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How can you keep the anxiety out and lock productivity in place? The answer is as simple as keeping a clean workstation. Here are some pointers.

<p>If you&rsquo;re wondering why you have not been excited to work lately or don&rsquo;t seem to get much done like you used to, chances are, your <a href="/catalog/home-office"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">home office</span></strong></a> space is not as sparkling clean, organized, and inspiring as it should be. Your home office space reflects what is going on in your mind, and when it&rsquo;s disorganized or messed up, it can take a great toll on your productivity. How then can you keep the anxiety out and lock productivity in place? Here are five simple things to do to always keep your home office space clean.</p>
<p><img alt="Man working in home office" height="400" src="https://d6y5eqdcxq8w3.cloudfront.net/assets/blog/blog_canada/CAN_Furn_Clean-Home-Office_1.jpg" title="CAN_Furn_Clean-Home-Office_1.jpg" width="700" /></p>
<h2>Maximize Your Desk</h2>
<p>Your <a href="/catalog/desks"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">desk</span></strong></a> is a vital element in your home office space because that&rsquo;s where you do most of your work. So, if you&rsquo;re in the habit of putting random things on your desk, it&rsquo;s time to clear out all that stuff and leave only the essential and most significant things like your computer, pens, plants, and maybe some important paperwork or stationery you always use. Then, keep your desk that way! Organizing the surface of your desk will help you maximize the limited space you&rsquo;re working with.</p>
<h2>Keep Out What You Don&rsquo;t Need</h2>
<p>You really don&rsquo;t need to keep everything, especially things you rarely use. There&rsquo;s no point allowing these items to take up valuable space in your office and make it look untidy when you can simply keep them out of sight and out of mind. To keep your home office clean, learn to bid your final goodbyes to the things you don&rsquo;t need. Feel free to get a <a href="/catalog/filing-and-storage"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">storage</span></strong></a> basket and stack everything you don&rsquo;t use frequently but might need later.<br /><img alt="Organized home office" height="400" src="https://d6y5eqdcxq8w3.cloudfront.net/assets/blog/blog_canada/CAN_Furn_Clean-Home-Office_2.jpg" title="CAN_Furn_Clean-Home-Office_2.jpg" width="700" /></p>
<h2>Don&rsquo;t Stuff Things Anywhere</h2>
<p>To keep your home office space clean, avoid stuffing things anywhere. Get <a href="/catalog/filing-and-storage"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">filing cabinets</span></strong></a> and drawers if you need to. Carefully sort out files before putting them in the filing cabinet. You can also label drawers to remind you what goes into them and stick to what the label says! When your cabinets are full, instead of stuffing them, shred old and unimportant documents and files to create the space you need. You can store important ones in safe boxes far away from your home office space. You can do this for your computer as well! Organize files and folders in a way that makes them easy to locate. Move outdated files to the recycle bin until you decide whether to get rid of them completely.</p>
<h2>Hide the Cables</h2>
<p>Not only will your home office space appear much more organized and cleaner when you hide your wires and cables, but it will also be safer because tangled or exposed cables and wires can be dangerous.</p>
<p><strong>Pro tip:</strong> Try keeping all your cords connected to the same outlet for easy access.</p>
<h2>Clean Every Day</h2>
<p>For a space you use regularly, cleaning should be a daily routine and not a one-time activity. The goal is to have your home office space always spick and span. You can make a schedule to do a ten-minute clean every day to put everything back in place and then a thorough wipe down on weekends. You can also start your day with a quick cleanup and wrap up your day with another one.</p>
<p><img alt="Someone dusting off computer monitor" height="400" src="https://d6y5eqdcxq8w3.cloudfront.net/assets/blog/blog_canada/CAN_Furn_Clean-Home-Office_3.jpg" title="CAN_Furn_Clean-Home-Office_3.jpg" width="700" /></p>
<p>Working from home can be very exciting and comfortable when your home office is clean. However, keeping your home office space clean can be a daunting or exciting task, depending on how you choose to see it. Just remember that an organized office space will motivate you to work, help you achieve more in less time, and ultimately, enhance your productivity. Ensure to put the above tips to work and liven up your home office!</p>
<h2>Call or Visit Us!</h2>
<p>Check out what our impressive <a href="/catalog/furniture"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">selection of quality furniture</span></strong></a> can do for you! If you have any questions, reach out to <a href="/contacts"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">our experts</span></strong></a>. We are always happy to help.</p>

How to Keep Your Home Office Clean

Kitchen in disarray? Here’s some storage tips to put you back in control of your kitchen!

