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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-01T15:42:48.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Welcome back to Make It Nice, Defector's best interior design advice column. Today, we have two home office cleanup situations and a delightful bird-related request.\n\nSelene asks:\n\n> I work from home at a computer job and am a hobbyist musician. My partner, who lives with me, has done a phenomenal job making the rest of our 2-bedroom look very cute, cozy, and personal. My office, however, still looks like the apartments I lived in before I met him. While he has excellent taste in furniture, neither of us are quite sure how to best utilize this space in a productive way to be able to access the dozens of cables and cords and keyboards and amplifiers, etc.\n>\n> I'm looking for ways to make this a space that doesn't feel like a cell for the 40 hours a week I spend in here for work and ideally could feel comfortable spending time in AFTER work, to actually do music and such. I have so much crap on the floor or in boxes or bags. I would like it if I had a way to access music gear and other accoutrements without them being in a big bag or simply sitting on the desk.\n>\n> We rent so I'm very hesitant to paint, and changing the flooring itself is not an option. I'd roughly estimate it's about a 12' × 15' rectangle.\n>\n> I'm sorry I didn't clean up more for the photo but I felt like it was important to show the truth of it as it existed.\n>\n> Thanks for your sage wisdom!",
  "title": "Make It Nice: How To Organize A Home Office"
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