How to Orgainze a Home Office With Three Desks

File storage is essential when organizing a three desk home office.

A trio sharing one home office triples the tempation for distraction. Eliminate the temptation to be distracted with organization skills. Use color and space saving items to create distinct work areas for each person. Bring in lots of fabric for sound absorption and make walls with items that take up little space. Keep everyone organized and your trio will be happily co-habitating in its home office.

Things You'll Need

• File cabinets
• Shelving
• Plastic storage bins
• Plexiglass
• Paint
• Files
• File folders
• Desk calendars
• Pen holders
• Sticky notes
• Bulletin boards
• Fabric
• Glue

Instructions

Furniture Arrangement

1. Include file cabinets as part of each individual office space to help prevent files and papers from getting mixed up with those of the other occupants.

2. Install shelving behind each desk or above each desk. Fill the shelving with colored bins for storage and extra office supplies.

3. Create walls between desks with a sheet of plexiglass. Paint the plexiglass for privacy. Sandwich the plexiglass between the desks for stability. Sandwich the plexiglass between the sides of each desk when the desks are placed side by side or sandwich it between desks facing each other to create a wall between the desks.

Color Coding

1. Provide each person a color.

2. Fill the file cabinet associated with each desk with the appropriate color files and hanging file folders.

3. Add desktop accessories in the appropriate color. Choose desk calendars, pen holders, and sticky notes in the assigned colors.

4. Hang the correctly colored bulletin board above each desk. Glue colored fabric to the bulletin board's surface to create the correct color for each desk.

References

• Martha Stewart; Fabulous and Fast Furniture; 2007