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