Having just started my brand new home office, I became obsessed with finding the perfect, happy supplies to surround myself with. I have a feeling that this is also a form of work procrastination, but regardless: I did end up with some really fun stuff. If you're looking for some officey treats to class up your space, take a page from my agenda book and see what I found below!
1. For pens, supplies or black, black coffee: The Great Gatsby Penguin Mug, $10.75 from Barnes & Noble. There are a bunch of different classics to choose from!
2. An array of color choices, this 2013 Moleskine Large Hardcover Daily Planner is my new best friend for planning appointments, $21.95.
3. Staple in style! The Red Stapler Dog from Kikkerland, $6.
4. The organize all of those cables so your office stays neat and clean: Colorful Cable Twisters from The Container Store, $9.99 for a package of 3.
5. An elephant never forgets....your keys. Letter Organizer Elephant + Key Holder from Kikkerland, $25.
6. If you're in the creative field, grab some of these stylish Irojiten Colored Pencils, available at Dick Blick Art Supplies, $51.99 for a set of 30.
Got some more ideas? We'd love to hear them!
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cool that B&N now carry the penguin mugs, I'd only seen them from england before.
My goal is to have only my computer, keyboard, mouse, tablet, lamp and pen holder on my desk. Everything else gets squirreled away out of site. My pen holder [if I ever get it done] is a hunk of walnut that I am drilling one hole in for each of my fountain pens. Speakers, phone doc and router will go on a wall shelf behind. Backup drives and printers go on a piece of furniture around the corner. Picture of the dog and my one gaping void print on the wall next to the mirror that gives me a view of the doorway. Nothing else in my workspace to distract.
That's really not expensive for nice quality coloured pencils. Japan takes stationery quality seriously! If you need that many colours in the first place you're probably an artist, illustrator or serious doodler, and $52 is not a bad price at all in that case. If you want a more disposable set for kids there's always crayolas.