The Challenge of Sharing an Office: Side by Side

My husband and I share an office -- a modest rectangular room in a small condo in Boulder -- noted for small apartments.  Here is how we each occupy our own space.

His side, so clean and zen. Martial arts certificates in a neat row, the surface of his desk, quiet, waiting. 

And this is my side -- and to be fair, made more mad by the 1970s mirror-closet doors! Even still, I am probably still hiding small birds unseen in nests made of the left-over thrums from weaving, or behind the pile of books I have yet to read....It is a mess, I know, but, I do enjoy it.