For a long time I kept all my hobby tools and supplies in a rollable stack of drawers next to my desk, in the corner between the desk and the wall. That was super convenient, I could always just reach over and grab whatever I needed. Then we moved, and my in-laws gave us a bigger table they didn’t need anymore, which I quickly appropriated. The result was that my hobby table is freestanding in the middle of my “office” now. It no longer makes sense to have the drawers next to it as they cut off the ability to walk around the table. So I didn’t have a great solution for how to keep my tools organized but still directly at hand.

Then recently I grabbed two basket hangers for our bathrooms, but they didn’t fit the available wall space where they’d be useful. I said “A-ha!”, again appropriated the goods, screwed them to my desk, and they’ve worked out super well:

So organized!

Just enough space for a bunch of tools and supplies, and keeps everything I use frequently immediately at hand but off the work space itself.