A good organizer for all the necessary things can be easily made with your own hands. This piece may be put on the wall for all the things to be at hand: staple, scissors, pens and pencils. Take usual custom-sized boxes and cover them in any colored or patterned paper, or a mixture of the two. You can also configure the boxes in any arrangement, large or small. Best of all, it is potentially costless and clears up some much-needed space in the recycle bin and on the desktop. A detailed instruction for crafting is here.