Upgrade an old metal Steelcase desk
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There is not a lip to the desk to connect a monitor stand on the front (and no access hole for cords).
You can purchase a pullout tray for your keyboard. You can place your phone on a desk/phone organizer which can give you a little more storage space for papers and notebooks.
We added a file cabinet next to our desk to give more table top room and be able to store more out of sight. My mother took out a drawer and turned it upside down and put back in to make a space for her keyboard, since she didn't;t need the drawer, but needed more space. Good luck!
Do you have room to put a table on the wall behind you? You could keep it just for paperwork. A piece of wood over two file cabinets or another smaller desk might work.
Have you looked into an under mounted tray for the keyboard that only slides out when you need it? Or the tray/stands for the monitors that lift them off the desk and act as organizers or spaces for the phone, etc. at the same time ?
under-desk keyboard drawers are the bomb! Check them out. Usually under $20
Is it possible to move your adding machine to the left of your screens and place a file organizer where the adding machine is? You can also install a keyboard drawer under the desk that slides in and out. That's what I have and it works great. You might also be able to place your phone on a shelf where you could have room under phone for paperwork.
Starting with an under-the-desk, roll-out/pop-up keyboard shelf may be the place to start. Also might try utilizing monitor stands that are open underneath, which would provide storage space for misc. items like your tape dispenser and stapler.
My first thought would be to get those 2 monitors off your desktop to free up all that space -- there are some like this that mount to the edge of the desk:
https://www.amazon.com/North-Bayou-Motion-Computer-Monitors/dp/B01AI2YGK4/ref=sr_1_18?ie=UTF8&qid=1502302698&sr=8-18&keywords=monitor+stand
I would put your keyboard on the peninsula and hang the monitor on the wall above. Hang the phone on the wall. Get a wall cubbie to put your pens, stapler and little stuff on the wall. Move the cork board up a bit.
Here is a wall cubbie organizer, they also come in a single cubbie about 3' long. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/53550683045910504/
You could also put a hutch/divider to the top back portion of the desk... http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/174421/Sauder-Appleton-Hutch-For-Computer-Desk/
corner one... http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/737360/Bush-Business-Furniture-Components-Collection-Reception/
Can you maybe buy a a/b switch box and use one monitor .
Use a hutch to clear some space or back desk up to the wall and use wall shelves. Add a pullout keyboard tray, easy to find at amazon or Best Buy, etc.
My solution (hopefully) is to order an under desk keyboard tray (replacing the pencil drawer with it. Making sure it will fit in the opening.) And purchasing a dual monitor stand that clamps on the edge of the desk. There currently isn't a hole, so we will need to cut one for it.
Some of my ideas are repeats, but here is what I would do.
I would use the big desk for paperwork.
I would add a vertical filing system on the wall left of the 1st current monitor, or a stand alone organizer where the monitors are now, against the left wall.
On the peninsula I would only put the adding machine, your pens, stapler etc, in a basket (just where it steps down on the left), and the keyboard (only if a slide-out shelf doesn't work).
I would hang the phone and 1 monitor on the wall, and use a split screen.
If you need the bulletin board, I would make it a shallow wall cabinet for storage (pens etc. to leave more room on the desk), and use the doors as the bulletin board: inside the doors to keep it streamlined, or outside if you need constant access. Alternatively, if the bookshelf behind the monitors is touching the desk, put the bulletin board on its left side.
Since the predominant colours are black and wood tones, I would use those colours to coral the adding machine and organizers.
In the 2nd link, the person puts most of her stuff on the peninsula, which you can do if you hang your monitor or place it on an angle in the left corner.
http://www.hometalk.com/diy/home-office/furniture/make-an-easy-diy-monitor-stand-13578519
See last pic.
http://go4prophotos.com/the-l-shape-desk-hack-from-ikea/
Hi Cindy, hope this helps you out. They do make keyboard trays that mount under the desktop.
https://www.amazon.ca/VIVO-Computer-Keyboard-Platform-MOUNT-KB05E/dp/B07HFDJCSL/ref=asc_df_B07HFDJCSL/?tag=googleshopc0c-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=292982079026&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2920124026174554568&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9001397&hvtargid=pla-556526960377&psc=1