<p><img alt="6 Unique Kitchen Storage Ideas" src="https://cdn.avbportal.com/magento-media/blog/2018/appliance-6-unique-kitchen-storage-ideas1.jpg?w=700" style="width: 100%;" /></p>
<p>Kitchens can easily become a mess. Between cooking, eating, cleaning, and storing, they have their work cut out for them. Balancing all of that along with work and the kids and &ndash; and oh, look, there the dog goes eating something off the counter again &ndash; can be a chore for even the most talented of homemakers.</p>
<p>The best bet is to try to get ahead of the battle by having storage solutions for everything that lives in the kitchen. By having places for everything, you&rsquo;ll know where to return stuff when you are done with it, instead of just leaving it behind to take up precious counter space. And after putting in all the work to organize everything and seeing your kitchen in its cleanest glory, it&rsquo;s likely you&rsquo;ll want to keep it that way.</p>
<p>The needs of every kitchen are different, but we put together some ideas to help make the best use of the space you have and to organize your kitchen your own way.</p>
<p><strong>1. Use those walls</strong></p>
<p>Sure, they are there to keep your ceiling up, but walls can be used for plenty of other things, as well!</p>
<p>You could wall mount a plate rack or grab some wall hangers and use that space for pots and pans. It will help give you more room in those cluttered cabinets to move some of the bigger and bulkier items out of the drawers and on to the walls.</p>
<p><strong>2. Mug Shots</strong></p>
<p>Coffee &ndash; or tea, for you fancy folk out there &ndash; mugs can take up a lot of space, especially as you start to collect cool ones you find. Not only that, but they often aren&rsquo;t easily stacked, with different ones coming in different sizes and shapes.</p>
<p>What to do with all of them, then? Display them! You could go with a mug rack with hanging hooks, dedicate a whole wall of your kitchen to a mug display, or use some under cabinet hooks to really maximize your mug space. The more mugs the better, we always say!</p>
<p><strong>3. Merry-go-round</strong></p>
<p>Some kitchens just have awkward corners that don&rsquo;t seem to help much when it comes to storage. That&rsquo;s not always true, though! Corners can be just as useful as shelves or cabinets for storing your kitchenware.</p>
<p>How, you might ask? Turn that corner into a carousel! Grab a carousel rack and turn that once-neglected corner into a master of organized cabinetry. And one that&rsquo;s fun to spin around, of course.</p>
<p><strong>4. Knifing around</strong></p>
<p>Looking for a cool and unique way to display your kitchen knives? Try out an in-counter knife slot. We wouldn&rsquo;t recommend trying to put one in yourself, but it gives you an option to do something a little more colorful with your cutlery.</p>
<p><strong>5. Spices</strong></p>
<p><img alt="6 Unique Kitchen Storage Ideas" src="https://cdn.avbportal.com/magento-media/blog/2018/appliance-6-unique-kitchen-storage-ideas2.jpg?w=700" style="width: 100%;" /></p>
<p>Life without spice just wouldn&rsquo;t be life, now would it? Perfect for adding that extra little bit of pizzazz to whatever it is you are cooking, spices can also tend to accumulate and take over the kitchen.</p>
<p>Fret not: There&rsquo;s no need to contribute to waste by throwing them away, you just need a more organized and seasoned approach. Spice racks are a good way to do this, and they make racks of all shapes and sizes that can go almost anywhere in your kitchen.</p>
<p><strong>6. Don&rsquo;t wine</strong></p>
<p>Wine bottles &ndash; while an important part of any kitchen &ndash; can also quickly take up counter space. Try throwing a little artistic direction into your alcohol storage! Wine racks are always one way to go, but the internet is full of unique and creative solutions for wine lovers of all kinds. You paid good money for that wine, after all, so you might as well make it a display piece, too!</p>
<p>Need more ideas? Come visit us and talk to one of our expert sales associates on how to create your most organized kitchen to date.</p>

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<p>Kitchen in disarray? Here’s some storage tips to put you back in control of your kitchen!</p>

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