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July 5, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Keeping the Home Office Organized

Organization & Cleaning

Now that I’m officially working from home full-time, I’m learning that I really need to have keep things organized in order to really be able to stay on top of things. I’m a bit of an organization freak, and when things get messy I find that I can’t focus on anything.

I created this cozy little office nook in our living room a while ago when I first started to take blogging seriously and needed a good spot to work, but I was really working there pretty infrequently (since I had a full-time job), and so it really just needed to be a spot to land – it didn’t have to be super functional.

But now? Well, now I spend a whole lot more time working at my little desk and I’m finding that I really need to keep it pretty organized if I want to be able to focus on my work. I still don’t do all of my work here (I always indulge myself during Jackson’s nap time and work from the couch while I catch up on The Walking Dead), but I spend a fair amount of time here and when it’s clean, organized, and all in order I am way more productive than when it’s messy.

I’ve made a few little changes in my nook since I first put it all together, and I thought I’d share a little update for you on what I’ve done.

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For the longest time after I set this nook up, I just had a little file box in the corner to hold important papers, but as the blog grew I very quickly outgrew that system and realized I’d need something with a lot more space. This little filing drawer ended up being perfect – it’s cute, so it isn’t an eyesore in the middle of my living room, and it adds a little filing space and some desk/shelf space in my corner to help me stay organized.

Another thing I did to help this nook feel a little calmer and easier to work at is I got rid of the extra visual clutter. I had added some  cute word art and cork boards over here a while back, but the more time I spent working over here the more I found myself craving a calmer environment without all of the visual distractions. Once I took those down, I noticed a big difference in my mood when I was working over here and my ability to stay on-task.

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(Please ignore my baseboard-less floor. It’s on the to-do list.)

Another silly little thing that has really filled my home office nook with a little bit of joy is the plant I added. I don’t know what it is about having an actual, living plant sitting at my desk that just feeds my soul, but it’s a wonderful thing. It took me a long time to get on the house plant train (because I kept killing them), but I seem to have finally hit my stride with keeping most of my plants alive, and now they make me so happy.

I still would like to swap out the tiny calendar I have on the wall for one of those large desk calendars. I always love the modern, block-y design of them and now that Jack and I are home all day together I feel like we always have a million things going on – it would be nice to have a large calendar (other than my planner) where I can jot things down and keep track of what’s coming up.

The drawers are the area of this desk that have given me the most grief since I got this desk. I adore the desk I chose for this space, but it’s very small and the drawers are teeeeeeeny-tiny. I have quite a few things I need to access on the regular, which means that these drawers can fall to pieces pretty fast. A couple of weeks ago I finally sat down and forced myself to get them totally organized and so far it has held up really well! It’s kind of like I learned with my junk drawer – when everything in a drawer has a very specific place it’s a lot easier to keep it all organized.

(Doesn’t all that washi tape make you swoon a little? It’s my weakness – I’m a hoarder.)

Tips for creating a budget home office nook for your home where you can focus on work, get things done, and not make the rest of your room look awful! Great ideas for a pretty and organized home office nook.

There’s just something about a hyper-organized drawer that gives me goosebumps.

Just me?

(Yes, I’m aware, I have issues.)

Tips for creating a budget home office nook for your home where you can focus on work, get things done, and not make the rest of your room look awful! Great ideas for a pretty and organized home office nook.

Tips for creating a budget home office nook for your home where you can focus on work, get things done, and not make the rest of your room look awful! Great ideas for a pretty and organized home office nook.

If you want to know more about anything in my miniature home office, I’ve tried to link to as much as possible below. Let me know if I missed anything that you want more information on!

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