20 Cheap Design Hacks to Improve Your Office Space

Here are simple steps you can take to improve your desk and workspace.

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Chances are, you spend more time in the office than almost anywhere else. You might even be sitting at your work desk right now while you read this article. Before you get back to work (like you should), get some inspiration here for how to improve your workspace. Some of these ideas will take you longer to read than to execute, such as using binder clips to organize your wires. Others are only slightly more involved DIY projects. Make yourself more organized, efficient, and happy with these 20 Cheap Design Hacks to Improve Your Office Space

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Use old CDs to fix wobbly office furniture.

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Create a charging station out of an empty lotion bottle.

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Use bread tabs to label wires.

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Make an iPhone stand with an old cassette tape case.

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Use binder clips to prevent wires from getting tangled.

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Hang your surge protecter underneath your desk in a kitchen basket.

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Create a fake window in your cubicle.

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Cover your desktop with a chipboard sheet for unlimited space to draw, diagram, and make notes.

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Make a corner shelf out of a magazine holder.

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Hang your headphones on a corkboard using a binder clip and a rubber band (so you don't lose them ever again).

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Hang frames from your cubicle wall with a bent paperclip.

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Easily create a stand for your laptop from PVC.

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Improvise a door for your cubicle.

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Repurpose all sorts of containers to organize supplies.

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Turn an old canvas painting into a magnet board.

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Use mirrors to create more light and the illusion of space.

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Create your own standing desk.

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Staple a paper cup to a cubicle wall to hold your dry erase markers and eraser.

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Repurpose wooden shutters to sort papers.

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Organize supplies with magnetic tape.

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