Gargoyle
The Guardian Unlimited ran an interesting section on writer's rooms. Click here to check them out.
There's quite a variety in spaces, desk configurations, and decor. But what matters most is that it's a spot where the writer can write. I remember reading that Stephen King, after years spent writing on a crappy table, purchased a beautiful desk and found that he couldn't work on it. It intimidated him. So he went back to his former set up. Some days I find myself ogling beautiful long tables of solid gleaming wood, but most days when I'm actually writing, I don't much notice. Unless something, such a mug or set of keys, is physically inhabiting me (to the floor!) I don't notice it. So my desk is a little cluttered and not, I'm afraid, very stylish. Unless you consider a bottle of vitamins, a box of tissues, and a Kitchen Aid timer de rigeur. The one thing I've added to my desk recently is a little stone gargoyle a friend gave me for a birthday a few years back. He's hunched over and when I look up he stares at me with his inset eyes and seems to say, "Eyes back to your work, missy." I think of him as my taskmaster. But I know I'll probably only keep him on my desk for as long as book two is in progress. He's serving a very specific purpose.
Perhaps later I'll post a picture of it, so you can see for yourself what my deskmate looks like.