At Zappos we understand that you'd rather be in your backyard or at a show or walking around the new Vegas casino, so for that very reason we name and decorate our conference rooms so that they feel more like home or your favorite entertainment hall than your average board meeting room.

In our newest wing or the 2300 building the Finance and Training departments decided to make a competition out of decorating the new conference spaces. So they split up into teams, gave the teams a small budget, and they put their creative minds together to design their ideal conference room.

The prize went to "Backyard Bliss" designed by Keith C., Mahvash A., Cyndi T., Amanda N., and Johnny P. According to Cynthia Tatum, "It started as a 'Hard Rock Room.' We were going to have t shirts with labels that said "Rod Stewarts shirt" and socks that said " Michael Jackson's socks" But it never came together. Amanda Nevins really wanted a garden room and while she was in Spain, our team decided to change it up for her. Wal Mart was having this amazing sale on Summer stuff so it came about that way"

So don't fear your next full day of meetings, because chances are one of them will be in the backyard.

As you may know, the Finance department recently moved locations. They are still in the 2300 building but now call home, suite #190. With this new suite came 6 new conference rooms. The rooms were split among the teams to decorate and decorate they did! The creative juices flowed and flowed and leaked all over the floor. With six rooms we have the Moroccan room, the Wall Street room, the Backyard Bliss room, the War room, Happi Hotel room and the Spa room. Everyone slaved away and put their heart and soul into their rooms. A judging was held and the winner was the Backyard room! Come and visit when you can and take a peak.