Your video in which you set up your desk for the first time was how I found your channel. I was considering buying an antique secretary desk and wasn't sure if the idea was crazy or good. I searched "my secretary desk" on RUclips, and one relevant video came up--yours. Your enthusiasm convinced me. I found and bought a 100-year old secretary desk and key from an elderly lady who inherited it from her mother and grandmother.
Having now finished this video of the tour of your desk, I sit in awe of the blending of your affection for sentiment that such objects can embody and nurture, craftsmanship, and the practical. I had a similar dilemma wrt some postcards of Victor Chen water color prints of door fronts and balconies in Malacca, Malaysia. In the end I sent them to my friends who were posted there to for a time. Years later, visiting them back in their home in the States, and the set had been framed and on the wall. Such a simple thing, so rich with memories for both of us.
I recently snatched the sadly discontinued Lamy Scala rose (vintage or fancy fountain pens are out of my budget, 😉) for a reasonable price at ebay and I already love that it is quite heavy in comparison to the ones I normally use. My love for fountain pens starts to grow again. We used them in school but they were just working tools for me back then. Thank you for the tour. I loved to see your cosy place and your treasures.
I agree with the previous comment. Those pen sketches would be fabulous framed. They are so beautiful and precious that I feel they deserve to be displayed. Your desk is beautiful!
I just love your space. 🥰 I feel the same way about mine and could spend hours just surrounded by the little things that inspire me. It’s so fun to see yours. Thanks for the tour!
I want that little bean first, your desk second, all your pants and inks third, and everything else you own for Christmas. 😁🎄. Love u and your vids !!! Peace & joy. B safe
Magnifico escritorio es una pasada y encima lo tienes todo super ordenado , me gusta mucho por el numero de compartimentos que tiene puedes guardar de todo como siempre tienes un gusto exquisito para las cosas. una saludo desde España.
This was so nice! I need to find a desk like this when my favorite flea market open back up and is safe to return to it. It's a popular place and considered a tourist attraction since its so large and has hundreds of vendors. I'm still avoiding large crowds. If I were to find one at a decent price it will be there!
That desk is so special. I confess that I'm envious. I love little drawers and pull-out storage spaces! I really want to hear about the collection of horses though. Have you discussed them in a previous video?
Omg Bean is so awesome! Your first video of your desk was the first video of yours I watched. I was on the search for a desk and fell in love with your channel! I have watched you religiously since then. I love your comfortable, relaxed life. Do you still have your Superior Labor pen roll? Oh, I did find my perfect desk.😊 Thanks so much for this video! 🌻🌻
Hahah Bean is a remarkable little being to live with. That’s so awesome! I hadn’t realize the desk was how it all began. I do still have the pen roll, it’s a favorite for sure!
Upon seeing you open the drawer of your ink collection, I feel obliged to tweak that infamous line in Jerry MaGuire, thus: "You . . . validate me . . ."
How lovely! Have you thought of adding felt to the bottom of the cheese boxes so they don't harm the finish of ypur desk when slid out and back in the cubby? Just a thought. Thank you for sharing.
My "non fountain pen pens" are also in a pouch, hidden, out of sight. (= The new folios are beautiful! I really liked the buckle. Thanks for the video.
I would frame that beautiful collection in matted groups of five in narrow vertical frames That would give you a stunning group of like frames that would act as one piece. I said five just so each vertical frame would contain an odd number of pens. I would choose wooden frames to mirror your beautiful desk with thick cream linen-like matting possibly with a thin edge of a slightly lighter colored matting. If you don’t have enough for an odd arrangement, I would frame the others in a horizontal frame in the same manner. Mine would be a rather expensive proposition, but those pen and ink sketches are fabulous I landed here by accident, and had to leave my two cents worth, Sorry...
Oh, I can see it! How beautiful that would all be. One day, when I have the wall space and the funds, I think I will do just that. I love the vertical groupings. I think that would suit the images very nicely, and enhance rather than detract from them. I worried it would feel to cluttered, I think the vertical framing would really lend itself nicely to that. Thanks for stopping by!
