangle. The slanted legs of the Bond desk just scream, hey I’m sexy, look at me! Haha.

My only dilemma now is since I am not having a dining space, should I get the bigger one for $100 more? It would give me a place to put my super sweet lamp next to my super sweet computer. This would also allow me to simply expand by purchasing the smaller one down the road with the corner piece. So, large bond desk? I’m thinking yes, but we’ll see.

So, my West Elm store experience. I went to the one in Tysons Corner, VA for the first time. My first WE store visit ever. I have no clue why I have never been in there before, considering I’ve been to that mall at least half a dozen times. At any rate, I wasn’t impressed, to be honest. Let me back up, I wasn’t impressed with their accessories. Some of them were so cheaply put together, with the glue showing — it was gross. I would expect it from some place like Ikea, where the prices are fairly cheap. But if I’m going to spend $130 on a cool sunburst-convex mirror, damnit, I don’t want to see weird gold glue/bonding agents. The space planning made the space go on forever though, and the staff, to their credit, were helpful. If only my voice was present for me to talk to them.

Overall, I think going to the store was helpful in making me see that West Elm is not a holier-than-thou place, and really it’s just another furniture and accessories store at the mall with the smell of BBQ from Coastal Flats pouring in through the vents. Coastal Flat did good on that one, it got me hungry and it got them my money. ;)