Lobster in a Bucket

Carrel 1.5

So another perk of my current lifestyle is that I get an "office." This office consists of a built-in desk and built-in metal shelf in a room off of the ninth floor in the stacks that could easily be mistaken for a closet. The powers that be refer to it as a carrel. Which I guess is about accurate. As the picture below says, it's an oppressively ugly space.

But today I took an important step in prettifying this little space that is mine for the next 5-1 million years. See below:

I've got a couple ideas of what the next step will be, but I will appreciate any added suggestions.