Desk space is limited these days — that's why most of the best gaming keyboards are 75-percent or TKL (or smaller). You don't need multiples of things for your desk to start feeling cluttered, especially if they're not all wireless .
Now, I realize that most people are not like me, and do not have hundreds (or even tens) of headsets, keyboards, and other PC peripherals. But you still probably have some — and let's face it: Even if you only have one keyboard, you probably need somewhere to store it when you're using your desk for other things (unless you also, like me, have multiple desks , I guess). Or perhaps you'd like to display your older, retired peripherals that you can't sell or give away (you can recycle them, though — here's where to recycle electronics ). I don't care why you have so many products, but here's how you can organize, store, and display them.
Hanging headsets
If you only have one headset, I personally prefer a nice wooden display stand — it's sturdy, attractive, and will keep your headset in shape when it's not on your head. It's also great for taking pictures, but you do need somewhere to put it.
If you don't have space for a display stand, I'm a big fan of Elevation Lab's The Anchor under-desk headset mount , which sticks to the underside of your desk (or the underside of anything) and holds two headsets (it comes with mounting tape, but it also has holes for screw mounting). If you happen to have the SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless , this under-desk mount that also holds the wireless base station (SteelSeries also makes its own under-desk headphone hanger , but it doesn't hold the Arctis Nova Pro Wireless' base station). If you don't want to screw something into your desk, there are plenty of desk clamp mounts for fairly cheap (like this $7 aluminum one ), and they come in a variety of styles — rotating (so you don't run into the mount when you're walking past your desk), dual (holds two headsets), and over-desk. If you've got a bunch of gadgets to keep track of, you can also grab something multi-functional, like this under-desk cup-headset-controller clamp mount .
If you have an entire wall of headsets, like I do, you can't go wrong with, well... a wall of headsets. I used a mix of headset wall mounts and heavy-duty adhesive hooks for mine, though this would also be the perfect place to implement a pegboard setup.
Accessory accessories are also a great project for your 3D printer. There are plenty of free print files for headset holders online, like this pretty headset display stand (and this more gamer-oriented display stand ), this clamp-on desk mount , and this pegboard headset holder designed to fit the Ikea Skadis pegboard. (If you're ambitious, you can just print a whole head .)
Stacking keyboards
I know I'm not the only person with multiple keyboards: As a keyboard reviewer, I probably don't have more keyboards in rotation than most keyboard enthusiasts. Even if you're not a reviewer or an enthusiast, you might still have a couple of keyboards for various things, like typing, gaming, and maybe traveling. The easiest (and probably safest) way to store keyboards is to keep them in the box they came in, but then it's hard to rotate them — and it's not as fun as having them on display. But you can't easily keep two or three keyboards on your desk, and you definitely shouldn't stack them on top of each other without their boxes. As usual, how you choose to store them depends on how many you have and how frequently you rotate them.
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