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Solution #1: Cut the Home Office Clutter
Simplify Your Life : Episode FLSYL-303

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Organizing the home office will make your space much more efficient.

If one half of the couple has taken over part of the house for a home office, here's how to reclaim the room as a sitting room — and still leave space for paper work.

Expert: Gigi Scandinaro, organization expert - Meet Gigi and our other design experts.

Some solutions:

  • Baskets on shelves to store paper work
  • Storage stool to conceal magazines
  • Wood drawer unit to work on and to conceal research material
  • Magnetic board inside the wood unit to hang notes and information
  • Containers on casters that roll out when utilized and are concealed when not in use
  • Experts say 80 percent of magazine and newspaper clippings go unread, so start by tossing them when you're de-cluttering.

Product Information

  • From The Container Store, 800-733-3532, www.containerstore.com
    • Metal drawer unit, $189
    • Baskets, $15 each
    • Magnetic board, $20
    • Storage stool, $80
    • Folding tower, $149

  • Wood drawer unit, $30, IKEA, 800-434-4532, www.Ikea.com


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