Business are going through layoffs, freelance clients are cutting back on their budgets, and sitting down to balance the checkbook has never been so depressing. Short of outfitting your office walls with Xanax-dispensing pellet guns, is there anything you can do to make your work environment more tolerable?

Well, maybe so. A little extra organizational happiness can’t be a bad thing, right?


Morgan Slim Charger. This sleek little leather organizer holds pens, cards, and an electronics device or two.

Desk Tidy. Get rid of the old cups holding your pens and paper clips and use this clever porcelain piece instead.

Bird & Flower Woodgrain File Folders. These lovely folders almost make me want to, like, file stuff.

2D:3D In-Out Box. A metal origami in-out tray that folds flat for easy storage; I like the bright red option.

Magnetic Desk Dots Organizer. I wouldn’t keep this at home because of my kids (swallowable magnets = doooom) but I would totally use it at my work office. Very cool idea.

Bulletin & Magnetic Board. A single sheet of powder-coated steel covers “self-healing” black rubber on this board, so you can use pushpins or magnets as you see fit.

12-Pocket Mesh Wall Rack. This wall rack looks awesome, I can totally picture using it in my home office to organize our piles of magazines, mail, and Netflix DVDs.

Leather Boxes. Last but not least, let’s all take a look at these charming little leather/silver storage boxes and bark hearty gales of laughter over the fact that the smallest one costs EIGHT. HUNDRED. DOLLARS. Go ahead, buy a few! No need to balance the checkbook any more after that, because ALL YOUR MONEY WILL BE GONE.