Tour Of My Home Office, Cross Rib Roast Beef

 

Tour Of My Home Office-

We hit 17 degrees last week, now it's in the upper 60's! Down again in a few days with "wintry mix" and rain forecast. Much colder next week, so time to cozy up the house more! Anyway, when I first started working from home in late March I wasn't sure how long it would last. I started tweaking things over time after I realized this might be while. Now it's "permanent", but time will tell. Anyway this used to be a home office of sorts with a spare computer. Now it's a dedicated "work space", except for all my other stuff!  Here's what I've done, for little money! For the colder weather I recently I added a $10.00 Ikea fake sheepskin throw on my office chair, nice and toasty!  I used a giant safety pin on the top back so it stays put. We already had the chair-

Nice view out the front window, I can adjust the blinds as needed- 

My messy area, avert your eyes! We had this desk before but wasn't big enough for two monitors. I asked Dave to take the keyboard tray and attach to the desk. He added a leg and it works great! 

South wall to my right when I'm sitting, radio/CD player, printer, kitty bed, heater and canning rack-

I spent $10.00 and bought Anya a new kitty bed, she loves it! Keeps me company- 

I bought this radiant heater this summer knowing I'd need it. Trying to keep the house heating bill down. I turn it on in the morning and pre-heat the room a bit, then turn down the thermostat in the rest of the house. Anya lays next to it most of the morning- 

Top of my desk-

Farm sign to my left, moved in from another room- 

wall color way off, it's a whiter sage green, weird lighting that morning

Cabinet behind me, I brought more white accents in from other rooms to lighten it up-

I bought the faux barn door and then decided to add a clear command hook. Now I can add something seasonal, like my Happy Fall Y'all sign-

Wall calendar on the right on the wall, nice floor lamp we already had there, nice even lighting! 

Top shelf on my left-

Middle shelf-

Stuff

Bottom shelf- 

That's it, and I really like it! The only things I actually bought were the faux throw, farm Fall sign and heater. 

Cross Rib Roast Beef -

This summer I got a nice beef roast for $8.00 and stashed it in the freezer. I thawed it and roasted it this weekend. It came out super juicy and very tender. Plenty for leftovers! It's about a 4 lb. roast and here's a recipe I used Cross Rib Roast w/ Garlic and Herbs Really simple, and I made it rare so we could re-heat some without over cooking-

Coming out of the oven

I roasted multi colored small potatoes and onions with olive oil, salt, thyme and pepper. Wonderful!