Junk Drawer Wars

Admit it… you have a junk drawer. Is it in the kitchen? Or hidden in your bedroom? Junk drawers are notorious for growing and taking over other drawers. You can combat junk drawer migration by following these suggestions:

Sort: First, you have to know what’s in it. Find a space to dump it out and sort it. There’s stuff that should go in there (in ours: extra batteries, spare keys, friend’s keys, parking permits, a small accordion file for museum membership cards and takeout menus) and stuff that shouldn’t (screws, tools).

Return: stuff that should go elsewhere should go elsewhere. Put the screws and tools back in the toolbox, the working pens in their place, the broken pencils in the garbage, donate the old eyeglasses.

Rethink: for items that should go elsewhere, make sure there’s a place for them so similar items don’t end up here a few months hence. For example, have a place to put items you need to keep for your taxes so old movie ticket stubs don’t end up here again.

Head over to the Unclutterers blog to learn some more great tips to tame those wily drawers!