The Affordable Dollar Tree Find That Will Declutter Your Home Office

Keeping your home office organized can be a never-ending battle, especially if you use it often. Paperwork you need stored, files you are currently working on, personal items, and daily clutter are all competing for the same space. Today's papers pile up on top of yesterday's papers, and before you know it, you can't find anything you're looking for. It's easy to let things on your desk fall into disarray without a solid system in place. Of course, there are file organizers you can place in your desk drawers to help keep things tidy. But those options don't solve the problem of having your day's essential documents separated from the others and within arm's reach. There is a way, though, to organize and declutter your home office while keeping certain items easily accessible. All you need is a few metal display easels from Dollar Tree. This hack is extremely easy to implement, takes just a minute or two, and costs only a few dollars. 

To begin this hack, clear your desk, and select an area within reach of your seat where you'd like to store files and paperwork. Then, link your Dollar Tree Special Moments display easels together by sliding the front of one easel frame over the back of another. You can link as many easels as you want to give yourself enough desktop storage space. This creates a multi-slot organizer that holds your files upright horizontally. Pair it with file folders to keep your papers from flopping. All you need to do now is choose what folders, files, and papers you want to have at hand, and place them into the slots the connected easels created. You can implement this hack as suggested, or find other creative uses for it.

There are many options for Dollar Tree home office organization hacks, but one of the best things about them is the option for customization. For this organizer, one idea is to color-code easels before connecting them. That way, you can sort paperwork easily. To do this, you could either use spray paint that's designed for metal or apply colored stickers or tape. Even if you don't want to color-code the holders, you can spray paint them a different color to change the look. You also don't have to combine multiple easels. If you don't need your "close at hand" paperwork divided into sections, you can simply place the papers onto a single easel on your desk or a shelf. 

This is a simple organizational hack for an easy home office upgrade, but you can also use it elsewhere in your home to reduce paper clutter — it's an affordable way to help you avoid mistakes when organizing papers. One place where you can put your Dollar Tree file holder is on your kitchen counter to help keep your important mail pieces organized. That way, they don't end up in a pile somewhere, which can cause you to miss paying bills or overlook other critical mail items. If you have a table or shelf in your entryway, it could also be helpful to place a single easel or a linked unit of multiple easels on it to help you remember documents you need to take with you when you leave your home. In your crafting space, you can use it to organize different types of decorative or craft papers and embellishments.