BYE JUNK DRAWER
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Our new kitchen doesn’t have a junk drawer. For some of you, that may be an obvious statement, but for me, I have pretty much always had a kitchen junk drawer. Even growing up, there was the packed, but dreaded drawer with pencils, scissors, post-it’s tape, random odds and ends and keys and whatever else didn’t have a real home, but had the perception of being needed.
In our little home here, we had the same thing. I tried organizing it with a silverware organizer, but it was still very much a place of chaos.
Then we re-did our kitchen, and swapped some cabinet space for a beautiful open countertop connecting our kitchen and living room. And the junk drawer got deleted. (cue the applause!)
But, just removing a junk drawer didn’t solve the problem of where to store the pens, markers, checkbook, lighters, and the inevitable small random pieces that we find that go to something - just can’t remember what. And so, I scoured Amazon for some organizers and found these beauties that weren’t complete without a lovely label maker.
And then, our junk drawer (while I don’t have a photo - just imagine a drawer of mess) became the beautiful labeled and organized tower as seen above. And I absolutely love it. Do I need a pencil? No worries, I have them in my full height cabinet. Did I find a pencil? No stress, I don’t need to try and ignore it because I don’t have somewhere to put it. It has a home, and it is a joy to put it away.
Do you have a junk drawer? If it’s something you can’t live without, just consider a schedule of cleaning it out so you can open and shut it easily. Even better though - do you have a way you can organize those items in a different area, or even in a way that you have a miscellaneous drawer, and no longer a junk drawer.
If you have found a sweet solution for some random little things in your home, drop a comment! I would love to hear what works for you!
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