Anatomy of an Effective Junk Drawer

January 17th, 2012 Kitchen Organizing

Bamboo Drawer Organizer from Crate&Barrel

Rule #1: The junk drawer is not a garbage drawer.

Do you have little bits of this and little bits of that stashed away in a drawer? Maybe a lotta bits of this and a lotta bits of that… paper clips, tape, rubber bands, super glue, it’s all good. Just make sure your ‘junk’ drawer doesn’t turn into a dumping ground free-for-all. You can have a junk drawer and still be organized; what a win/win!

So, let’s look at the proper anatomy of an effective junk drawer:

Junk Drawer Tip #1: Try to keep it down to just one junk drawer

Junk Drawer Tip #2: Take everything out of the drawer and sort through it. Discard things that are broken, things that don’t work, things that you don’t use or donate extra items if you have multiples.

Junk Drawer Tip #3: Organize what you are keeping. The bamboo drawer divider from Crate&Barrel shown here is a great way to keep the goodies you are keeping from turning into a big mess that slides about. And, bamboo is environmentally friendly to boot! Keeping your small items separated will keep them from getting mixed together and make it easy to find what you need when you need it.

You can go one step further by adding some small containers within the drawer organizer to contain really small items like paper clips and rubber bands.

Junk Drawer Tip #4: Items you may want to stash in your junk drawer:

1) Rubber bands

2) Flashlight

3) Glue

4) Tape Measure

5) Calculator

6) Matches

7) Stamps

Emergency candles

9) Batteries

10) Pens & pencils

11) Screwdrivers

12) Anything else that works for you

So, make sure your drawer isn’t overloaded, keep just what you need and then make it easy to find what you need by separating and storing your stuff in a drawer organizer! Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to show off your ‘junk’ drawer! Oh, yes it would!

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