I have two Ikea desks. They both have glass tops because I can put clay, apoxy, and paint all over them and then scrape it off. LOVE them. On top of those desks, I have two shoe organizers, the kind that go in the bottom of your closet. They do NOT hold shoes, rather they hold a variety of art supplies, some in clear plastic shoe-boxes, of course. I find that the thinner profile of the shelves is perfect for art supplies.
In one of the shoe thingies, I have a tray- the big kind you use to serve drinks. It does not serve drinks, instead it holds onto the most recent unfinished project or parts of projects that I am currently working on, so I can throw the little parts and pieces in there and find them again.
Above my computer monitor, which is balanced on top of two small drawer pencil organizers that do not hold pencils, I have a "dream-fish-net." You read that correctly. Instead of a board, I attached a 4x5 foot fishnet using command hooks (the adhesive kind) and all the flotsam and jetsom of inspiration gets tangled in that net. I put artwork, paper flowers, two big starfish (used to live in Florida) a ceramic bird, a piece of my own finished art, and whatever else wants to land there right in plain view.
And the creme-de-la-creme is the rolling cart that does not roll. It's too perfect, perched in the corner ON TOP of the desk. The drawers are organized not by type of supply, but by the type of project I will use them on. For example, my gelli plate is in a drawer with two brayers, some bubble wrap, and the 4 colors of paint I use most. The other paints are in another drawer with the mediums I use most, except for the lightweight modeling paste, which is in a drawer with the tools I use with it most... and so on.
