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Workspace of the Week: Stylishly simple

This week’s Workspace of the Week is Sean’s mid-century modern table desk:

I really enjoy looking at this week’s workspace selection because it’s utilitarian, but not absent of style. The surfaces are uncluttered and free of distracting items to pull one away from actual work. The cables are nice and orderly, the large calendar is a striking point of focus, and the desk provides ample workspace to spread out materials if necessary. My guess is that less-often-accessed office supplies are contained in the drawers to the right of the desk. Thank you, Sean, for sharing your workspace with us.

Want to have your own workspace featured in Workspace of the Week? Submit a picture to the Unclutterer flickr pool. Check it out because we have a nice little community brewing there. Also, don’t forget that workspaces aren’t just desks. If you’re a cook, it’s a kitchen; if you’re a carpenter, it’s your workbench.

Posted by Erin on Feb 3, 2012 | 10 Comments | Tweet This

Workspace of the Week: Composed calm

This week’s Workspace of the Week is H Sterling Cross’ simple setup:

Cable management is what makes this desk beautiful. If there were cords hanging beneath it, you would never notice the stunning wood desk. Its smooth, clean lines and unadorned hardware could easily be missed if clutter were in the way. H Sterling has attached a small power strip to the back panel of the desk so only its cable runs down the leg and off to the outlet. Additionally, the model of the SR-71 Blackbird is the only decoration on the desk, which makes the red Swingline stapler appear to be more than a utilitarian tool. The desktop wallpaper, set against this streamlined space, even looks like curated artwork. Thank you, H Sterling Cross, for your submission to our Flickr pool.

Posted by Erin on Jan 27, 2012 | 7 Comments | Tweet This

Workspace of the Week: Made to fit

This week’s Workspace of the Week is Skorpion24′s self-made bedroom office:

According to the description on Flickr, Skorpion24 made the shelves and desk for this room. What is nice about making custom pieces is that you obviously get exactly what you want for your space. In a workspace, having the ideal setup you want can help you to be more productive because you want to be in the space and all of your supplies have a home. The office also incorporates an Ikea filing cabinet that fits perfectly under the desk and my guess is this piece of storage was figured into the construction design. The cable control is also very well done in this office. Thank you, Skorpion24, for sharing your office with us.

Posted by Erin on Jan 20, 2012 | 2 Comments | Tweet This

Workspace of the Week: Organized, elegant, and keeping a secret

This week’s Workspace of the Week is SimonaVysinova’s office of surprise:

This is a really great space, organized well. However, this office has an amazing secret — there is a piano hidden in there:

The piano was so unexpected that when I saw it I may have shrieked with joy at decibels that only dogs can hear. It makes me incredibly happy and is such a terrific storage solution. Thank you, SimonaVysinova, for your wonderful submission to our Flickr pool.

Posted by Erin on Jan 13, 2012 | 11 Comments | Tweet This

Workspace of the Week: Under the stairs

This week’s Workspace of the Week is JenniferHryniw’s space-efficient home office:

I have a soft spot in my heart for home offices that are in unexpected places — inside closets or armoires or lofted above a living room. This week’s office caught my attention because it is in that strange area next to, and under, a staircase. In some homes there might be a closet or a window in this space, but I really like how this homeowner has constructed it to be a nice office. I especially like the vertical storage — running completely up to the ceiling. And, to the right of the desk, cut into the wall immediately under the stairs, is a set of five shelves that hold her printer and other office objects. Thank you, Jennifer, for submitting your lovely desk to our Flickr pool.

Posted by Erin on Dec 30, 2011 | 8 Comments | Tweet This

Workspace of the Week: Way up high, in the sky

This week’s Workspace of the Week is Frederik’s lofted home office:

On Unclutterer, we write a great deal about taking advantage of vertical space when organizing. Usually we’re referring to using walls for shelving or bulletin boards or creating cubbies. In this example, however, the vertical space in the home has been transformed into a small office. “The upper deck,” as Frederik refers to it, is large enough to fit a large monitor, task lighting, and a small bookcase for storage along the floor. There isn’t a chair pictured, but I assume there is one in the space. The most cumbersome thing about the office, I imagine, would be lugging all the equipment up into the space. Overall, however, I find it to be a wonderfully imaginative way to fit an office into a home. Thank you, Frederik, for sharing your lofted office with us.

