Office Desk Hacks Part 1

by Caryl Teh

You spend a significant amount of every day at your work desk. So we thought it would be helpful to share some hacks on how you can keep your workspace organised and highly-functional. So here’s part 1, bringing you the first half of 10 office desk hacks.

1. Draw A Desk Layout

Having a space for everything will not only make you look, but also FEEL, more organised.

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2. Toilet Roll Pencil Holders

This is a great way to help the environment by reusing, save money, improve your DIY skills, earn bragging rights when your colleagues ask you about it, avoid always looking for stationery and have fun at the same time! And for those of you who have children, we highly recommend that you get them involved. Having this on your desk will be a heart-warming reminder of them.

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3. Organise Your Drawers

Hopefully your drawer hasn’t become your dump space. But even if it has, it’s helpful and efficient to keep things like sticky notes, business cards, and flash drives in their own compartments to easily grab and go. We recommend plastic boxes for bigger items, and muffin tins for smaller items. If you’re feeling really adventurous, maybe even try cereal boxes!

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4. Binder Clips to Hold Your Cables

There are many ways you can untangle the cables: tape them down, use twist ties, pretend they’re not tangled until things become unworkable (we strongly advise against this). But by far the simplest way to keep cables untangled, at least the ones you need every day, is by using a simple, humble binder clip.

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5. Washi Label Your Cables

You could use different colour clips for different device cables, but if you’re the type who tends to forget, we recommend using washi tape to label either the binder clips or the cables. It’ll also add some refreshing little splashes of colour to your workspace.