The Office Saga Continues

Yesterday, my friend Ellen came and we put together my new smaller computer desk. She re-assembled my technology and I am up and running again. My large old computer desk is in the area of my apartment between the living room and office waiting for a local charity to pick it up this week. The desk is a large, sturdy desk that someone who needs one will enjoy. I am glad to give it a new home.

After Ellen left, I emptied, then moved my two two-drawer filing cabinets and desk top to the opposite side of the office and put them all back together – after a thorough cleaning, of course.

What happened to the contents of that old desk? I mentioned in my last blog that I had purged the one file drawer from the old desk and gotten its contents into these four filing cabinets by de-cluttering them. Also in that old desk was a small drawer I used for supplies – pens, pencils, small notepads, staples, paper clip holders, etc . Yesterday, after an hour sorting and tossing supplies, I have consolidated the contents of that one drawer into my larger supply cabinet and have it all in one. On my much smaller new computer desk, I have one pen. That’s plenty. Last — but not least — the old desk had two book shelves on its right side. Those books are piled on the floor. Fortunately, I had purged them so each shelf was only half full.

I still have work to do. I must clean off and move my 3-shelf bookcase to another wall far from my desk. I don’t like to see open shelving when I am working so I want it out of everyday sight. In addition, anyone (including me) walking into my apartment could see the bookcase and its books. I want to change that, too. From now on, anyone coming into the apartment will only see the side of the bookcase (painted to match the wall color so it blends in) and not its contents. That will be a much cleaner, uncluttered look.

Before putting the bookcase in its new home, I must move a small chest out of the way. That chest will be placed just next to the new computer desk because it has paper supplies in it — business brochures, handouts for workshops, large pads of paper, etc. It will go under my reclaimed window. My laser printer and its stand have been in front of the window blocking the view. They will be moved to the wall where the bookcase was located. The small chest will fit nicely under the window without blocking access. It will also help hide one unsightly black cord.

So I will be living with stacks of books on the floor for a while. I plan to once more cull through all my books to get another bag full for the library, then re-shelve the remaining books on the bookcase — including the ones from the two shelves on the old desk. A joy of living an uncluttered life is I have room to stack books on the floor without interferring with anything else.

What are you doing to organize or re-organize your space?