The catchall on an oak desk next to a laptop and a coffee mug: pens in the tower, a phone standing in the long house, keys in the brown tray

Amsterdam Canal Desk Catchall

A desk tidy built as one corner of an Amsterdam canal.

One block of canal street

Navy water runs around two paved quays, 9.8 × 6.7 in across. Every building and basin on them holds something.

The tower takes the pens

The dark-oak tower is hollow: 1.4 in square inside and 2.8 in deep, for pens, pencils and a ruler.

The long house holds your phone

Stand a phone upright in the 3.1 × 0.7 in slot along its roof, and leave it there while it charges.

Keys go in the square

The brown tray in the middle of the square is 2.6 × 2.0 in, room for keys, earbuds and a watch at the end of the day.

Notes by the gabled houses

The cream well beside the row of 5 canal houses holds a 2 × 2 in pad of sticky notes.

Clips by the bridge

A black tray, 1.5 × 1.1 in, sits in the front corner for paper clips and pins, next to the white footbridge over the side canal.

A houseboat on the canal

A navy houseboat with a white cabin and a wheelhouse lies along the front quay, between the two trees.

Up close

Paved quays in a basket weave, windows set into every façade, and a parapet around the top of the tower.

On a walnut desk under a lamp: pens standing in the tower and a yellow sticky-note pad in the cream well — Pens in the tower and a pad of notes in the well, on a study desk at night.

A yellow sticky-note pad sitting in the cream well in front of the five gabled houses — The note pad sits low in its well, in front of the gabled row.

The open top of the dark-oak tower inside its cream parapet, with arched windows down the sides — The open top of the pen tower, inside its parapet.

The brown key tray set into the paved square, with the black clip tray and the note well to either side — The key tray, sunk into the paving of the square.

The black clip tray in the front corner, the white footbridge and a tree behind it — The clip tray in the corner, by the footbridge and a tree.

Everything on your desk gets an address

Each building or basin on the street is cut out for one kind of thing. Pick a plaque on the map to see what goes where.

The catchall seen from straight above: the tower top left, the long house and the five houses along the back, the trays on the quays and the boat on the front canal

The pen tower

1.4 insquare inside, 2.8 in deep

The tallest building on the street, at the back corner. Pens, pencils, a ruler or a pair of scissors stand in it.

For a home desk or an entryway table where pens, a phone, keys and notes would otherwise end up in one heap.

One canal street with 5 places to put things

1: pen tower
1: phone house
3: trays, for keys, clips and notes
5: gabled canal houses
2: trees
1: footbridge
1: houseboat

Size: 9.8 × 6.7 × 3.7 in (250 × 170 × 95 mm)
Weight: 9.4 oz (267.7 g)
Pen tower: 1.4 in square, 2.8 in deep
Phone slot: 3.1 × 0.7 in
Key tray: 2.6 × 2.0 in
Note well: Holds 2 × 2 in sticky notes
Clip tray: 1.5 × 1.1 in
Material: PETG, in 7 colours

The street straight from the front: tower, long house and five gabled houses behind the trays and the houseboat — From the front, as it sits facing you on the desk.

Good to know

Will my phone fit in the roof?

The slot measures 3.1 × 0.7 in, width by thickness. A phone that fits inside both figures, case included, stands upright in it.

Which sticky notes fit the well?

Square 2 × 2 in pads. The larger 3 in pads are too big for it.

How much desk does it take?

It covers 9.8 × 6.7 in, and the tower, the tallest part, stands 3.7 in high. It weighs 9.4 oz.

What is it made of?

PETG, in 7 colours: navy for the canal, cream for the quays, dark oak, black and blue for the buildings, white for the bridge and the boat's cabin, and green for the trees.