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Tips from two home office designers
Feeling that perennial January urge to organize? We sought out two home-office mavens for their advice on how to declutter, reorganize and energize your home office area. Feeling that perennial January urge to organize? We sought out two home-office mavens for their advice on how to declutter, reorganize and energize your home office area.
THE DESIGNERChris Plantan, former architect; founder and president of russell + hazel, Minneapolis, and brand manager for M.O. office products.PLANTAN'S POINTERS• Try to create as much flat surface space as you can for desktop filing, layout and writing.• Only keep those things that you use at least three times a week on your desk top. Otherwise, store the items in files or drawers.• Clear acrylic desk and product organizers are a cheap way to lighten up your desk.• Try nontraditional desk accessories, which can be more interesting to look at: cake stands to elevate items from the desktop, painter's trays for In boxes, mason jars to hold supplies.• Don't create temporary piles; they become permanent clutter. Give everything a file, but don't label it "miscellaneous." Be specific.• Use a wheeled office chair for ease of movement from desk to table.• Open your mail over your garbage can (and shredder) each day.
BEST IDEA
Rolling trolleys. They give you the flexibility to take everything out of boxes, having it at your fingertips, rolling away for storage.My Style: Functional and funMy Style: Creative, contemporary and personal.
