• Give all your supplies their own home, declutter your space to maximize productivity.In the office image by Ia Nakaidze from Fotolia.com
  
  Keeping your office nice and tidy is a surefire way to catapult you into a productive work environment. No matter if you’re working on a huge project or many small ones, it can be a challenge to keep your space organized while you’re in the middle of something. Use these quick and easy office storage tips to help you declutter your area and eagerly be able to put your hand on exactly what you want without slowing down your process.
  
  

Drawers and Cubbies

• The first step to properly storing all of your work related materials is by arranging everything where it has its own place. Make a trip to your local office supply center to purchase file pockets, hanging drawers or cubbies that can house all of your papers, client files and important documents. Use items that are stackable and in the same or complimentary colors and styles for a cohesive look for your office. Stackable drawers can be placed on one side of the room stacked neatly and used for double duty to sit other supplies on top such as magazine holders or decorative items.
  
  

Desk Storage

• If you tend to work best during the majority of your workday with several projects and items on your desk, the key to keeping this area neat when you’re done, is to have appropriate desk storage. Purchase everything from business card holders and a pen caddy so that you can, at the end of the day, put everything back where it belongs. You can personalize your desk to match your design style by purchasing decorative bins and baskets from your favorite home goods store. This is an ideal option to give your area a touch of your own personality.
  
  

Creating Space

• If you are troubled with trying to find more space to hold all of your office junk, make good use of your wall space by hanging up functional shelves and racks for holding magazines, reference books, or old project notes. If your office has a closet, use the closet for ultimate storage by inserting a bookcase inside or building multi-sized shelves inside the space to keep supplies and files away that you don’t use everyday. To really create more space, don’t limit your purge sessions to spring cleaning, make it a point to check your inventory and condense items on a quarterly basis so that you can maximize the space you have for full functionality.