Industrial Home Office Organization

We’re sharing our favorite industrial home office organization pieces that not only help control clutter but look cool too!

I don’t know about you but our home office was the room in our home that seemed to collect the most clutter. Whether you spend long days working in a home office like I do or it just gets occasional use during the nights and weekends, controlling all the paper and supplies that stack up in and around the office can be an overwhelming task. I mean, where does all that stuff come from? Am I right?

A few months ago we had to move our office from a room with doors to the front room in our home without doors and I went into a bit of a panic mode. How in the world was I going to keep all my office supplies (and boy do I LOVE office supplies), paperwork and incoming and outgoing mail neat and organized so I wouldn’t be completely embarrassed if someone stopped by unexpectedly to visit?

When I first started planning our home office I knew I needed to incorporate a few essential home office organization pieces to help get the job done. My favorite pieces came from World Market because not only were they practical and functional but also looked like cool vintage industrial decor pieces as well which fit the style of the room perfectly.

Now that our home office makeover is complete I am thrilled with how nicely everything is organized. It is always so much easier to keep things straightened when things have a specific spot to go back to and when everyone in the house knows exactly where things need to go. Plus, since all the organization pieces we picked out pretty much double as decor pieces we killed two birds with one stone and didn’t have to spend a lot extra to decorate the room. Win!

7 Industrial Home Office Organization Ideas

#1 Two-Level Tray

You can get a lot of milage out of a tray that sits on your countertop by using it to sort important papers that need attention such as being mailed back out or signed and returned.

A multi level tray works well to distinguish between the different types of paperwork so that paper so paperwork that requires one person’s attention can be in one tray and paperwork that another family member need to return and sign can be in another one.

I use it to keep client folders grouped into projects that need to be started and projects that are currently in progress.

I personally love the industrial style of this tray; not only is it functional, but it looks like a piece of decor sitting out on the counter.

Unfortunately, this exact product is no longer available but this tired tray is cool too.

#2 Rolling Printer Stand

The printer is a necessary in a home office but it doesn’t look cute when it is out in the open and they are usually too big and oddly shaped to hide.

A fun solution we came up with is to set your printed on an end table with two shelves that can roll out from under your desk.

The printer can be placed on the bottom shelf and extra paper on the top of the rolling table.

The end table could also roll out to provide extra work space. This is a nice solution that allows the printer to be easily accessible while also keeping it out of plain sight when it is not being used.

Unfortunately, this exact product is no longer available but you could add casters to this end table.

#3 Industrial Lazy Susan

In keeping with the industrial vibe, a hardware bin lazy susan makes for a really fun, easy, and clean solution to store your most used and best-looking office supplies. From twine to washi tape, everything will have a designated spot and supplies are always organized and easy to grab.

Shop the Hardware Bin Lazy Susan

#4 Industrial Mail Holder

A stylish mail holder placed in a location in your home where you walk by often is a great place to store time-sensitive mail, bills that need to be paid or outgoing mail.

We have one sitting on the front of the desk in our home office so that we never lose a bill in the mound of mail we get and can easily grab the mail that needs to go out as we walk out the door.

Shop the St. Laurent Mail Holder

#5 Industrial Pencil Cup

Why is it that pens are always laying around the house, but when the time comes that you actually need to use one, you can’t find one anywhere?

A pencil holder on our desk easily solves this problem. Note: not all pencil holders are created equal. I love the size and vintage-industrial appearance of this pencil cup; as you can see, it’s large enough to hold my extensive colored marker and Sharpie collection.

Shop the St. Laurent Pencil Cup

#6 Wire Baskets for Sorting Mail

Mail clutter was a huge problem in the past in my home. Even when we request to go paperless, we still mail thanking us for going paperless!

With busy daily schedules it is hard to stay on top of sorting the mail, but fortunately, wire baskets make for an easy organization system.

Labeling each wire basket (“file”, “shred” and “recycle”) allows you to easily and quickly assign the paper to its appropriate basket.

Tip: Using smaller baskets forces you to clear them out on a regular basis and keeps clutter at bay.

Charlotte Lined Wire Baskets

#7 Metal Trash Can

A trash can in a home office is a must but it doesn’t have to be plain and boring.

This oversized metal trash can looks more like an industrial decor piece rather than a can for storing garbage.

Also, if you are think outside the trash can, it could make for a cool base to hold a large faux plant.

Shop the Embossed Metal St. Laurent Trash Can

There you have it! These are my favorite industrial home office organization pieces!

Having a home office be the first room guests see when they walk in the door seemed a little intimidating to us at first, but we are happy with how easy it has been to keep our office organized just by incorporating these industrial-style storage pieces.

No matter where your work space is, you can have the organized office of your dreams and easily control the clutter with just a few must-have storage pieces.