Desktop Decorating Tips

Color, light, and organization.

When decorating your desktop or workspace, one thing will become obvious: to organize is to personalize. It's easy to equate personalizing your work area with putting up a poster of a favorite singer or adding a few pictures of friends or family. But organizing is personalizing on a much deeper level. The ergonomics of your desktop are distinctly you, and allow you to put forth your very best performance. A little forethought about desktop decorating will make you a productive employee and a happy person. Here are some great desktop decorationg tips.

Color

We all know color is decorative, but color can also play a role in desktop organizing. Choosing colors that create the proper mood or emotional setting will help you to mentally proper for your workday, and will keep you in a relaxed frame of mind during the day.

If too much white is hard on your eyes, use bright and cheery colors to soothe your soul and make your desktop a fun space. You'll be surprised at how a blue, green, red, and purple background will transform your desktop into a non-traditional workspace before you've even begun rearranging your work area.

Lighting

You can't organize what you can't see. Lighting is frequently the most overlooked aspect of both home and workplace design and décor.

Don't depend on a single lighting source.

Light the perimeter of your desktop as well as its surface.

Use soft lighting that won't strain your eyes.

Find a lamp or hanging light that's functional AND stylish.

You still haven't organized your desktop, but already you're seeing things in a whole different light.

Desktop organizer

Now it's time to be superficial. Keep the surface of your desktop free by using a desktop organizer. Desktop organizers with pockets are great for keeping paperwork out of the way. A partition mount desk organizer makes efficient use of wall space, or try a stand-mounted desktop organizer with anywhere from ten to fifty pockets.

Desk organizers also work with more than just paper. Keep your stationery products marooned on their own little island, and they'll be grateful to be discovered once in a while. A single desktop organizer that houses tape, paper clips, pens, pencils, business cards, and post-it notes should do just fine.

Drawer organizers

OK, so it's not really your desktop, but the items you keep in your desk drawer are going to end up on your desktop anyway. Keep them tucked away for longer by using a drawer organizer. Drawer dividers are inexpensive and suitable for nearly any non-paper workplace products you might use. Fill another drawer with hanging file folders, and you'll have all the drawer organizers you'll need to keep your work where it belongs: somewhere other than your desktop.

Accessories

Now that your workspace is colorful, well lit, and ergonomic, you can make all those little decorative additions that remind you of home. Photo frames and posters, themed wall calendars, novelty mouse pads, candles, flowers - you're limited only by your imagination (and the corporate employee handbook).

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