maydecnc

So, I’d really like to know… what do you do when you have a married couple sharing a home office, and one is one of those “I can’t find it unless it’s laying out somewhere” kind of people? The piles are just becoming ridiculous, particularly on the testosterone-infused side of my home office. And, as usual, the chaos bleeds into the other side.

I’m thinking that perhaps some clear pockets mounted to the wall next to his workstation might help? I’m open to ideas.

One of the things I wish I could change is the furniture. Years before I met my husband, he inherited some old pieces of furniture from a distant relative. While they are probably “antique”, they likely are not worth much in their current condition. We do now have a slightly larger home, so at least we are not tripping over said “antiques”, but they are annoying nonetheless. At least I do have his solemn promise that as soon as the matriarch of the family shuffles off this mortal coil, the furniture will go (one way or the other).

So, one of the pieces in this office is an antique desk or vanity (minus the mirror)… I haven’t decided which. It has two narrow but deep (if that makes sense) drawers on either side of the “place where you stick your legs when you’re sitting in front of it”. (What the heck is that thing called, anyways?) It is currently holding up stacks of paper, a cordless phone, a baby monitor, old newspapers, and a feeble attempt I made at organizing my husband’s crap - a small hanging file holder. Under the desk sits our medium-duty crosscut shredder and some more of my husband’s crap - media guides that “someday will be worth something”. Sigh sigh sigh.

So, if you have any suggestions for organizing this man, I’m all ears.