I don't put my pieces on my right side...but I'm left handed so I don't know if that makes a difference. On my right side I put my drink, trash, and all my goodies that I need, like scissors, pens, tweezers, etc in an acrylic thingy DH brought home from work. It's divided and graduated. It has 4 holders on each row (2 rows). I think it used to hold beefjerky or something...lol. Who cares it works!