Organizing your Home Office

Hello I hope everyone had a great weekend!
For this weeks blog I will be focusing on home offices.
I feel that the most important part of getting a home office organized is to have the same storage and filing resources as you would in a regular office.
Designated areas for everything, and a clear filing system can go a long way.
Working from home can be distracting at times (I know from experience!"whats on HGTV right now?"). Because of this it is really important to have everything organized to be able to stay focused on the task(s) at hand.
Here are some quick tips for keeping thing together:

* Items on your desk should be things you use on a daily basis.

* Create a working clearly labeled file system using stacking files with "Inbox", "Outbox", "To File".

* Transfer notes, scrap paper to daily planner or notebook.

* Files are your friends! Having a clear filing system will eliminate the stress of "Where do I put this?". When there are designated places for your paperwork you will find it less stressful when you have a stack to file.

* Which brings me to the last "quick tip". Don't procrastinate filing! Its not necessary to do every day, but once you have a decent stack of papers in your "to file" box start filing it. It is not the most pleasant task, but the more you delay it the more unpleasant the task will become in the end.

That's all for now! I will leave you with my Before & After from my Home Office Project.


BEFORE:




AFTER:

Closet Project Before & After

Today I worked on a closet project from heaven. I really enjoy doing closets that already have great built in closet systems from California Closets or The Container Store. This project had two separate closets with built in drawers, shelves and shoe storage units. Having defined separation like this always makes it easier to put everything in its place!
The number one thing this project needed was the separation of Casual and Dress clothing, and taking out the winter items to create more room. When you do this it really opens up your closet, and gives you a great opportunity to go through these items and see what can be donated or sold.
Your out of season items can be stored in a separate closet, or in storage containers like this.

This one can fit under your bed, if you are lacking the extra space.

Here are the before and after pictures.

Before:




After:


Once the winter clothes were removed and the existing items were organized, this client had double the space. Making it much easier to find all of his clothes!