Professional Organizer’s Pick: Home Office Organization Product #3

February 25th, 2011 Office, Paper & Productivity Organizing Product Reviews

Letter Tray from Storables

The good the bad and the ugly of a letter tray for home office organization…

I’ll start with the bad and the ugly, it looks like this: You have a pile of papers and they’re all mixed up-bills to pay, things to read, coupons, papers from school and you shove them all onto a letter tray to get them out of the way. That, my friend, is organized disorganization. It’s a way of stacking your pile to make it pretty without solving any problems. Now of course if this is working for you and you know exactly what is in your pile and you can get the paper you need in seconds, then call it a day and don’t fix it if it isn’t broken. But for most of us, it still boils down to piles that are causing stress.

Now for the good side of letter trays… I think they are awesome for storing one type of paper for each tray with a label. Examples of great uses for letter trays:

On top of your file cabinet labeled “To File” for papers that haven’t made it into the file cabinet yet.
On the desk or counter for kid’s homework. One tray per child labeled with their name.
Next to the shredder labeled “To Shred” to separate your documents until you have time to shred.
If you are a “piler” and are afraid of file folders: Use a tray labeled for each “action” item you have. Examples: To Read, Bills to Pay, To Do, Upcoming Events, Coupons, Pending Items.
To store office paper supplies: One tray each: Computer Paper, Envelopes, Labels, Colored Paper.

Letter trays are very affordable, come in all different styles for your taste and will make home office organization easy when your papers are separated, labeled and at your fingertips!

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