Wow. QUESTION: Have you considered putting a large thin felt mat under your ink bottles, or a coaster under your plant and beaker, or some felt under your cheese drawers? Love the green felt pouch in the medium that you have made. I have my two pens in a craft paper cutlery sleeve that I got when I was in a cafe for coffee. In kindred spirit Eliza, Australia xx
Hello there! I have not considered such things! It’s not a bad idea though! The plants, I dry off before setting back onto the desk. The ink drawer already has plenty of stains, haha. I wonder how some felt under the cheese drawers would feel! Clever way to recycle something intended for something else! I bet that works quite well.
Thank you! That’s actually something I found in an antique store. I spent a couple years in search for a good deal. I use this space so much. Glad to have it.
I’m jealous. I want a secretary desk so bad! It’s so beautiful, and can hold a lot! So great! Haha 😛 I was wondering, how do you meet your pen pals? Lol
May you one day be blessed with such a desk too! :D Penpals have been people I’ve met over the years, often someone will reach out on Instagram and ask, want to be penpals? :D
@@adventuredenali thank you. I believe I will be gifted one at some point in my life, haha. Are you asking if I’d like to be penpals ? Because if so, then yes, please Teehee 😃 that would be fun. Letters are one of my favorite ways to communicate, and it’s so rarely done now. So to get an opportunity to write them again would be lovely ☺️
@@adventuredenali I know lots of other people like Ali Brown and Job's Journal do it. It would be cool to see your collages or Fig& Bean drawings on washi!
Thank you! As for the inks, I love the colors, the names, the packaging... but the inks themselves I’m not as fond of unfortunately. I’d like to give them another try, maybe experiment in some other pens. The ones I have seem to feather and bleed through more then I would like.
Thank you so much for your candor. I am always in the market for a good ink and we seem to have similar tastes in color and properties of the inks. Will take it under advisement...
Hey there, Just wondering about the miniature pets on your drawer, are those made by Schleich? Thanks! Edit: Nevermind, found out about em in a different video of yours :D
Your video in which you set up your desk for the first time was how I found your channel. I was considering buying an antique secretary desk and wasn't sure if the idea was crazy or good. I searched "my secretary desk" on RUclips, and one relevant video came up--yours. Your enthusiasm convinced me. I found and bought a 100-year old secretary desk and key from an elderly lady who inherited it from her mother and grandmother.
Wow, that’s so cool! Congratulations on your desk discovery. Sounds like a wonderful acquisition.
@@adventuredenali Thank you. I expect it will accompany me on many healing forays into creativity.
Wow 🤩 that ink collection!!! Amazing how much u could fit in such a beautiful compact way
Having now finished this video of the tour of your desk, I sit in awe of the blending of your affection for sentiment that such objects can embody and nurture, craftsmanship, and the practical. I had a similar dilemma wrt some postcards of Victor Chen water color prints of door fronts and balconies in Malacca, Malaysia. In the end I sent them to my friends who were posted there to for a time. Years later, visiting them back in their home in the States, and the set had been framed and on the wall. Such a simple thing, so rich with memories for both of us.
Beautiful desk! Lovely work space
Your desk is gorgeous as always, and the collections housed in it are all amazing. Thanks for another tour.
Thank you so much! And you’re welcome!
That Lil Bean is a curious and delightful creature. 💜
Haha he really is. ❤️
I gasped at the postcard/sketches! What an amazing gift!
I recently snatched the sadly discontinued Lamy Scala rose (vintage or fancy fountain pens are out of my budget, 😉) for a reasonable price at ebay and I already love that it is quite heavy in comparison to the ones I normally use. My love for fountain pens starts to grow again. We used them in school but they were just working tools for me back then. Thank you for the tour. I loved to see your cosy place and your treasures.
Oh congratulations! Enjoy your fountain pen romance. :)
Thank you for sharing this widow on your world, i feel it so close to my soul 😊
Thank you and you’re so welcome. ☺️
I agree with the previous comment. Those pen sketches would be fabulous framed. They are so beautiful and precious that I feel they deserve to be displayed. Your desk is beautiful!
I definitely hope to frame them some day.
Thank you!
I just love your space. 🥰 I feel the same way about mine and could spend hours just surrounded by the little things that inspire me. It’s so fun to see yours. Thanks for the tour!
Thank you! If you ever feel inspired, I’d love to see a desk space tour from you as well!
@@adventuredenali I’ll do my best! :)
Your desk is gorgeous! Thanks for sharing your collection!
Thank you and you’re welcome!
I'm very swoony over your desk! What a lovely environment!
