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Monday, July 16, 2012

Organize Your Junk Drawer

Lately I have really been feeling the need to get some spaces in my house organized.  I decided to start with the junk drawer.

As you can see it needed it!  

I cleaned everything out and tossed the things we didn't need, set aside the things that should be somewhere else, and grouped everything that should stay.

There were seriously like 6 lighters in there (half of which didn't work).  And probably 5 flashlights! So I weeded out the ones we would never use and just kept two of each.

Earlier that day I was cleaning up my sons room.  I just about threw away some shoe boxes from new shoes we had just bought him.  But then I realized they were perfect for that afternoon's project!


I also used some of my small tupperware.  I have tons of these little ones that I use for our lunch boxes and to serve food to my son.  So I figured I could spare a few.


It looks so much better now!  I hope it stays like this!


 I hope this has inspired you to tackle your junk drawer!

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20 comments:

  1. Hurray for organizing - it's one of my favorite things! Before the boys go back to school we will be organizing their rooms and i like the idea of recycling shoes boxes. Your 'junk" drawer looks like mine!:
    http://cannaryfamily.blogspot.com/2012/03/no-such-thing-as-junk-drawer.html (: Good job!

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  2. It DOES look nice! How I've managed to eliminate this problem, is I no longer HAVE a junk drawer, lol! I have designatd spots for everything. My husband is rather sloppy/unorganized (and yes, he knows it) and anytime we have had a junk drawer, it became a nightmare for me to keep it so the drawer would close, so now I eliminated his endency to stash things whereever! Instead of trying to change his behaviour, I jus eliminated the temptation.

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  3. organizing makes me happy! Great job, sometimes the junk drawer is the toughest to tackle. I'm hopping over from the serendipity and spice. Hugs. P.S. I'm following :-)

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  4. My junk drawer drives me mad or is it my husband who drives me mad, when he turns it upside down looking for things!? Great tips!

    New follower from Sugar Bee hop

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  5. It looks great! most of my drawers look like that now :) So glad you linked up with Cure for the Common Monday :)

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  6. I SOOO need to do this! I've been loving your blog! I passed on the Versatile Blogger Award to you {if you have not already received it}, you can read more about it here...
    http://beingmomme.blogspot.com/2012/07/bloggers-are-best.html
    Happy Wednesday!
    Rhiannon

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  7. Organizing always makes one feel better!! Great job! I'm glad you linked up to Romance on a dime.

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  8. You are very brave, showing your junk drawer, lol! It looks so nice all organized! Nice job!

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  9. I need to organize junk drawers and beyond. It's overwhelming. I'd rather watch you do it. :) Ha!
    Liz

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  10. Oh I so need to do this. Glad I found this through It's a Keeper's linky party. I linked in a salad using leftover roast lamb. Have a super week.

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  11. great idea, thanks so much for sharing!!!

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  12. Now if I could just get mine to stay organized! I'm hosting a linky party "One Creative Weekend" at OneCreativeMommy.com. I'd love for you to visit and link up this idea and/or anything else you'd like to share.

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  13. I gotta re-do my junk drawer soon. I did it last year... but not well enough! I can't find anything in it... ugh...

    Thanks so much for sharing this at The DIY Dreamer.. From Dream To Reality :)

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  14. I think the clear Ziploc containers are my favorite. This is giving me some ideas for a client...add some fun contact paper underneath...this is going to be great! Thanks for linking up to Titus 2 Tuesday. Hope to see you again next week.

    Kathy

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  15. Nice job! I also use boxes to organize my drawers - I have several junk drawers-one day I hope to be down to one!

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  16. Great idea. Thanks for linking up at Friday Fun Party and have a nice weekend!

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  17. I'm featuring this tomorrow at Romance on a Dime's TIOT party!

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  18. This is such a smart idea. I think I have some small tupperware that would be perfect for this.

    I would love it if you would share this at the Smart Solutions linky party. You can link up here:

    http://theprudentpantryblog.blogspot.com/2012/07/prudent-projects-and-smart-solutions.html

    Have a great day!

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  19. I also just cleaned out my hubs junk drawer a few weeks ago. I used the plastic containers from the Pringles Chips Single packs for our AA and AAA batteries. I also used our old chk book boxes for him to put new receipts, keys and his slim wallet. It's still kinda clean but I'm sure I'll be cleaning it out again in a few more weeks! Haha

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