I’ve talked a lot before about sprucing up my home, but I’ve never discussed decorating the place where you spend the most time — work. One of the easiest ways to do this, while also fostering a group environment, is by placing commercial planters.

A commercial planter comes in many forms, from individual office potted plants to outdoor commercial planters. This means that you can find the right solution no matter what sort of office environment you have. And, as I mentioned, taking care of a plant is something everyone in the office can do, or you can bring in a professional company to care for your plants (this is a better solution if you have large commercial planters that require more extensive care). Pick a design and plant style that suits your company style, from vibrant, bright flowers or sturdy trees and bushes. With some well-placed plants, you immediately transform Cubicle City into a unique, lively space.

I’ve always been fascinated by how medical professionals portray themselves. From the stately, professor-types to the smiling nurses in children’s wards, each person can create express their personality through what they wear and how they wear it.

Shops specialize in all kinds of scrubs, from designer, traditional and everything in between (for both genders, natch… and kids wear too). Look at BlueSkyScrubs.com — the selection is incredible. Looking for discount scrubs? They’ve got ‘em. Hats, jackets and accessories? It’s all there. The products are handmade — showing that there’s quite a demand for quality, long-lasting clothing in the medical industry — and come in all shapes and sizes. They even have medical coats and scrub sets.

But my favorite part of the site was the accessories. When it comes to letting your personality shine through your uniform, the lanyards and jewelry can really make it happen.

Halloween was our one-year anniversary of homeownership. It’s taken nearly that long to unpack all of our stuff, but now that we finally have, we’ve been focusing on sprucing up our house. It’s the little things that make a house a home. Last week I talked about mailboxes, so today I turn my attention to address plaques.

Right now, our address plaque isn’t very useful. It’s small and hard to read; I may have bad eyesight, but you have to have 20/20 vision to see our address sign from the street. I want something bigger and bolder, with large numbers and maybe a smaller font with our street name (it’s a pretty name). So I’ve been shopping around, and JustAddressPlaques.com has a wide selection of address signs of all shapes, sizes, colors and styles. Your address plaque is one of the first things people look at when they’re coming to your home. I think it says a lot about your house, so I want something that really represents us. We may not buy until spring, but it’s never too early to shop around and get ideas!