I decided to decorate Martin’s desk a little bit when he wasn’t home this weekend. We built his desk right along with our kitchen last year. And I really like how he’s organized his space to suit him. It just needed a little something more.

We’re starting to see more birds in Berlin. Martin and I are starting to talk more about flying. Okay… we’re always talking about flying. When you’re a household of pilots, you do that. Naturally, paper airplanes seemed like the perfect, soft touch to his space.

I pulled out some some standard German note papers (3 1/2” x 3 1/2” or 9×9 cm) that we found in a family member’s basement and started folding. A few quick folds later, and I was ready for a little bit of double sided sticky tape along the fuselage of the plane (i.e. the body of the plane). Before pressing the planes closed to seal the tape, I dropped in a short piece of red and white baker’s twine to hang the planes with.

I taped the airplanes under the lip of a shelf with our printer. They dangle just above his computer now. His corner already feels dreamier… in a masculine, scientific way of course!  I think that these little planes would be really fun in a little boy’s room on the lip of a bookcase or hanging from old hangers above his bed in a mobile.  (Can’t remember how to fold paper airplanes?  Here’s a handy link.  I made the first plane.)

Does the man in your family have a corner in the house for ideas and computers and play? Do I dare ask… how does it look?

Building Martin’s desk was the last part of our renovation.  Here’s a rare shot of his desk at the opposite end of our living room.