Boss's Day Gifts: Desk Gift Ideas from a Team or from You
Boss's Day is optional, and a shared gift is easier on everyone than separate ones. This guide covers how to organize a team collection,...
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Practical guides to choosing, sizing, arranging and personalizing a desk set, from the desk pad up.
Office Christmas Gifts for Coworkers, Employees and a Boss
Office Christmas gifts follow different rules depending on who gives to whom. This guide separates gifts between coworkers, gifts from an employer to employees...
Gifts for Coworkers: Desk Gifts That Suit the Office
The right gift for a coworker depends on how well you know them. This guide sorts desk gifts into three levels, from a single...
Employee Appreciation Gifts: Personalized Desk Gifts for a Team
Appreciation gifts work when they are specific, fair, timely and useful. This guide covers personalized desk gifts for a team, ideas for work anniversaries...
New Job Gifts: Desk Gifts for a First Day and a New Desk
A new job gift has to suit a desk nobody has seen yet. This guide explains what is safe to give before the first...
Retirement Gifts for a Boss or Coworker: When a Desk Gift Fits
A desk gift suits some retirements and not others. This guide explains how to tell, what to print on a nameplate for someone leaving...
Gifts for Teachers: Desk Name Plates and Desk Sets for a Classroom Desk
Teachers receive many gifts that are never used. This guide covers ones that stay on the classroom desk: a nameplate with the right wording,...
PhD Graduation Gifts: A Name Plate or Desk Set for a New PhD
A finished doctorate comes with a new title, and a desk name plate is often the first place it is printed. This guide explains...
Gifts for Real Estate Agents: Desk Gifts for a New Agent or Broker
A real estate agent's desk is wherever the next client is. This guide covers desk gifts that suit the job: a nameplate and card...
New Office Gifts: Ideas for an Office Opening or a New Business
A new office gift should make the first week at a new desk easier. This guide covers three kinds of opening, a new business,...
Administrative Professionals Day Gifts for an Assistant's Desk
Administrative Professionals Day thanks the people who keep an office running. This guide matches desk gifts to the kind of desk, from the front...
Letter Trays for a Desk: Single or Two-Tier Document Tray
A letter tray gives paper one place to wait. This guide explains what a desk tray is for, how to choose between a single...
Pen Holders for a Desk: Pen Cup, Pen Stand or Nameplate with Pens
A pen holder can be an open cup, a stand for two pens or a nameplate base that carries pens. This guide explains the...
Business Card Holders for a Desk: Where They Go and What to Choose
A desktop business card holder exists so that visitors can take a card without asking. This guide explains where to put one, the three...
Desk Clocks for an Office Desk: Four Ways a Desk Set Includes One
A desk clock lets you keep time in a meeting without looking at a phone. This guide explains where to put one and describes...
How to Clean a Faux Leather Desk Pad
Cleaning a faux leather desk pad takes a soft cloth and a little water. This guide gives the routine step by step, explains what...
Leather Desk Pads: Genuine Leather vs Faux Leather
Shops sell genuine leather and faux leather desk pads under the same name. This guide shows how to check which one a listing means,...
Minimalist Desk Setup: Fewer Pieces That Match
A minimalist desk is not an empty one. It has a few pieces, each with a job, that look like one family. This guide...
Cubicle Decor Ideas: Desk Accessories for a Small Workspace
A cubicle gives you a small desk, three fabric walls and neighbors who see everything. This guide gives decor ideas that work within those...
Wooden Desk Sets and Organizers: Veneer, Wood and Wood-Look Explained
A wooden desk set can be wood throughout, wood veneer on the surface, or a wood-look finish. This guide explains the three, shows how...
Desk Accessories for Women: Matching Sets in Every Color
Desk accessories for women are the same matching sets anyone can order. See which light and bright colors come ready-made, where the full color...
Desk Organization Ideas for an Office Desk
Eighteen desk organization ideas to pick from, grouped by problem: a crowded surface, loose paper, pens and clips, cables, personal things, a small desk...
Office Desk Decor: Ideas That Keep the Desk Useful
Office desk decor ideas sorted by what the desk is for: client-facing, heads-down or shared. Set one color and one material as the base,...
Desk Accessories for Men: Matching Sets for the Office
A guide to desk accessories for men, sorted by what you can check on a product page: dark colors from black to burgundy, compact...
