I must admit, my car is usually out of control. I work from it often, usual with day-travel that can involve a day that lasts 8-16 hrs, and several of those in a row.
The longer my car stays 'clean', the better I feel. Reality check -- from time to time, we get out of control and we have to purge it all and start over.
Maps go in the door pockets, change goes in a 'secret stash' (small dash cubby left of the steering wheel) , and the bottom 'drawer' beneath the radio houses ink pens and the car-charger for my cell phone. I'm the mom of 3 busy girls ages 10-18, so we all LIVE in the car and on the go. However, we "bin" it...
1 small basket is in between the front seats to bin jewelry, scarf, hairbrush, makeup -- all that instant-refresher 'kit' stuff for me to look like I'm still on top of my game even at the umpteenth meeting in a row.
1 basket or box (bigger than a shoe box, smaller than a portable filing drawer) is 'housed' in the back seat for girl stuff "to-go"... (they have habits of changing clothes between events and between the seats)
1 box, usually wide enough for letter-sized files, is housed between the front seats, too, to hold my work stuff. (We manage a LOT of paper.)
This is reality. We won't win any awards, but we will look like a million bucks even if we 'changed' in the car, lol.
Heather