Mike and Frank hang out in their themed office, called "The Blue Ox."
Can you pimp out your office like celebs do their homes on MTV's "Cribs"?
The answer is you bet!
Frank Oles and Mike Porritt show how an office can be a cozy home away from home and actually make you feel like you've crossed the Illinois border into Wisconsin.
Check out their digs after the jump.We're on the hunt for new properties, er, I mean offices and cubicles.
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Name: Frank Oles, 35, and Mike Porritt, 33
Occupation: copywriter and art director
Business: DDB advertising
My cube is... "a beacon of north woods charm in the middle of downtown," Oles said.
Celeb style: John Madden's or Brett Favre's basement
Now, here's where we judge whether their office is crib-tastic or crib-tastrophe. We judge, well, because we can.
Sunlight: North Avenue Beach or Lower Wacker Drive? North Avenue Beach. The office has two windows where sunlight pours into the office. And if the sun doesn't heat up the office, they've got a fireplace underneath the desk. Even though the orange-glowing fireplace is decorative with stone wallpaper, it gives the office a nice, warm touch. (Notice the fake window they put up on the wall.)
Artwork: DePaul dorm or Art Institute? Art Institute. The office features one-of-a-kind paint by numbers Oles' grandmother did in the 1960s. Plus, there's donated fish and animal heads mounted on the faux wood-paneled walls. The foam-cork, contact paper-covered walls alone are a masterpiece that took 10 hours to do. The breaks in the faux wood panels are hand-drawn. A pair of old wooden skiis sit behind the bar.
Comfort: CTA seat or Drake Hotel? Drake Hotel. A black fur covered couch gives guests a place to sit around a crackling fire. A bearskin rug cut from an old black area rug completes the room. The only thing missing: smores.
Tech: Crown Fountain or Wrigley Field scoreboard? Crown Fountain. In addition to the three computer screens at their desks, they've got a TV with horns resting on it. Look up above the TV and find...a talking and singing deer head. What the Buck? (That's his name: Buck.)
Accessibility: Loop or Tinley Park? Loop. Complete with a fridge and a locked liquor cabinet, this office also features an 8-foot-long wooden bar Porritt built in his basement and resassembled in the office. How very lumberjack. No need to venture outdoors for a brewski after working hard at the office.
FINAL JUDGMENT: Crib-tastic. The office definitely has that Midwestern charm. In all, this man cave is a pretty foxy place.
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