If you inhabit a cubicle or a small office each working day, it makes a lot of sense to take full advantage of whatever space that you do have available to you.
You simply cannot increase your square footage but you can make good use of storing your office items on various levels. I like to compare this to building a skyscraper in a city. There is only so much real estate square footage so why not build up?
Just like I’ve recently started using my cubicle walls by purchasing cubicle accessories such as a cubicle shelf and a hanging letter tray, I’ve also taken advantage of using different levels with a desk shelf. The one shown to the left is the Safco Onyx Off-Surface Shelf and is very close in dimensions and design to the one I have in my office (seen in the images below).
You can store books, office items, and personal items on top of the desk top shelf while, at the same time, you can store other items below the shelf. The following is my desk shelf in my cubicle at work empty and full. Cubicle shelves can certainly expand your office footprint whether they be on the walls or on your desktop.
Images of my Desk Shelf in my Cubicle at Work
As you can see from the images above, I store anything and everything on my office desk shelf. It is perfect for large text books and other office items and the best thing about it is that I still have enough room to store other items like my tissue box and coffee cups. I’m sure you can imagine how you could utilize a desk shelf such as the one shown here in your own office or cubicle.
With the proliferation of different types of office items today, I’m sure you can imagine that there are many different types of desk shelves available in the marketplace. The three desk shelves below are 3 popular cool office supplies that should do the job no matter which one that you choose for your own office.
Three Highly-Rated Desk Shelves
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As you can see from the above images, there are many different flavors of desk shelves that you can purchase. Some are equipped with small drawers as can be seen in the image in the middle above and there are many different dimensions and materials from which you can choose.
If you want to expand the storage capabilities in your office or cubicle, a small investment in an office desk shelf will be well worth the money!
Bob writes about office decor and tips and home decor room by room, from accent walls and kitchens to bathrooms and living rooms. He and his wife are constantly renovating their own home in a rustic setting, and a lot of his articles start with a project they’ve actually done—like the cedar accent wall in their bathroom or the black kitchen cabinets. Every photo is a real room, never an AI-generated fake.
He’s been blogging for over 20 years. He started as an office and cubicle writer, launching CubicleBliss in January 2011 and rebranding it as WorkspaceBliss in April 2020 before growing it into the whole home. That office background runs deep: 35+ years as an IT Manager, Applications Engineer, Systems Analyst, and Programmer Analyst, a Certified Microsoft Professional with a Master’s and two Bachelor’s degrees. He’s been featured in US News and World Report, Bustle, and Work Awesome (his articles here).
