Realm of Creativity or Succubus of Dread

After reading Chapter 4 I really got to thinking about how I want my classroom to look and how I want students to feel when they are in it. What type of impression do I want to give them when they walk in on the first day of school? Thinking about the different types of classrooms I was in when I went through school I'm trying to remember my favorite parts about the classrooms. I remember whenever I would get bored in class, because we know every student does at some point in time, I would look at whatever pictures or quotes were on the wall. Some of my favorites consist of corny math jokes and even the value of pi. Who doesn't want to know the first 20 digits of pi? Also, I would like to have some type of plants. Nothing that takes too much effort to take care of but something like a bamboo plant or a cactus. This way it adds a little life and green to the room!