In today’s office environment, there is very little
personal workspace in the average cubicle, and it can be even worse if you are
working in a home office. Sometimes desks are so small that you need to get
creative with what little space you have, in order to keep things tidy and
efficient. The following are a few ways that you can use extra space under your desk in an organised way so that you feel less cramped while working.
- Bookshelf Desks
A really good design idea for rectangular desks is the
bookshelf desk. The general idea is that instead of regular legs for a desk,
you use low-rise bookshelves to hold up the table. Square bookshelves that are
about 75-centimetres tall serve as a good average height for the desk, and they
are great because you can store books, binders or files within reach, but not
in your way.
- Horizontal Shelving
Another layer of shelving under the desk might be just
what you need when it comes to maximising your office space. An unobtrusive
shelf, close to the floor, that mimics the shape of your desk – remembering to
leave room for your legs – is a great place to stack boxes of files or other
odds and ends that won’t inhibit your working space. You can get special
storage boxes that stack well for easy access when you need it.
- Mobile Pedestals
Mobile pedestals are probably one of the most common storage solutions for underneath the
desk. To create more space for various office supplies or files, many people
turn to these small drawers or filing cabinets on wheels that can be
efficiently stowed underneath the desk. While you are working, you then have
the option to roll out the pedestal to have it beside you to make for easy
access to the drawers as well as extra table space.
- Pegboard
Many workspaces these days require a lot of
electronics, such as computers, laptops, CPUs, wireless routers, power bars and
phones. You don’t want all these things cluttering up your desk, nor do you
want to just have them in a pile on the floor under your desk with cords
everywhere. One really interesting solution to the clutter associated with
electronics is to install pegboard on the underside of your desk. Now you can
secure all your electronics and wires to the underside of your desk using
brackets and wires. This is also a great solution because it’s easy to shift
things around to make room for new electronics as they come.
- Under-Table Mount Rack
Metal mount racks can attach directly to the underside
of the table. These racks are mostly used to hold a CPU, however you can use it
to hold just about anything else. The great thing about these is that not only
is the CPU, or whatever else, out of your way, but it is still at an accessible
height and within reach. Many of these mount racks are also retractable and
have a swivel feature, which allows for access to the wire ports on the back.
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