My desk is always a mess but I need my stuff within reach — so I printed a tray that flips it all out of sight in one second (and the front panel doubles as a night light)
I keep my small everyday stuff out where I can grab it — keys, coins, watch, AirPods. The downside: by the end of the day my desk just looks like a junk pile. Throwing it all in a drawer fixes the look but then I can never find anything when I actually need it.
So I made this. It's a set of trays on a chassis with a printed hinge:
- Flip DOWN → everything's visible and in reach.
- Flip UP → the whole thing closes into a clean face and the clutter disappears in one second.
The part I ended up liking most: the front panel pops off and swaps. Right now I've got a lithophane version in there so it works as a little night light when it's flipped up (that's what's in the clip). Been meaning to try a plain RGB diffuser panel too.
Fully printed, hinges run on printed pins so there's no hardware to buy. Sized for a 230x230 bed at the moment — a bigger version's in progress because the trays are a bit small for some setups.
Honest question for this sub: is the flip actually useful to you, or am I solving a problem only I have? And is the swappable-panel idea worth chasing or am I over-engineering a tray?