Posted by Erin on Dec 16, 2011 | 14 Comments | Tweet This

Workspace of the Week: Graphically designed

This week’s Workspace of the Week is 3tone’s Photoshop-inspired home office:

I chose this week’s office because of how it took common Ikea furniture and turned all the pieces into a personalized and organized space. Every object in this office has a home, a place where it belongs. Additionally, the office doesn’t look sterile or like it belongs in a scene from THX 1138. 3tone explains in the comments section on Flickr how the Photoshop toolbar was created on the front of the cabinet:

It’s an IKEA Billy bookshelf with a Billy Morebo glass door and a Photoshop tool palette vintage printed on a sticker vinyl and attachhed behind the glass

Thank you, 3tone, for your submission to our Flickr pool. You have a very nicely organized office.

Posted by Erin on Dec 9, 2011 | 8 Comments | Tweet This

Workspace of the Week: A desk? A desk!

This week’s Workspace of the Week is StacyBart’s camouflage office:

I’m a fan of this week’s office because the desk is such a versatile piece of furniture. I’ll let StacyBart explain:

It’s deceiving. That’s why I love this furniture. The three drawers under the iMac are really one long door that flips down to reveal a slide out keyboard shelf.

The unit looks like an entertainment center, but really it’s a giant desk with ample storage. The personal touches, cable control, and the desk’s ability to hide stray objects are certainly what caught my attention. This would be a perfect piece to use in a guest room or in a family room where the computer monitor could do double duty as a television set. Thank you, StacyBart, for your uncluttered office submission to our Flickr pool.

Posted by Erin on Dec 2, 2011 | 10 Comments | Tweet This

Workspace of the Week: Bright and in the basement

This week’s Workspace of the Week is Michelle.the.last.nameless’ basement office:

Yes, you read it correctly, this is a basement office. The light color carpet on the floor, the white wood furniture, and the pale blue (or maybe it’s lilac?) paint on the walls helps immensely to brighten this space and make it an inviting office. The five large canvas images add personality to the room without taking up space on the work surface. Camera bags, flashes, papers, and pens all have a place to live on the bookshelves. And, I love that even the trash can is out of the way, but conveniently located under the desk. In Michelle’s notes, she mentions that her husband’s desk is identical to hers, adjoins to the left side of her desk, and sits in the next corner of the room. It looks like a wonderful setup for a shared office. Thank you, Michelle.the.last.nameless for your inspiring submission to our Flickr pool.

Posted by Erin on Nov 18, 2011 | 11 Comments | Tweet This

Workspace of the Week: Contained collections

This week’s Workspace of the Week is BirdDog10′s “lab”:

I like this week’s selection because it reminds me of many workspaces I’ve seen in homes over the years. They’re not spartan, but they’re very good at containing the items the owner has chosen to keep. In this specific instance, the DVDs, video games, books, and vintage Apple computers are each grouped by typed and then kept systematized within their groups. Everything has a place, and everything is in its place. This appears to be an office that gets a great deal of use and BirdDog10 is very good at making sure everything gets put away so it can be easily retrieved. Thank you, BirdDog10, for your submission to our Flickr pool.

Want to have your own workspace featured in Workspace of the Week? Submit a picture to the Unclutterer Flickr pool. Check it out because we have a nice little community brewing there. Also, don’t forget that workspaces aren’t just desks. If you’re a cook, it’s a kitchen; if you’re a carpenter, it’s your workbench.

