Taking your work home: Personal touches, creative storage add to home office functionality

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Tips for controlling clutter

Whether it's a separate room, a corner of the kitchen or a desk in the guest room, one challenge of having a home office is keeping it neat and tidy. It's still a part of the house and not everyone wants to see stacks, piles and clutter.

Here are some tips for staying organized from Emily Davis and Cara Applegate of Ducks in a Row Organizing in Charleston:

Add decorated baskets or bins under your desk for storing supplies and work information.

Make use of vertical wall space by adding shelves for more storage space and add matching boxes or bins to house your supplies and paper. Use wall-mounted calendars, file storage containers and magnetic or cork boards to help in vertical organization.

Designate specific places for all of your paper: a file or binder system or keep it electronically.

Try to get rid of as much paper as possible. You probably don't need everything you have.

Use websites and apps such as Evernote to help you organize your emails, documents and lists.

Use Dropbox to electronically share and update documents with clients or coworkers.

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