Face it: Clean living is a full-time job, but friendly co-workers can make all the difference. Tuck everything without a place neatly out of sight but easily within reach in stackable storage that’s made for display.
Available at fermlivingshop.com, $310 for a set of three.
When your lists have lists, it’s best to buy notebooks in pairs. These memo pads have lined paper to help keep your to-dos in order.
Available at ameliapresents.com, $14.
If you usually give the theorized combination of form and function an eye roll and a sigh, Clip Tree will make you rethink everything. With customizable hooks, shelves, and attachments, it’s nothing short of life changing.
Available at shopmccartyquinn.com, $225.
When necessary objects get in the way of minimalistic decor aspirations, consider Vitra’s sleek, portable catchall with compartments for all your supplies.
Available at dwr.com, $60.
The paper clip is to office organization as wall hooks are to your sanity: essential. Hang jammies, hats, backpacks, or anything else you want — and don’t get all bent out of shape.
Available at landofnod.com, $9.
Organization is nothing to sneeze at. House tissues in a box with a compartmentalized top for gimcracks and thingamajigs.
Available at momastore.org, $15.
A book in the hand is better than two on an out-of-reach bookshelf.
Available at landofnod.com, $179.
Put an end to your paper pushing ways with a portable, no-computer-required scanner. Doxie One stores data on an SD card until you transfer the files. Scan photos, receipts, notes, and everything else to declutter your files.
Available at getdoxie.com, $149.
Nobody likes doing laundry, which is why you’ll appreciate the large capacity of this hamper. Oversize magnetic handles help it pull double, triple, and quadruple duty as a laundry basket, beach bag, and travel catchall.
Available at munchkin.com, $33.
People without kids don’t give pacifiers a second thought. People with kids don’t leave the house without two — and a pacifier holder that keeps the dirty away from the clean.
Available at skiphop.com, $8.
Plug in with Goldie, a bright solution that keeps your wires from getting crossed.
Available at nicebydesign.com, $16.
Mary, Mary, quite contrary. How does your window box garden grow? All in a row, thanks to beautiful plant markers.
Available at anthropologie.com, $16.
Leftovers stay fresh in enamelware containers with acacia wood toppers. Bonus: They can be warmed in the oven and cleaned in the dishwasher.
Available at harabuhouse.com, $30-$40.
We’ve always adored Wolfum’s playful creations, but now we’re really hooked. Baltic birch fauna printed with flora are functional works of art.
Available at wolfum.com, $45.
Graduated boxes with drawers keep desktop accessories and tiny treasures from getting misplaced.
Check in-store availability at ikea.com, $45.
We didn’t believe in labels until we saw the results. Type, print, and stick your way to OCD levels of organization with Brother’s latest labeler.
Available at brother-usa.com, $35.
Keep time on a giant dry-erase calendar. Because schedules are made to be rescheduled.
Bonus: Enter code DAILYCANDY50 at checkout for 50 percent off your order though February 1, 2013.
Available at neuyear.net, $30.
Put a lid on dry goods such as coffee and sugar in Fort Standard’s handsome wood-topped glass vessels.
Available at fortstandard.com, $80-$228.
We’ve been looking for bins with personality. Fold down the top and turn a regular old rabbit into some bunny important.
Available at mysweetmuffin.com, $22-$32.
Porcelain containers take on the shape — and hopefully the productive spirit — of a factory, city, and ship to provide shelter for pens, pencils, clips, and other workaday knickknacks.
Available at aplusrstore.com, $58.
By design, the small surface of this floating shelf with a magnetic bottom reduces clutter. There’s enough space only for bare essentials.
Available at ilovehandles.net, $30.
This space-saving slumber center with chalkboard drawers makes hiding things under the bed not only acceptable, but encouraged.
Available at cb2.com, $699.
Banish odds and ends to their own island and it won’t seem like they’re taking over the world — or your countertop.
Available at moleculedesign.net, $75.
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