As most of you know, I work from home and it is not something I particularly enjoy. There are far too many distractions and far, far too many fabric memos taking over my dining room table. I had considered converting our guest bedroom into an at-home office for a while, but in the end decided I really needed to get out of the house!

I had a vision in my head. A space I could share with someone else. Someone I knew I’d have fun with. Some in a creative industry with a work style similar to mine. So a couple of months I began the hunt…

The office mate was definitely the easiest part of the search! Liz from Sequins and Stripes and I have been blog friends for a while and get along perfectly. Really, we are the same person and have the same boyfriends. I approached her with the idea and lucky me, she was immediately on board.

Next the search for an office began. Who knew commercial leases took so long? It was a crazy process, but as of this week, I am so incredibly excited to announce that we are preparing to move into our new office space!

I am so excited to share this exciting new step for Alexandra Berlin Design. And Liz and I plan on including all of you in our decorating process too, so get ready for some idea boards!

There is a lot of regurgitation going on. A lot.

Without naming names, I recently came across an office that had a lot of similarities to an office I had already seen.

A line of jewelry I fell in love with, and then saw the exact same line of jewelry on another website.

It feels similar to a phenonenon I have been noticing with blogging. “The repost”. We see pretty pictures on pinterest and then repost. 

I am guilty of it. I am either :

A) inspired by the pictures I repost so I don’t think twice about it

or B) don’t have time to come up with original content every single day (although I know it will set my blog apart and its what I love on other blogs…)

So is it bad blogging to repost? Bad designing to “borrow” heavily from another designer? 

I’m not sure. I definitely don’t like the sounds of it, but with the mass consumption that the internet allows, its becoming harder and harder to avoid.

So let me pose a question. How do you set yourself apart? As a blogger with your content or just as a human being. I want to know.

 

I know this is heavy chatter for a Friday but I’d love to hear from you.

Have a fabulous long weekend. See you all on Tuesday. xo