Posted by Erin on Nov 11, 2011 | 11 Comments | Tweet This

Workspace of the Week: Dutch details

This week’s Workspace of the Week is iBSSR’s minimalist Mac office space:

This selection is located in a minimalist house recently built in Parkstad Heerlen, the Netherlands. (It’s in the southern Limburg province of the Netherlands.) The name of the house is “Minimum to the Max,” which I believe also aptly describes the feel of this room. In the desk and workspace area, there are only computers, desks, task lighting, and chairs. Likely, when the space is in use, there are also project materials strewn about the desks. However, at the end of the day, all items are put away and stored on the bookcase. The bookcase is built into the wall and was part of the original design of the home. Without the bookcase, the space would feel empty or impersonal. With the bookcase, the space transforms into an inspiring studio that can provide clarity and creativity. The long window that runs along the wall opposite of the bookshelf is also nice for bringing natural light into the space. Thank you, iBSSR, for sharing your minimalist space with us.

Posted by Erin on Oct 28, 2011 | 21 Comments | Tweet This

Workspace of the Week: Stand up, sit down, work, work, work!

This week’s Workspace of the Week is Mushroom Princess’ dual function workspace:

There are so many things to love about this week’s workspace feature. The most obvious is the way that it combines a standing height desk on the left with a sit-down space on the right. The shelf on the bottom of the desk, when combined with the higher chair, gives space for the worker to rest her feet while working at the sit-down computer. (I’m assuming the desk owner is female only because of the word Princess in the account name. My apologies if this assumption is incorrect.) Beyond the stand-sit combination, the single bookshelf is visually appealing and extremely practical. The wall-mounted speakers behind the larger monitor free up important desk space. All materials stored below the desk are in containers so as not to create a visual mess. There appears to be a metal strip behind the large monitor that papers are adhered to or the wall is painted with magnetic paint — both of which are fantastic ideas. Both workspaces have terrific task lighting. And, my favorite thing about the desk is that the drawers are asymmetrical. It’s an interesting desk that is perfectly sized for the space. Thank you, Mushroom Princess, for submitting your fabulous workspace to our Flickr pool.

Posted by Erin on Oct 14, 2011 | 10 Comments | Tweet This

Workspace of the Week: One desk, two workstations

This week’s Workspace of the Week is Jacob’s graphic design studio:

Jacob’s office is a wonderful example of how to arrange a desk when you have two separate needs for your work space. In this case, there is drawing work to be completed on the Wacom Intuos 3 tablet on the right side of the desk and more traditional office work and digital image manipulation to be done at the computer on the left. Instead of trying to fit it all into the same space, Jacob has literally made two workstations, separated by a filing drawer, with two separate desk chairs. The long desk is a great way to address this issue, and with the pieces from Ikea it isn’t an incredibly expensive solution. The cable management is also nicely done, especially since the more than six pieces of equipment all come with multiple cords. There is also something very pleasing about the two tiny trees by the monitor being the only real decoration in the space — tiny trees! A basket or bowl for the pocket contents might be a nice addition, but certainly not a requirement since I imagine these things don’t remain on the desk after Jacob stops working. Thank you, Jacob, for your submission to our Flickr group.

Posted by Erin on Sep 23, 2011 | 2 Comments | Tweet This

Workspace of the week: Clear capable

This week’s Workspace of the Week is Psleda’s warm tones workspace:

The reason this week’s workspace instantly caught my attention is because the entire setup makes it possible to quickly and easily clear the desktop to provide a large work surface. The monitor is on an arm attached to the wall, so Psleda can adjust its location (and the monitor isn’t on the desk at all). The MacBook stand dramatically changes the footprint of the laptop, making it significantly smaller. The wireless keyboard is cable free and can be stashed in a drawer if necessary. And, the majority of items are either stored in the desk drawers or in the shelving above the desk, which takes wonderful advantage of the vertical wall space. An inspiring workspace — thank you, Psleda, for sharing it with our Flickr group.

Posted by Erin on Sep 16, 2011 | 5 Comments | Tweet This

Workspace of the Week: A place for work and the wardrobe

This week’s Workspace of the Week is MouseFest’s office/dressing room:

I’ve seen offices in bedrooms and living rooms, but this is the first time I’ve encountered an office and dressing room combination. In addition this the well organized workspace, the wardrobe sits immediately to the left of the desk and shoe storage is on the other side of the small space. I like how the shelves and drawers keep all of the supplies contained and directly off the work surface. The cable management system is nicely done, and MouseFest describes what was done to hide the cords in the comments to the office photograph:

The cord on the floor is to the foot pedal I use for work. Everything else is tucked behind the white poster boards (easily moved). All the electronic power strips wired to the cross bar of the desk underneath. Poster board (it’s the rigid foam-filled type) is attached to the back of the stacker with Velcro to hide cords.

