Tips To Organize Your Study Table Efficiently!

Ankit sharma
4 min readDec 6, 2017

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“The stories that unfold in the space of a writer’s study, the objects chosen to watch over a desk, the books selected to sit on the shelves, all weave a web of echoes and reflections of meanings and affections, that lend a visitor the illusion that something of the owner of this space lives on between these walls, even if the owner is no more.” — Alberto Manguel
Do you know how important it is to keep your study table clean and organized? If everything on your desk is messed up and you don’t have sufficient to place your notebook and write, then the actual meaning of including study table in your furnishing will be lost somewhere. So, to refrain from this situation try to get into habit of getting your study table organized and clean. Sometimes if the area around your table is also too congested and messy, then also the willingness to complete that task tends to degrade. So, before you buy a study table, ensure that it is utilizing the space effectively and it doesn’t look out of the box. Study the space available to reside your study table carefully, and only then select the one that perfectly fits in that space. Further you need to also find a table whose texture goes well with the interior of your room. The designs of them should not clash and present a foul image. They should both compliment each other and add charm to your room.

After the texture and size of your study table, analyze the requirement of space in it. Make a list of items you want to keep in and on your study table and accordingly select one table for yourself. If the table you buy don’t have the required number of drawers and shelves then you will have to search for them when you sit to study and thus the fluency of work will degrade. Further if there is not sufficient storage space then everything will be scattered on the desk itself, try to avoid this situation. prefer to buy a table where you can accommodate all your studying and stationary related material for smoother pace of work.
For better functionality you can either prefer corner study table, wall mounted study table or folding study table. Corner study tables will efficiently utilize the corners of the room while dividing the table into two parts which will help us to keep our stuff organized. The wall mounted tables will manage the space in an appropriate manner and define a proper studying space, so there won’t be a problem to shift and move the table here and there. This would set a proper base when you study. And last folding study tables will best suit your room if it has a space constraint. You can easily fold and keep it aside when not in use, and pull it out when you plan to sit to study or finish up your work.

You should also put up an inspirational board beside or above your study table, so that you can pin up your important notes, to do list, reminders, drawings, motivational quotes and much more. This will not only make your work easier but also project a pleasing impression of yourselves. You can also work on the area around your study table to make it more fascinating so that you don’t doze off when you sit to study, instead you get energized and work with full concentration.
The last thing you need to keep in mind while organizing you study table is that first to make note of things that you take in use frequently and the ones that are required occasionally. Once the list is prepared sit down on the chair accompanying your study table and see which area of the table is easily accessible and which of it is slightly difficult to reach. Then after this experiment place the things that are required more often in the easily accessible area and one rare used ones in the area slightly difficult to access. This will never let you loose the track of work and enable a smooth functioning of work!

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