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    Happy National Organize Your Home Office Day!

    By | Work + Money – Tue, Mar 8, 2011 5:32 PM EST

    Today is National Organize Your Home Office Day, and chances are, whether you've got an entire room of your house set aside as a workspace or just a laptop tucked away in a corner, you could probably benefit from a bit of organization. Take some time today to recycle old papers, or take it one step further and revamp your entire space for a more functional place to get things done. No space to devote an entire room to paperwork? Here are 3 amazing and inspiration kitchen-office spaces you can copy.

    Bonus Built-in
    Chicago designer Mick DeGiulio shoehorned this message center into a "blind corner" of a breakfast bar by rotating a cabinet so that the door opens onto the bar instead of into the kitchen prep zone. A false door panel on the side helps the unit blend seamlessly with the other cabinets.















    The Catch-All
    When kids are in the picture, the kitchen office can be part writing desk, part high-tech hub, part first-aid center. That's the case with this multitasker designed by Greenwich, Connecticut, architect Jay Haverson: The lower cabinets in the teak-topped desk store office supplies, phone books, and recipes. Emergency supplies, including medicines and flashlights, as well as electronics, are hidden up high behind touch-latch cabinet doors. The homeowners work on their laptop, which is connected via a cable port in the wall to a modem hidden in the basement. To coordinate the style, Haverson accented the white-painted maple desk with the same turned table legs that he used on the nearby island.

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    Corner Command Center
    A sit-down desk in a calm corner offers extra space outside of the bustle of the work triangle. This office designed by Norwich, Connecticut architect Michael Stein is a natural landing place for keys and mail, and a place where family members can sit comfortably. Designers generally recommend a desk height of 28 to 30 inches and a knee-hole depth of 25 inches.


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