All About Mail Sorters

Innovative organizing solutions for the home office.

If your home office feels more like a post office, you are definitely in need of a mail sorter. Though most often identified with large corporate mail rooms, mail sorters are useful in any workplace. Steel mail sorters can be as large as 8 feet wide, but mail sorters for the home office vary greatly in size and function. Smaller mail sorters are available that can double as literature sorters or even key hooks.

Paper filing

Anyone who says email has replaced standard paper mail clearly doesn't work in an office. The desk of any home office is bound to be covered by bills and financial statements, contracts, proposals, rough drafts, and graphics printouts. Keeping all that paper organized and accessible can be challenging. File folders can help, but they're not easily at hand and constantly sliding drawers open and shut can get annoying.

Mail sorters are the home organizing solution for all that paper shuffling. A sixteen-drawer mail sorter placed on your desktop can operate both as a message center and literature sorter. Just like email, a mail sorter can provide you with space for an inbox, outbox, and unfinished drafts.

Literature sorter

Not all home organizing systems need be for mail. Heavy duty sorters can also work as literature sorters, providing you with a 1 or 2 tier drawer system for keeping your business organized. Keep current projects close at hand while consigning completed tasks to a file cabinet.

When shopping for a literature sorter for your home office, go with a design and material that's going to last. Most literature organizers are made from steel or wood. Steel literature organizers will be durable and highly resistant, but may not provide the aesthetic appearance you want in a home office.

Pay attention to the small features. A literature holder with wide shelf fronts will make it easier to add labels to each compartment, making organization simpler. You may want a literature sorter with removable shelves to expand compartment size if that becomes necessary. If you're buying a wooden literature sorter, try to find a furniture-grade piece. Your home office should be both functional and stylish.

Key hook and mail sorter

A useful device for home office use is a key hook and mail sorter. These mail sorters typically feature two or three tiers for sorting incoming and outgoing mail, with a row of key hooks at the bottom for easy access. A hardwood or wrought iron letter holder with hooks can be a real decorative addition to a home study. Keep a key hook and mail sorter by your home office door as an easy reminder.

Filing alternative

Mail sorters can also make great alternatives to file cabinets or file folders. If you're in a fast paced industry, a mail sorter with several tiers of letter or legal sized drawers will give you quick and easy access to the documents you need. Vertical and horizontal mail sorters can fit into almost any space, which makes for an appealing organizing option in non-traditional home office areas that would be too small for a filing cabinet.

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