Thank you! It’s a space I enjoy being in so much.
A little piece of heaven. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you ☺️
Love your desk space! I can’t wait to get one of your notebook covers! Love my sweet pen pouch so much!
Thank you so much! I’m glad you’re enjoying the pen pouch! :D
I want that little bean first, your desk second, all your pants and inks third, and everything else you own for Christmas. 😁🎄. Love u and your vids !!! Peace & joy. B safe
Hahaha Lynda, that made me laugh.
Thank you and peace and joy to you too.
Thank you for sharing your beautiful and amazing space with us.
You’re very welcome!
What an interesting and lovely collection. Love the tobacco cards.
Thank you! The cards are a lot of fun. There are so many series, dogs, horses, cars, etc.
Absolutely beautiful desk.. ❤ 😍
Thank you for inviting us into your life. I look forward to your videos.
You’re so welcome. Thank you for coming :)
Another wonderful video and such a beautiful space, thank you for sharing!
Thank you and you’re welcome!
What a beautifully inspiring and marvelous space! Thank you for sharing !
Thank you!
I have such desk envy! I need to find something like this. Thanks for sharing your setup!
I hope you do! It makes such a difference, having such an inspiring place to create.
Nice collection of birding books in the opening sequence!
My partner is grateful for your observation! He’s quite a skilled birder.
I really enjoy the look of that desk it's charming
I love Cigarette cards and vintage postcards and lots of the same collections you have. Thanx for sharing!!
You’re welcome!
Enjoy your collecting!
That was an absolutely delightful tour of collections!
Thank you!
Your Wills aviation tobacco trading card collection is wonderful. Thanks for the tour.
Thank you! It’s a really fun little collection to have.
That felt hobonichi pouch looks incredible.
Thank you! :D
What a great space.
Magnifico escritorio es una pasada y encima lo tienes todo super ordenado , me gusta mucho por el numero de compartimentos que tiene puedes guardar de todo como siempre tienes un gusto exquisito para las cosas. una saludo desde España.
Oh, I really loved your desk tour! Gave me some good storage ideas. Please let us know where to get a cash-growing tin! 😀 Thanks!
Excellent! Thank you!
Hahah if only I knew, the cash-growing tins are rare these days. 😉
This was so nice! I need to find a desk like this when my favorite flea market open back up and is safe to return to it. It's a popular place and considered a tourist attraction since its so large and has hundreds of vendors. I'm still avoiding large crowds. If I were to find one at a decent price it will be there!
Thank you!
I hope you’re able to find something at the flea market... and I hope even more it will be safe to return to soon enough!
Please post a link to your store. I would love to buy the journal covers, pen covers or generally anything from your collection.
That desk is so special. I confess that I'm envious. I love little drawers and pull-out storage spaces! I really want to hear about the collection of horses though. Have you discussed them in a previous video?
It is so special!
I haven’t talked about my horses, perhaps it’s something I could do in a future video. :)
I love your desk! Serious goals and I'm jealous, wish I could be your penpal.
Thank you! I’m always happy to have penpals!
Omg Bean is so awesome! Your first video of your desk was the first video of yours I watched. I was on the search for a desk and fell in love with your channel! I have watched you religiously since then. I love your comfortable, relaxed life. Do you still have your Superior Labor pen roll? Oh, I did find my perfect desk.😊 Thanks so much for this video! 🌻🌻
Hahah Bean is a remarkable little being to live with.
That’s so awesome! I hadn’t realize the desk was how it all began. I do still have the pen roll, it’s a favorite for sure!
Upon seeing you open the drawer of your ink collection, I feel obliged to tweak that infamous line in Jerry MaGuire, thus: "You . . . validate me . . ."
How lovely!
Have you thought of adding felt to the bottom of the cheese boxes so they don't harm the finish of ypur desk when slid out and back in the cubby? Just a thought.
Thank you for sharing.
Love your space
Thank you!
That desk has a new worthy owner.
Thank you :)
My "non fountain pen pens" are also in a pouch, hidden, out of sight. (=
The new folios are beautiful! I really liked the buckle.
Thanks for the video.
Haha it’s true!
And thank you very much!
