The Best Cheap Office Upgrades
September 28th, 2009 | 
Author: The Best Cheap Office Upgrades
Sometimes the best way to give your workflow a boost is to give your workspace a makeover. Even if money’s a bit tight right now, there are cheap ways to spruce up the place where you’re earning your keep.
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Organize Your Workspace
You can’t work at your peak if you’re constantly searching for the tools you need to get your job done. Whether it’s making sure the basics are close at hand or keeping the non-essentials tucked away, finding a home for everything is a good place to start. First, get your pens, pencils, paper clips, rubber bands, etc. off the desk and into some hanging buckets. Then move some of your oft-reached-for items to the front of your desk drawer or filing cabinet with magnets. Finally, USB hubs, routers, power strips and more can go right under your desk and out of your way mounted to pegboard.
Cable Management
Once all of the office supplies and computer equipment are where they’re supposed to be, all the cables that connect them need to be dealt with. Rather than have them in a tangled mess on the floor, mount them under the desk with an IKEA coat hanger or some rain gutters.
Laptop/Monitor Stand
For ergonomics, as well as getting things off the desk, using a stand to elevate your laptop or monitor just makes sense if you’re going to sit in front of it for eight hours a day. However, there’s no need to go out and buy a fancy, expensive stand. With a little DIY ingenuity, almost anything can be used to get your screen up to eye level. PVC or metal pipe can be used to make a functional, minimalistic stand. Even cheaper—absolutely free by repurposing an old cardboard box—is the cardboard laptop stand. For a more polished look, a shelf with door stoppers as feet makes for an inexpensive, yet good looking stand.
Jazz up the comments with your own ideas for upgrading your office. If you’ve got some pictures of your handiwork, we’d love to see them too.
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Tags: Cable Management, Cardboard Box, Coat Hanger, Desk Drawer, Eye Level, Filing Cabinet, Finding A Home, Handiwork, Laptop Stand, Metal Pipe, Minimalistic, Monitor Stand, Office Upgrades, Pegboard, Pens Pencils, Power Strips, Rain Gutters, Rubber Bands, Tangled Mess, Workspace
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