Here are some tips for organizing your home office desk to keep the productivity levels as high as that pile on your desk.

 

Give Your Walls the Thumb Up. Put up a message board above the desk where you can tack things like wedding invitations, event tickets, and prescriptions for easy finding when necessary.

Mac or PC? Not the Right Question. As everyone knows, its size that really matters. If you’re current desktop computer takes up more space inch-by-inch than your refridgerator, it’s time to upgrade. Models now are sleek and small – or consider a laptop!

Don’t Be Reviled By Files. Cover file storage boxes with colorful cloth for a Martha-approved decorating tip that’s useful too.

Get Caught Up in Labels. Another great tip from Ms. Stewart? Affix small metal label tags to all your electrical wires for easy identification. (Just think what this woman could do with your college beer can collection!)

Go Green Where You Can. Nothing clutters up your desk faster than the stacking up of utility bills. Switch to Paperless where possible. For the rest of them, have an Inbox where you relegate them until have time (or funds) to open, pay and then properly file away the documents,

It’s that time of year again and as everyone prepares to shuffle off the winter coat, so should your apartment. But fear not, Spring Cleaning from top to bottom doesn’t have to be as daunting as it sounds. Here are simple spring cleaning tips for each room.

Spring Cleaning Tips for the Kitchen:  Now’s the time to get your food storage areas in order. Wipe down the refrigerator shelves, organize kitchen cabinets and defrost your freezer. Discard any expired packaged food or condiments you’ve got laying around. Even Ramen has a shelf life.

Spring Cleaning Tips for the Bathroom: De-clutter your bathroom drawer and wipe down the medicine cabinet. Discard any expired medicines and beauty products that have stockpiled

Spring Cleaning Tips for the Bedroom: It’s all about the bed. Flip the mattress, sweep the dust bunnies out from under the bed, and discard any pillows that more lump than plump. Organize your jewelry collection, your nightstand table drawer and any other small space that needs de-cluttering.

Spring Cleaning Tips for the Closets: Swap out heavy winter wear for your Spring things (you have seasonal wardrobe storage don’t you?), making sure to check that everything is clean before you pack it away. Find some of your warm weather outfits don’t feel as fabulous anymore? Donate them to a local charity or homeless shelter.

Spring Cleaning Tips for the Living Room: Give couch cushions a good scrub with fabric cleaner and take curtains or drapes down to be washed. Dust bookshelves, lamps, and plants top to bottom, then sweep or vacuum the room, making sure to reach underneath any furniture.

Storage World Countdown of the Top 10 Reasons Why College Students Need Summer Storage

Number 10: Because it took you all semester to pass Physics.
By Physics, we mean “learning how to cram so much stuff into one miniscule dorm room or manky bedsit in Rathmines”

Number 9:  Because you saved all of those NCAD graduate show flyers.
And when everyone naturally goes on to a successful career as internationally known artist, you’re totally cashing in.

Number 8: Because Tramore ain’t ready for that jelly.
No matter how cool those spandex hot pants look strolling through Castle Market, they won’t go over as well working your old summer job back at the ice cream parlour.

Number 7: Because “internship” sounds so much better in French.
And the only dishes you should be thinking about during your summer in Paris are the ones being put in front of you at the cafés on the boulevard Saint Germain.

Number 6: Because sirens in the sticks are much less frequent.
But you’ll need all that soundproofing equipment again in the autumn.

Number 5: Because you had to nick those traffic cones/signposts, pub/club memorabilia
All of the accumulated bohemian memorabilia in your gaff means you’ll have great stories, even if all you can bring with baggage restrictions on your J1 is your toothbrush and a set of fresh clothes.

Number 4: Because you took three courses in English Literature.
And either someone is going to need those books next semester or else you might just open your own independent bookstore.

Number 3: Because, oh, those Summer Nights…
Don’t let any mementos from a campus romance interrupt your chances for a summer fling.

Number 2: Because you totally dominated at “Thumbmaster”
And you saved a beer can from each game you won which someday you plan to turn into a sculpture to your own awesomeness.

AND THE NUMBER 1 REASON THAT STUDENTS NEED CHEAP STORAGE:

Number 1: Because you told Mom and Dad that their little angel needed more money for that “field trip”.

So you need to stash away the drum kit/Marc Jacobs purse/iPad2/rare Japanese bird mural safely till September and they’ll be none the wiser.

Are you one of those college students looking for affordable summer storage in Dublin city centre? We have rates as low as €40/month.

Storage World, an Irish-owned operator of  self-storage units, has  invested €3 million over nine years to open  three units in Dublin, Cork  and Limerick. It has earmarked further  investment of €5 million to €7  million to bankroll expansion into  Britain and emerging European  markets.

The company is close to  completing the fit-out of its Dublin  facility in Whiteheather Industrial  Estate, which began trading last  September.’ ‘We secured a 65,000  square foot site on the South Circular  Road in early 2010, built out the  Dublin facility and started trading  in September,” said Aidan O’Brien,  director, Storage World.

“We knew if we could find a site close  to the city centre, there  would be significant demand as there were no  other self-storage  facilities in the city centre. With the  exception of one in Deansgrange, the others are all based  outside the  M50. Our hunch has paid off and the first phase is already  80 per cent  full. The second and third phase developments are starting next month.”

Storage  World opened for business in 2002 in Limerick, where it has a   self-storage facility in Eastlink Business Park. In addition to the   Dublin site, it also has a premises in Mary Street in Cork, which opened in 2009.’ ‘Self-storage is about alleviating people’s short-term   storage requirements.

It is not an enormously well-known concept in Ireland, but it is very big in the US, Australia and New Zealand,” said O’Brien. “You rent rooms from 25 to 500 square feet over periods from as little as a month to as long as you want. You pay a set charge with no rates, management fees or ESB bills,” he said.

Storage World has 12 staff and, according to O’Brien, it generated revenues of between €1 million and €2 million last year. O’Brien is a full-time partner in the business, having bought into the company in 2008. He  said that 65 per cent of Storage World’s customers were homeowners  who  were moving, redecorating or emigrating. He said the remainder  were  businesses, which included coffee shops, fashion retailers, print   companies and interior designers.

“We split the warehouse space  into a number of mezzanine levels,  sub-divided those levels and put a  passenger lift running throughout  the building,” he said.’ ‘You are  given your own unique code to access  the facility 24/7 and only your  specific unit is deal armed. Everything is monitored round-the-clock with CCTV, so we see who is entering and leaving. That gives people peace of mind.”

O’Brien said the company planned to have three self-storage units up and running in London within three months.

“Earlier  this month, we signed a partnership and management deal  with a UK  institutional landlord to roll out storage facilities within  central  London’s congestion charge zone,” he said. “Commercial space within that area is usually leased for a minimum of 12 months, which is very inflexible for storage needs. We will now be able to provide a network storage sites in central London to provide convenience to residents and businesses. The first three facilities should be o pen within eight to ten weeks.”