Pencil lines challenge 126

Where did this week go? I've been really busy with my new office/craft room and the time has just flown. It looks fantastic, even better than I had imagined. Just a couple of finishing touches and I'll be able to take pictures.

I bought an office chair from Argos but it looked so big and black in my lovely light room. It's a shame that there really isn't much choice in colours unless you want to pay a fortune., so I bought some fabric to match the blind and turned this:

into this:

I love it and it's really comfortable. It's still a bit too black but I can live with it better now. The added bonus was that it was free. I asked if I could use my nectar points that I've been collecting towards it, and I had enough to pay for it. I love free!

I've completed this weeks Pencil Lines challenge Sketch 126 and this what I came up with.

I had to turn it on it's side because of the photos orientation but I think it still worked. I'm so happy with my new crafting area that I was working on this until 2AM. I was back up early this morning so I will need to have a nap today to catch up. Luckily I'm not back to work until Tuesday so I get another 'play day'.

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