Thank you, MouseFest, for sharing your space with us. You’ve created a one-of-a-kind solution that is wonderfully uncluttered.

Posted by Erin on Sep 9, 2011 | 4 Comments | Tweet This

Workspace of the Week: Streamlined studio

This week’s Workspace of the Week is Maumusica’s music masterpiece:

When you have a hobby or job that requires lots of computer peripherals, it can be easy to have a desk that looks cluttered and is frustrating to use. Maumusica’s office, however, avoids this problem by being extremely organized and maintained. In the second image you can see that every piece of equipment has a place that works incredibly well for the user and everything is in its place. I also like that there isn’t any doubt about what Maumusica loves to do — the equipment is front and center in the home. This is really an impressive space.

Posted by Erin on Sep 2, 2011 | 6 Comments | Tweet This

Workspace of the Week: Gracefully organized

This week’s Workspace of the Week is Gayle’s armoire office:

There are so many wonderful things about Gayle’s office. The most amazing thing about it is that the entire office can fold up and completely disappear. Second, everything is contained, nothing is out cluttering up the workspace. Third, everything is well labeled. My guess is Gayle has no difficulty finding anything in her office. Fourth, the magnetic strip on the left side of the cabinet is a nice alternative to a traditional cork board and takes advantage of what might otherwise be unused space. Fifth, the cable management is fantastic. And, finally, the pull-down work surface makes this a nice size workspace considering that it is an entire office in an armoire. Thank you, Gayle, for submitting your impressive office to our Flickr group.

Posted by Erin on Aug 26, 2011 | 13 Comments | Tweet This

Workspace of the week: Cables contained

This week’s Workspace of the Week is JoyMystic’s beautifully wired desk:

Instead of an entire office, this week I chose to feature the wire wizardry of a single workstation. All of the cables as they leave the equipment are tethered to other nearby cables with what looks like plastic zip ties. These ties are extremely versatile, inexpensive, and simple to cut off if you need access to the cable. Once in a cable bundle, they are then routed onto the back side of a piece of pegboard and to the power strip, or up toward another piece of equipment on the desk top. The power strip and other wall warts appear to be tied to the pegboard with plastic zip ties, too. Finally, I also like all of the adjustable monitor arms and the peripheral stand. Thank you, JoyMystic, for submitting your desk to our Flickr pool.

Posted by Erin on Aug 19, 2011 | 6 Comments | Tweet This

Workspace of the Week: Vertical venue

This week’s Workspace of the Week is JustS’ space to work and play:

My favorite part of this office is its use of vertical space. This is a pretty narrow room, yet it has a full desk and bike storage in it. The file holders on the wall are also great for getting paperwork off the desktop when it’s not needed. The shelf behind the laptop and the task lighting is nice, too. Between the two pictures, the printer appears to move from the left side of the desk and into the corner (replacing a cat bed). Both options are nice and work well for this space, since that big corner of the desk is rather difficult to reach from the desk chair. Thank you, JustS, for submitting your office to our Flickr pool.

Posted by Erin on Aug 12, 2011 | 6 Comments | Tweet This

Workspace of the Week: Soapbox serenity

This week’s Workspace of the Week is Soapbox’s stocked shelves:

A well-stocked shelf that is wonderfully organized can be a thing of beauty. In this case, Soapbox’s rows of eco-friendly cleaning products are so nicely stored that she shouldn’t have any issues filling orders as they arrive. (Mrs. Jones sells her products on Etsy.) Even with hundreds of items in this space, it is streamlined and serene. A great storeroom, Soapbox, thank you for sharing it with us.

Posted by Erin on Aug 5, 2011 | 1 Comment | Tweet This

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