8 Home Office Organizing Tips

With the Fall season approaching, it's time to de-clutter and get organized.

Back to school days put me in the mood to get my home office in shape.

Here are some ideas that work for me.

1. If you work from home, it's always a good idea to keep your work space separate from your living and family space. If you can make a separate room for yourself, do it.

2. Everything has it's place. Stick to this rule, and you always know where everything is! Position daily used items in easy to reach places.

3. Use your wall space. I love pegboards and bulletin boards for organization. This is probably my favorite tip of all ~ if you can see it, you will use it!

4. Label, label, label.

5. Clean off your desk top each day to start fresh for the next morning.

6. Throw away and recycle items you don't use.

7. Clean out those drawers to free up more storage space.

8. Make a "to-do" list and stick to it.

More home office inspiration from BB&B's "Where We Blog" series.

photos: home offices via pinterest

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Art Studio / Home Office

I cannot tell you how happy I am that my new Art Studio design is finished. Every morning the light pours in this bright and cheerful room and provides me with so much inspiration for the day! In the center of the room I created a custom island with wide shelves. I designed it specifically to store my watercolor paper which is 26" by 40". It is movable with casters on the bottom,

so I can place it anywhere in the room.

Remember this pegboard post? I created a large inspiration board to show my framed and unframed watercolors. I painted the pegboard the same Spring Mint wall color. Then I framed the pegboard with white trim for a finished look. This is the focal point of the room and the ultimate organizer.

The entire board measures 5 1/2 feet by 8 feet.

I use bull dog clips hanging on S hooks to display various works in progress.

Click here to see the wall before the renovation.

Over on the side of the room, I put in cabinets to store my supplies, with a dark teal/turquoise laminate top {which really looks like granite}.

Click here for before shot.

In this post, I mentioned we were taking a trip to IKEA. My desk is made up of two Vika Artur trestles and a nice glass beveled edge top. I love my Jules swivel chair as well. Featured on the wall is my original watercolor dress painting.

Another IKEA purchase that holds and protects my prints is the Alex drawer unit on casters. On top I have my new Hp wireless scanner and copier which I love. I picked a beautiful light wood flooring. This cleans well {in case I spill some paint} and is functional with all the movable furniture in the room.

I am big on organization. The fabric bins on my desk come from

Momfetti and Target. An organized office is a happy one.

My best-selling "Summer Breeze" giclee on canvas brings color to the room. These are great to place in a stand on your favorite table, or hang on the wall.

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home art studio design by Laura Trevey