Smart Office Space

Learn how to turn countertops, a spare table or nook into a functional office home

Turn a closet into a cozy office space by adding a half-round sheet of plywood that can slide in and out to use as a platform for a computer.

Designer Darren Ransdell shows how easy it is to increase office space.

Use a closet as a mini room for an office. Paint it a great color and put all your office supplies inside.
Use a tower spice rack, which is tall and thin, to hold supplies such as paper clips, push pins and rubber bands in a small closet office.
Try using a tall flower bucket tucked back in the closet corner for a waste can.
Figure A
Figure B
Repurpose a candleholder to hold a roll of stamps.
Suspend a paint strainer on the side of the closet wall and use it for storing things like scissors and keys.
Use an attractive picnic basket for storing office supplies (figure A). Just grab the basket and move it to a table or counter when you are ready to get to work.
Buy a magnetic strip or two and use them to hang supplies such as letter openers, scissors and paper clips on the splash (figure B).
Attach cork rounds that are used underneath plants to the inside of the closet door to use as a cork board.