Sharing My Desk Makeover 2.0: Turns Out Cable Management Is This Simple

Introduction

I'm back with another desk makeover!

I previously shared a laptop side-stand, which received a lot of attention and discussion from friends, showing that people really do care about their everyday office desk environment.

See: When I Discovered My Laptop Could Also “Work Standing Up”…

Besides the “mobile office desk” combo of laptop + monitor, I also have a standing desk I use with my desktop PC.

A while back I already moved the desktop PC off the desk onto an under-desk PC tray. After the makeover, desk space increased a lot. I wrote an article about it at the time, which likewise received quite a bit of attention and discussion.

See: Unboxing a PC Tray: Desk Space Doubled, No More Clutter

But desk makeovers have no end! Even though I have more space now, there are too many cables on the desk—it’s very messy.

The focus of this makeover is solving that problem. I used two small things: magnetic cable clips + an under-desk storage rack. Simple and blunt, but the results are outstanding.

The Original Desk

The power strip sat on the desk, and a pile of cables were on the desk too—very messy.

Putting the power strip on the desk also wasted space.

The Desk Now

A corner of the desk after the makeover

A corner of the desk after the makeover

Front view

Next, I’ll introduce the tools used this time

Magnetic Cable Clips

Features:

• Compact, doesn’t take up space
• Adhesive, no drilling required
• Convenient for organizing charging cables

The packaging looks like this

There are even individual little packages inside

The result after installation

Under-Desk Storage Rack

Features

• No drilling required
• Depth is just right for a power strip
• Load capacity is pretty decent

Packaging

This packaging is worth a good rant

Way too many foam pellets—they got everywhere

Unboxing

The structure is very simple: just two iron bars plus a basket

The basket is also fairly shallow—just right for a power strip

Accessories

A few screws, supports quick-release

It even comes with a cute little wrench

Installation

Assembly is easy—done in a few minutes

(You can see how messy the cables in the back are)

This is what it looks like installed under the desk

Finally, move the power strip and cables and everything down there 🤣

Chaos doesn’t vanish into thin air—it just moves somewhere you can’t see 😄

Wrap-up

Even though the cables under the desk are still a mess

But as long as you can’t see them, they might as well not exist, hahaha