I've mentioned many times that I am a tech person and live with my computer. To the right of my computer area is a space that I have already described in part of this article. I always had a mess on the left side as well; after a few months of owning a 3D printer, I thought about resolving this mess, too.

I had a wall there with various organisers from IKEA and China. In the middle was an external monitor drilled into the wall. It wasn't very pleasant to look at; it took up space and was just a low-cost student solution. It was the right time to cultivate the corner because it's been more than a half of a decade since I finished my studies :)

I wrote down what I wanted to resolve in this space. Well, that list grew and grew again:

• SD cards and USB flash drives
• Few smaller cables
• Few USB hubs
• Small headphones (AirPods)
• Large headphones (Sony)
• Hair bends
• Rulers
• Pills & vitamins
• Office papers
• Scissors
• Hand cream
• Glasses
• Pencils
• Pens
• Markers
• Controller for the air conditioner
• All makeup, brushes, shadows, ...
• .. more items

Why makeup in the computer area? Women understand; I have the best light there in the morning (not direct, not sharp, nicely dissolved). At the same time, it's great to have makeup on hand when I have a sudden online video conference call :)

I started planning and spent a few days thinking about how to proceed. I decided to make smaller organisers with lots of drawers. In the end, it got a little out of hand. We'll get there. I won't lie that I didn't think it through as brilliantly from the beginning as it might look in the end.

First, I measured the space. I had about 22 cm of space under the monitor, which I decided to use completely. I modelled an organiser that was just 22 cm high, 20 cm wide, and 10.5 cm deep. Do you think that I thought a lot about the dimensions? Nope, except the height; I chose them a bit randomly.

I have a fillet between the table and the wall. It's nice to have it there; nothing falls from the table at the back. However, at the same time, I can never push anything entirely against the wall. I measured how much space such a fillet took up and cut this area out from the organiser.

I measured the space for the drawers in the organiser. The cutout locks the height of the drawer in the bottom because of the fillet, but the other dimensions are variable. I chose 3 cm twice and 2.5 cm high five times. I played with the wall thicknesses to have as few drawer sizes as possible, so one time the wall was 1.4 mm and one time it was 1.2 mm.

It took some time for the body to print on my 3D printer – almost a day – and it consumed a lot of material. I had an issue putting it on the printing sheet. Why did I choose the 20 cm, why? Anyway, I had to play with the support enforcers, but after a few minutes, I found out how to get the support for the cutoff. No, I couldn't have used the default ones, as they didn't fit on the sheet. And because the supports barely fit, I couldn't have used the brim.

But the print was fine, and everything fit perfectly; I got lucky. I chose the colour white because I have been trying to have as few colours as possible in the office, for the sake of focus and clarity. In fact, I allow myself only a "wooden" colour, white, and light grey.

I was happy with the cutout for the fillet on the wall as well. I struggled to calculate it correctly, but I succeeded, and the printed body fits very well on the wall.

The next step was to print drawers for the organiser. In the end, I had three height dimensions for the drawers: five pieces that were 2.5 cm in height, two that were 3 cm, and then the lower shorter and narrower size due to the cutout for the fillet. I calculated the dimensions easily. I checked the area of the organiser and removed one mm (or 0.5 mm offset) on both sides.

The handles of every drawer float in the air. Yes, there was a need for the support, but I just like it more this way, and I'm not in favour of the "least supports at all costs" approach. I printed the drawers in light grey.

The organiser looked great with the drawers, but I wasn't done yet. Ladies know that not all makeup can be squeezed into such an organiser :) It's time for brushes and mascaras. It might seem like I got the idea immediately, but it took a few days, and it took a lot of counting and measuring to choose the dimensions.

I modelled another organiser. The exterior dimensions were the same as the previous one, but I arranged the interior differently. It had one large pocket, one smaller pocket, and space for a drawer at the top.

I filled the lower space with two small drawers, in which I put a basic manicure set and rulers. I put makeup foams in the bigger drawer. No, I don't watch any makeup videos, and I don't know how to name these things, but I just know it's nice that I don't have to get my hands dirty when I put on makeup :)

Here is the highlight of the day. I managed to model a drawer for brushes and other makeup stuff so that they are in a vertical position. I'll show you the smaller one first.

This strange drawer is actually an organiser in another organiser with two different heights. The higher part is for longer, narrower things like mascaras, concealers, and eyeliners. The lower part is for smaller or thicker items.

The whole thing is hidden by a large wall in the front, on which there is a differently shaped handle. I tried pulling out such a unique organiser and found that I needed a different kind of grip – wider and with edges.

I used the larger chamber in the organiser for the brushes. I put thicker brushes in the middle, so they wouldn’t move much and get damaged. I didn't think about it that much back when I was modelling it, but now, in retrospect, I consider this idea to be ingenious because there is no dust on my brushes. At the same time, I managed to choose dimensions in the drawer such that the brushes would NEVER get stuck when I pulled the drawer back into the organiser.

I can pull out both organisers in a second, and they look very good. Everything is in sight immediately.

An average person would end up here thinking there are probably enough organisers. No, two more articles will land before we say goodbye to my "computer wall" :)

STL file

• Drawers & organisers