I would frame that beautiful collection in matted groups of five in narrow vertical frames That would give you a stunning group of like frames that would act as one piece. I said five just so each vertical frame would contain an odd number of pens. I would choose wooden frames to mirror your beautiful desk with thick cream linen-like matting possibly with a thin edge of a slightly lighter colored matting. If you don’t have enough for an odd arrangement, I would frame the others in a horizontal frame in the same manner. Mine would be a rather expensive proposition, but those pen and ink sketches are fabulous
I landed here by accident, and had to leave my two cents worth, Sorry...
Oh, I can see it! How beautiful that would all be. One day, when I have the wall space and the funds, I think I will do just that. I love the vertical groupings. I think that would suit the images very nicely, and enhance rather than detract from them. I worried it would feel to cluttered, I think the vertical framing would really lend itself nicely to that.
Thanks for stopping by!
Love Your Desk!
Thank you!
Wow.
QUESTION: Have you considered putting a large thin felt mat under your ink bottles, or a coaster under your plant and beaker, or some felt under your cheese drawers?
Love the green felt pouch in the medium that you have made. I have my two pens in a craft paper cutlery sleeve that I got when I was in a cafe for coffee.
In kindred spirit
Eliza, Australia xx
Hello there!
I have not considered such things! It’s not a bad idea though! The plants, I dry off before setting back onto the desk. The ink drawer already has plenty of stains, haha. I wonder how some felt under the cheese drawers would feel!
Clever way to recycle something intended for something else! I bet that works quite well.
So many inks 😱😱😱. That is my dream drawer 😂😂😂.
:D
Awesome desk
Thank you!
argh! XD I said I wasnt going to buy not another bottle of ink until I finished what I have....but.....
I would frame those fountain pen sketches/art and do a gallery wall with them
They’re definitely frame worthy. It’s something I’d really love to do one day.
Nice
Your desk is gorgeous...is it an heirloom? I'd love to find something for my room
Thank you! That’s actually something I found in an antique store. I spent a couple years in search for a good deal. I use this space so much. Glad to have it.
@@adventuredenali you got a nice collection of vintage, too... I noticed you like the older Germans, my friend carries a lot of them...
I like those cheese boxes. Never seen those before. I’d guess bricks of cheddar were in them.
They were such a great find, fit so perfectly in the space. I’m guessing you’re right about the cheese brick.
ahhh the cigarrette cards.....
I’m jealous. I want a secretary desk so bad! It’s so beautiful, and can hold a lot! So great! Haha 😛 I was wondering, how do you meet your pen pals? Lol
May you one day be blessed with such a desk too! :D
Penpals have been people I’ve met over the years, often someone will reach out on Instagram and ask, want to be penpals? :D
@@adventuredenali thank you. I believe I will be gifted one at some point in my life, haha. Are you asking if I’d like to be penpals ? Because if so, then yes, please Teehee 😃 that would be fun. Letters are one of my favorite ways to communicate, and it’s so rarely done now. So to get an opportunity to write them again would be lovely ☺️
@@mysticfox1105 great! Do you have an Instagram where we can message for address?
Ahhh! You should make some washi tape to sell in your shop! That would be so neat
Oooh, that would be super cool! I wonder if that’s possible!
@@adventuredenali I know lots of other people like Ali Brown and Job's Journal do it. It would be cool to see your collages or Fig& Bean drawings on washi!
TFS 💕
What does TFS mean? 😅
Great video and was wondering how you like the Birmingham inks?
Thank you!
As for the inks, I love the colors, the names, the packaging... but the inks themselves I’m not as fond of unfortunately. I’d like to give them another try, maybe experiment in some other pens. The ones I have seem to feather and bleed through more then I would like.
Thank you so much for your candor. I am always in the market for a good ink and we seem to have similar tastes in color and properties of the inks. Will take it under advisement...
@@kellylovesthepens you’re very welcome!
Hey there,
Just wondering about the miniature pets on your drawer, are those made by Schleich?
Thanks!
Edit: Nevermind, found out about em in a different video of yours :D
Hello! Glad you found your answer! :D
Great greetings
☺️
You and I are going to get along just fine.
Marvelous :)
Im begining to think some of us are fans of your desk.
What is your Etsy store called?
Fig and Bean Co. :)
Its little beanie!
I thought it was a tiger in the creek
4 volumes of Sibley's works???? Yes please. Do you have an older, less discriminating, desperate sister?
Bean is a stinker
Ahah indeed!