August 10, 2020
Here are home office products that really will make your life easier! Focus for August is on your home office! Getting these items right will contribute to your comfort and your production. Read on!
Essential Household Items For Your Home Office!
I’ve gotten some good feedback on the recommended items so far, so you may get a few more of these brief product reviews. And I have a couple of more detailed reviews also.
What are the items this time?
Office items. And those are seriously important for me. I’ve been working from home a lot of years.
I’m recommending several things to help you set up your home office, even if it’s temporary.
All the work-from-home changes a few years ago got everyone’s attention! Use your laptop, or your Chromebook, or your Surface Pro. But make it work for you!
You have heard my moaning and groaning about poor ergonomics. (If not, read my quick ergonomic tips.) All of these will really help you!
Here are your items:
Monitor riser. You’ll be amazed at the difference when you get your monitor arranged at the proper height. A bonus: When your monitor is on top of this, you get the desk space back (for papers or keyboard storage, etc.) underneath.
We just got this for GrandDaddy.
But, if that one is too “industrial” in appearance for your feminine taste, check out this cute DIY monitor stand on Pinterest. That is just crazy cute.
Keyboard and mouse combo. Setup takes half a second, and your body will thank you! Stop struggling with that flat tiny keyboard and the scroll pad. Enjoy the real mouse and having the calculator-style number pad right on the regular keyboard.
Monitor. For around a hundred dollars you can ease your eyes. Maybe this one will help you, or maybe you need bigger and better.
Brother black-and-white laser printer. 250-sheet paper tray. That makes a huge difference. In my shopping today I was sad to see that my Brother 2390 is kind of semi-retired. Sometimes you can find it for purchase, sometimes not. The one drawback with the 2390 is that it doesn’t have a document feeder. It wasn’t important when I purchased, but now I kinda wish it had one. So I’m recommending one that does. (I still have a color printer, too, and I use it a lot.) But this monochrome laser printer does most of what I need on a day-to-day basis. Without all that expensive color ink.
BEST PHONE CASE
There is something I recently discovered, and I’m too enthusiastic not to share it with you.
I read reviews, compared features, looking for the best phone case. And one case kept coming to the top of the pile every single time. Something I’d never heard of: Smartish.
The version I finally settled on is called Gripzilla. And the style (Fresh Prints) is what I want to show you:
This is the perfect blend of cuteness and protection. And I mean that in every way. It’s sturdy, like the Otterbox, and also has formed grips on the sides. And it’s cute! You know what? You can even upload your own photo to be printed on it!
Just go look. Their website is so well done, full of fun and humor, but serious products. It takes a minute to navigate, figuring out just how to make your selection, but it’s oh, so worth it.
I do like this case better than either the Otterbox Defender or the cute one I had later. But those others served me well and I count them as top quality items also.
Be sure to look at their screen protectors, too. Mine is perfect, and was super easy to apply.
That’s the big news I wanted to tell you: Smartish. Go cruise around their site and you’ll see what I mean. So many useful features that show they really did come up with products that make things better.
When you click on these links, you should see exactly what I described. I try to keep all my product links updated, but sometimes the seller changes the choices. If an item I use and recommend gets discontinued, I try to find the absolute best alternative, the one I would buy. Every recommendation I make is intended to help you, not to frustrate you. If you need to let me know something’s not working with my suggestions, I’m as close as my contact page.😉
I hope you’re finding these brief household essentials product reviews helpful! I’ve got some more detailed product reviews coming up soon.
I wouldn’t have known about these if someone hadn’t purchased them or pointed them out!
Hey, if you’re reading these lists and yawning, it’s okay. Maybe they aren’t what you need right now. But think about your gift stash! Sometimes those random items would make great baby gifts or wedding gifts. Just sayin.
Check out the other topics in the series:
Household Essentials for July (KID STUFF)
Household Essentials that Rock (STORAGE STUFF)
Household Essentials For Fall (UPKEEP & UTILITY)
Household Essentials for August (HOME OFFICE EDITION) what you’re reading now
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