Because I knew January would be a busier than normal month for me, I decided to pack up my home office early and leave out only the necessities. Selling my desk before moving also prompted the boxing up of office supplies and has left me to create a make-shift office space until the move. What I discovered is that
I really only need a handful of things at hand when working from home;
A hook for stowing my purse and laptop bag (and the laptop bag can house cords for my phone, camera and computer.
A repurposed container for writing utensils and blank envelopes.
Because I use a laptop, my printer/scanner can live anywhere in the house (currently fantasizing about DIY-ing a rollout cabinet drawer that can support the all-in-one).
Two or three labeled magazine files for projects and current to-do's will keep all the paperwork off of my working surface.
This newfound freedom from extra stuff will be a great tool when setting up my new home office. To help you figure out what you use all the time in your home office, try out Peter Walsh's one month cardboard box test. He uses the kitchen as an example but you could easily apply this to the office space.
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Comments (10)
love the bookcase, anyone know where it's from?
@charlotte222: This type of bookcase is called a spine bookcase and can be found at lots of retailers: http://www.google.com/products?q=spine bookcase&hl=en&aq=f
The desk lamp on that desk looks way too big for that small size of the desk.
Agreed about the lamp
Heather @ BrownBrickHouse.blogspot.com
This is my image and there is no bookcase holding those books up. Just books.
And the lamp has since been relocated to my vintage sideboard for the agreed upon reasons mentioned above.
Don't forget the all-important electrical outlet and surge protector!
it's a very well balanced stack of books then! I feel like mine would all fall over if I tried that.
I'm glad to see you've got all the Harry Potter books in there!
; )
if i could only learn to file!
if I could only remember the "touch it once" rule (another way of saying do it right away.
if if...
lovely post... gives me courage... just moved myself.
So it's a "spineless" bookcase! (just a little joke!)
I'm just curious about the wall art: Is there a significance behind the "3"? Was it part of bigger signage that interested you? When I see certain pieces of wall art, the question just pops into my mind.
A hook! That is brilliant! I have some over-door hooks that don't fit the doors in my new place. They would work perfectly on the lip of my desk. I always need my purse nearby when I'm doing desk work.
I also keep my books stacked on the floor near my desk, although not as high as yours. It was such a relief when I realized I didn't have to buy another bookshelf.