Eye-Caring Lamp and other new additions to our Workshop Office

A couple of fun purchases for my “new” office including an eye-caring lamp. So, I’m a reader (I use a kindle), a pc gamer, an editor, a print layout designer, a graphic designer, an IT specialist at my day job, a blogger and a website designer. So, as you might imagine, I spend the majority of my life in front of one screen or another. Its pretty much all of the time if you include watching TV or even just browsing the internet on my phone. I WORRY ABOUT MY EYES!

I’ve always been very protective and cautious with my senses probably due to being around the majority of the men in my family who NEVER wore proper hearing protection and now spend their days yelling “What?!”

When I mowed on my family’s golf course I wore my ear safety muffs and sun glasses so much I would have moments later where I felt really weird without them – like I was naked.

(I still have a pair of sunglasses on my head at all times.)

I’m fortunate that my efforts did seem to pay off as I still have good hearing and 20/20 vision but I never stop being cautious.

Every monitor I have has a blue light screen protector over it. They’re not cheap and you can get eye glasses that give the same protection for much less cost.

(In fact both Lodi and my dad wear the eye glasses for when they play Fortnite – a much more affordable alternative then buying giant screen protectors for TVs.)

A big thing is just reducing the brightness of a screen down as low as possible but, also, providing other light sources so that the brightness of a screen isn’t as abrasive.

Whenever I’ve worked in my new “office” I’ve been using the closet light (not the over head lights as they are way too bright) to help my eyes out but its far from ideal.

I needed a desk lamp of some kind.

I was going to head for the local thrift store but I decided to check Amazon first.

I was not disappointed.

In fact, I found an eye-caring lamp on sale for only $11 and ordered it immediately!

ITS AMAZING

To be fair the closet light was a horrible solution so this lamp didn’t have much to live up to… but gaming or working I’ve noticed how much its helped my eyes already.

The little eye-caring lamp has three settings and I love that its so discreet that when its turned off it just kind of disappears.

Several years back I was gifted a GORGEOUS antique bankers chair from my mom that will forever remain in my life. Its years under my butt however have finally come to an end.

It was just SO hard.

EVEN WITH CUSHIONS IT WAS A KILLER.

When we purchased Lodi a gaming chair for him (poor guy was in an old rocking chair before that lol) he decided I deserved a decent chair too.

For Xmas this is the beauty he ordered for me and OMG how my back thanks him every time I sit down.

WHAT A GAME CHANGER.

I try to make the least purchases I can and DIY everything around here but, obviously, some purchases are necessary. We also got that heavy duty shelf for this space too so the total of combining the office with the workshop has come to around $250 so far.

Considering what its given me though I say that’s a deal!

The eye-caring lamp is probably the biggest deal even besides the chair, I can’t believe how much better my eyes feel after working in here now.

There is another purchase we made too that made such a difference here.

Before our dog had a highway of random rugs leading from her doggie door to the hallway. It was great for taking care of dirty or wet paws but man it sure did seem like we could do better…

I also kind of hated the mat I had under my office chair – it was always just a tad too small.

So we ordered this new indoor/outdoor rug off of Amazon and it takes care of dirty dog feet and provides a nice surface for my chair.

I think it fancied the room up quite a bit too.

The orange desk mat is something I’ve always wanted. It doubles as a mouse pad, coaster… you name it. I will be replacing my keyboard and mouse sets with wireless eventually but I’m too frugal to do that now when what I have is working.

Only two main projects left in here.

(Besides a ton more organizing and cleaning up.)

The little white table along the wall needs a new paint job and, if you notice the big weird X on Annie’s doggie door, I’ve got a new flap and stencil to pretty that up too!

Why is there a weird X on the doggie door?

So, I painted the door black awhile ago but then, I guess because the doggie door was also black, it apparently no longer existed even though Annie had been using it for weeks… She had no problem using it to come back in but on the inside it was NO LONGER THERE.

She was so confused.

I was so confused.

(I don’t know if I’ve ever laughed harder at a dog in my life.)

So, I painted a white X on it and BOOM, magically her doggie door appeared again and she was so grateful!