Note: I just cleaned my desk for my birthday last week, so it's neater than usual.
I have a very nice 60" wide, 30" deep desk in the "breakfast nook" of my house. When I'm seated here, in front of my 2011 27" iMac, my kitchen is to my left, my family room is behind me, and on my right three east-facing windows overlooking my backyard. On sunny days in fall and winter, this nook is even sunnier than sunny spring and summer days, because more sunshine can get through the leafless trees of the woods behind my house. Right now, leaves are falling down like rain and I'm considering going outside to try photographing them against the blue sky.
As for the contents of my desk, I thought a photo would be easier. But in case the intent was to use words, I will also describe.
From left to right, back to front (or top to bottom in the photo): You can see I have not removed my Bernie poster from my wall underneath a 2014 16x20" family portrait I made. Also on the wall is a collage frame containing photos mostly of my kids prior to 2011, the year we painted this walls yellow (official paint name: "manila tint") and I got the frame. It has three tiles in it that say, "Live Well," "Love Always," and "Laugh Often."
I have jars of pens at the back of my desk mostly for my family to use, and because there is a family calendar on the wall in the kitchen around the corner from my desk. That big colorful thing is a talking stick my daughter made in therapy, though we haven't needed to use it. The black lock box contains my daughter's meds, other meds, and some sharps. My lotion is right next to the pens, and something extremely important this half of the year, when my hands need frequent moisturizing. Then there's a box of tissues and my purse. Behind my computer are three EHDs and a lot of dust. (Achoo!) The 3Tb older drive contains stuff belonging to my family members. The newer 5Tb drive is mine and contains everything. I stopped saving anything on my internal drive to help my computer run faster. And there's a little drive that belongs to my husband. He keeps it plugged in to my computer so Backblaze will back it up. That obnoxious stack of papers at the back corner of my desk is entirely stuff from Kaiser. They send too much paper. We don't need separate letters that say the same thing sent to every member of our family. I need to weed it out and make a health insurance file folder. (We just switched a couple years ago, and our previous insurance paperwork did not come to our house but to my husband's work.)
You can see an open box that contained my new earbuds I got yesterday. The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan is what I'm currently reading. My weekly desk calendar. My phone charger, and where my phone would by lying if I weren't holding it above my desk to make this photo, and my new wireless earbuds. Then there's my camera, a Canon Rebel T1i, some candy canes, my headphones, and the recipes I used for Thanksgiving. On the floor are some shoes I gave my daughter for her birthday but they're too small, so they're awaiting return to the store. I have a pull out keyboard tray. Notice I do not use a mouse but the awesome Magic Trackpad. The stool I'm standing on is not my usual chair. I just wanted to be higher up for the photo (my camera is against the ceiling!). I sit in a dining table chair with a green upholstered, padded seat. Oh! Almost forgot to mention the extra file cabinet to the right of my desk (there's also a file drawer in the left side of the desk and three small drawers on the right), with my dusty old Canon printer. I don't print a lot, and never print photos or scrapbook pages, so this printer is fine. It no longer communicates with my computer though, unfortunately. Fortunately, there's a slot for a thumb drive, so I can still use the scanner function, which I have found very useful for making digital copies of old prints and paper scrapbook pages and journals.
This reminds me of a layout I made recently: Desk Evolution
