If the underneath of your desk looks like a bird’s net of tangled cables, power bricks, and distribution sockets, now is the time to tame your wires and create a tidy environment in your home office.
While we wait for wireless charging and devices that pull their power out of the ether, we’re stuck with finding what seems to be a never-ending socket for all the essential kit that runs today’s home offices. Compact and bijou our home offices may be, but the mess of cables under our desks certainly doesn’t foster the safe and efficient office environment we are all trying to create.
The good news is that a range of products is now available that together offer all home-based workers the opportunity to rid themselves of the unsightly wires, cables and power strips forever.
From Blue Lounge comes the CableBox. At first sight not the most appealing of office tech, but its simplicity has won it may fans as it cleanly and elegantly solves a problem that all home offices suffer from. Your power strips, or surge protectors can be placed inside this box to instantly tidy your working space. You don’t even have to unplug your devices to set-up the CableBox for the first time. With rubberised feet, the CableBox won’t slip if you have hardwood floors.
Measuring 398mm (15.6in) x 154mm (6in) x 134mm (5.3in), the CableBox can accommodate most sizes of surge protector or power strip including the double socket power strips that are now very popular. Available in white or black, it’s surprising how fast the CableBox transforms even the most of untidy workspaces. And if you want to store just a power adapter, the box is sturdy enough to withstand even high levels of heat build up. You can even use the CableBox as a monitor stand.
Simple and innovative design is often the best, and this is certainly the case with the CableBox. If you need a fast and effective solution to the mess of cables under your desk, CableBox is the perfect solution.
After you have sorted out the tangle of cables under your desk, it’s now time to take a look at your desktop. Think about how many times you’ve had to root under your desk looking for a power cable or USB extension? Wouldn’t it great if you could have these often-used cables easily to hand?
The CableDrop is another simple solution to a problem that all home workers suffer from. These ingenious peel and stick devices can be attached to any flat surface. The edge of your desk, or the side of a monitor can be used as locations. When you need a cable it’s easily to hand.
Sold in packs of six in either bright or muted colours, these simple yet effective devices complement and blend into any home office décor. Each of the CableDrops gently grasps the cable you want easy access to. Stick one next to your desk to have instant access to your phone recharging cable, or the USB cable to upload photos from your digital camera.
This solution can also help you design a tidy environment to work within. Power cable can be routed easily to just the place you need using a CableDrop, or why not keep your earphone close to hand? The uses for this innovation are limitless.
All the cable you have cluttering up your home office look pretty much the same. Everyone has pulled the plug out on the wrong device simply because we couldn’t identify which cable went to which device. This is no longer an issue with the invention of the cordidentifier range of Dotz.
It’s a simple idea that it’s surprising no one had thought of before. Dotz are sturdy plastic labelling devices that are fast and easy to use. Dotz come in specialised packs for offices, gaming or entertainment. The office pack includes ten reusable Dotz, 24 ready-printed icons and also 12 blank punch-out icons you can customise to your precise needs.
To clearly label a peripheral lead or cable, just choose the icon you want to use from the sheet provided. Punch-out the icon and insert this into a Dotz that are also colour-coded so you can group the cables of similar peripherals together. And then simply snap the Dotz over the cable. As you can reuse each Dotz as many times as you need, you will always be able to identify every cable in your home office no matter how many changes you make to your set up.
Together these three products offer all home office users a simple and cost effective way to create a tidy working environment. Spending some time designing your home office is a must to ensure you can work efficiently for long periods of time. Using these products together enables you to not only create a tidy home office, but an efficient one as well.
By David Howell
