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How to Clean Your Keyboard

The home office is usually one of the places in your home that can get neglected when it comes to cleaning. Here are some tips on how to get it clean without too much effort. In your home it can get pretty obvious to everyone when the bathroom isn’t clean or when there are dishes piled up in the kitchen sink, but the home office is another story. Usually tucked away, we tend not to notice the dust piling up, or we don’t want to disturb the mountain of papers that are piled up. But we don’t have to live … Continue reading →

Custom Closet Idea

Love the look and functionality of a custom closet? Here are some ideas that will help you crete your own custom closet from scratch without actually building one or buying one. Custom closet systems are great. My husband put one in our old master closet and we are hoping to put one in our new master closet as well. But there are so many other projects for the house right now that a custom closet may have to wait a bit. With that in mind, I decided to take matters in hand to see what I could do, just with … Continue reading →

Home Office Tips

The home office can be one of the busiest and most clutter areas of the house. Paper just tends to collect and multiply. But just what do you file and what do you toss? Here are some quick tips to help you in your home office. Invest in a shredder for your home office. Shredding documents that contain personal information is a must to protect against identity theft. Many people just throw away credit card offers, but those offers can be as candy to a theft who wants to use your credit. Tax returns need to be kept forever. Any … Continue reading →

Organizing Your Front Entry

Having an organized front entry really says a lot about your home. It is the first thing your guests and neighbors see, and it really sets the tone for the rest of your home. Does it welcome everyone home or frustrate them as soon as they get in to the door. Everyone has a front entryway, even if your home doesn’t have a formal one. This is the place where you enter your home and drop mail, book bags, coats, keys and whatever else you happen to have when you enter. Our old home entered directly into our living room, … Continue reading →

Do You Have an Office Supplies Closet?

Having an office supplies closet, pantry or set of shelves at home can help you stay organized and prevent all of that last minute running around. Back in our old home, we had a pantry down in our basement that was kept stocked with office supplies. There was everything in there from printer paper and ink cartridges, to reporter notebooks and expense ledgers, to extra boxes of crayons and craft supplies for the kids. Keeping that pantry well stocked really helped keep the household running. If my son needs something for school or I need something for work, we could … Continue reading →

Natural Daylight is Important in Your Work Space

What’s all the fuss about natural daylight? In recent years, there have been numerous studies about the healing qualities of natural light and how depressed, sick, and stressed people can get when they don’t get enough natural daylight. Working away in a dark basement can be bad for your health! I am not going to pretend to understand all the research about various types of lighting and light rhythm cycles and such things–but what I do know is that I feel better when I get plenty of exposure to natural daylight while I’m working. There is a reason why the … Continue reading →

Creating an Office in Your Closet

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Yes, you read that right. Currently, my office is housed in my closet. Let me explain. As I just said, I needed to set up a home office when I came home to work, and I needed to do it for cheap. I managed to do it cheaply ($126, not including those pens I love) but no matter how much furniture you have, you’ve got to have a place to put it all. Luckily for my husband and I, we live in a three-bedroom house with no children, which means we have our bedroom, my bedroom, and my hubby’s bedroom. … Continue reading →

Setting up a Home Office for Under $150, Part Two

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In part one, I told you a bit about how I bought furniture at garage sales, even got free furniture at garage sales, and then how my husband brought home a rusted piece of junk someone had the temerity to call a filing cabinet. I didn’t see the possibilities that laid beneath that rusty exterior. My husband did. He brought home a quart of free purple paint (also from work – he works in a sign shop) and started in on it. He was carefully applied the paint, and after it dried, I could hardly believe it was the same … Continue reading →

Staples: Stackable Trays for your Desk – 6 for $3.59 SHIPPED

I have to admit that I never used to shop Staples until I started to mystery shop them. I paid a lot more to buy things for my home office at “discount” stores. I really like the store, but I like having stuff delivered even more. As a Rewards member, they don’t charge me for shipping. It’s great. All it takes is signing up; there’s no fee, no minimum purchase or anything. Every quarter, I get a Rewards check to spend there. It’s tied to how much I spend. The last check was almost $40, which I took and spent … Continue reading →

Creating An Affordable Home Office—Part 2

In “Creating An Affordable Home Office-Part 1” I discussed ways to put together a home office without breaking the bank. Experts say if you are designing a new office from scratch, you should set aside about $5,000. Needless to say (for most families anyway), $5,000 is a lot of money (but, again, that was the total estimate for an office being created from scratch). So, we are looking at ways to get that number down so you don’t have to go into debt trying to furnish a place that is supposed to be helping you make money. Here are more … Continue reading →