20 Office Storage Ideas to Keep Your Home Workspace Pristine (2024)

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  Add Woven Bins

  

  Marie Flanigan Interiors maximized storage in this small L-shaped home office with built-in cubbies filled with woven storage bins that add warmth and texture while hiding clutter.

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  Source Vintage Storage

  

  Emily Henderson Design added a tall vintage filing cabinet to this modern home office that adds a note of industrial charm to the space as well as a focal point. You can source industrial storage pieces and shelving online or at flea markets and thrift stores.

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  Add a Pair of Bookshelves

  

  Home office storage doesn't have to be built-in to be effective. In this home office from Living With Lolo, a pair of freestanding bookshelves is positioned behind the desk. Styled here with decorative objects, it makes an instant zoom background. But the accessories can be swapped for stylish storage boxes, baskets, or file folders as the need arises.

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  Mix Open and Closed Storage

  

  Marie Flanigan Interiors added a mix of open and closed storage in this long and relatively narrow home office space. Built-in storage around the periphery is complemented by upper cabinetry to keep unsightly supplies and files out of sight. Floating shelves lighten things up and allow for both display space and a place to house stylish storage boxes to keep things accessible.

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  Maximize Book Storage

  

  This home office from Leanne Ford Interiors is visible from the living room, making it extra important that there is a adequate storage to keep clutter at bay. A large vintage desk with plenty of storage allows the desk to be cleared at the end of the workday for a start fresh in the morning. Wrap-around built-in bookshelves are both practical and decorative, creating a home library feel.
  

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  Build In Storage

  

  House 9 Interiors maximized space in this navy blue home office with built-in floor-to-ceiling storage and an integrated desk by the window. The mix of open and closed storage creates room to hide clutter and display books and decorative objects.

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  Go Midcentury Modern

  

  Decorated with books, plants, and a turntable, this integrated midcentury modern desk and storage unit adds vintage style to this London living room and home office from Emilie Fournet Interiors.

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  Double the Space

  

  Britt Design Studio created plenty of storage space in this shared home office with a long countertop on one wall separated by identical sets of drawers. An overhead row of cabinetry and open shelving provides equal storage space that creates symmetry and harmony for coworking partners.

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  Add Asymmetrical Shelving

  

  Kate Marker Interiors chose simple white shelving with an asymmetrical design to add interest to this home office that lends it a modern feel.

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  Keep It Open

  

  In this light and bright home office from Living With Lolo, built-in drawers on the desk hide clutter and file folders in leather and neutral tones are spaced around the open shelving to create stylish open storage that will keep things looking tidy.

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  Add Bins and Drawers

  

  Blanco Bungalow added bins and drawers to a freestanding shelf to maximize storage in this home office. A small rolling file cabinet and a corkboard by the desk add additional storage. Keeping everything white helps to retain an airy feel that complements the natural wood desk, plants, and Moroccan-style patterned rug.

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  Use the Walls

  

  Turn the walls of your home office into a place to display everything from inspiration photos to invitations, notices, and other paper items so that they don't end up cluttering your desk or at the bottom of a pile. In this shared office guest room from Leanne Ford Interiors, large framed cork boards and wall-mounted clipboards keep the large communal desk free while simultaneously decorating the walls.

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  Stick to Black and White

  

  If you are looking to add storage to your home office without breaking the budget, sticking to a simple color palette will allow you to incorporate a variety of pieces while maintaining a cohesive look that will help reduce visual clutter, like this black-and-white home office from Twelve 15 Design Studio.

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  Repurpose Antique Furniture

  

  In this home office space from Malcolm Simmons for Emily Henderson Design, an antique glass-front cabinet is repurposed as a place to store office supplies. Using vintage, retro or antique pieces adds style and charm to a home office.

  Tip

  Sourcing vintage or secondhand desks, shelving, or storage units that were built for the smaller spaces of the last century is a great trick for outfitting the small spaces of today.

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  Hide Everything

  

  If space and budget is no option, turn your home office into a clutter-free oasis by adding tall wardrobes to the space where you can hide everything, like this light neutral-toned home office haven from Kern & Co.

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  Add a Library Ladder

  

  Living With Lolo chose a freestanding shelving unit with a built-in library ladder that stylishly maximizes vertical space in this home office.
  

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  Be Shallow

  

  Shallow open shelving on the upper half of the wall above a row of lower built-in cabinetry creates extra storage space that can be used to offload your desk of everyday home office essentials or simply display decorative objects like the blue-and-white plates in this home office from Morse Design.
  

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  Add a Corner Shelf

  

  House 9 Interiors added a corner shelving unit that is painted in the same dark green as the rest of this cozy London home office to store books, while a simple wire basket on the desktop organizes paper clutter and built-in drawers under the built-in desk keep the small space tidy.
  

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  Make Storage a Feature

  

  If you're designing a home office from scratch, consider building in a wall of open and closed storage that creates multiple options for housing all of your supplies and files while creating a focal point that anchors the room, like this polished home office from Marie Flanigan Interiors.

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  Use Every Inch

  

  Martha O'Hara Interiors created a U-shaped peninsula-style desk that conceals a ton of hidden storage in this cheerful pink home office, adding lower and upper cabinetry and open shelving to lighten things up.