slo’s WEDNESDAY 7/24 poll - Junk Drawer(s)

[disneychrista]

Every drawer has it's purpose and is "organized" to some degree.

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

We have a junk drawer in the kitchen.... a few in the basement

 

[BlueStarryHat]

I chose that we had 3 junk drawers, but honestly it could be more by this point. We have the main one in the kitchen with all the accumulated stuff-we're collecting rubber bands. You never know if you might need a good rubber band. Earlier this year we ordered and I built four cabinets for our old dining room. Each cabinet has two drawers. I have not had the nerve to look in them, but whenever we need something like a paper clip or whatever, it appears out of one of these drawers.

We also have an entire junk room in our basement, colloquially called 'the workroom' because my late uncle's father used it that way and it has some workbenches with a vise and clamps. Never got rid of them-as with the rubber bands, you never know when you might need a vise or a clamp in your daily life. In the workroom are tools, paint cans half full of paint that we don't know how to throw out, screws and nails and god only knows what else.

 

[leebee]

One of my top junk drawer items is a key ring that I have no idea which locks they open. Pretty sure there's a key to a car we no longer own on that ring.

Hey, Ron, I can top that. In our junk drawer, we still have the spare key to a car that our best friends no longer own!

We have 2 junk drawers. Both started out with the best intentions, but you know how that goes. The drawer for random kitchen gadgets now holds things like lemon/lime presses, take out menus, batteries, holiday-themed cupcake papers, and birthday candles. The drawer that originally was for owner's manuals that came with the house now also is home to a variety of small tools (pliers, screw drivers, allen wrenches, box cutters), canning jar lids and rings, electrical tape, some straws and chopsticks, and other stuff. It's crazy- because I know I could dump the entire contents of BOTH drawers into the trash and wouldn't miss any of it!

 

[BlueStarryHat]

I just looked in one of our junk drawers. It's all chargers to electronics that we no longer own, as far as I can tell.

 

[BrianL]

I just looked in one of our junk drawers. It's all chargers to electronics that we no longer own, as far as I can tell.

Don't get rid of them! You never know when someone with an iPhone 3 is going to need a charge.

 

[Skywalker3]

I"m going with 4,
We have the main one in the kitchen
Our main bath, and kids' bath each have one (maybe more, but I"m going with 1,)
and I'm going to say 1 in the garage, but no idea what is going on in the garage, not my habitit
I'm not at all counting night stands, or dressers

 

[Micca]

The drawer that originally was for owner's manuals that came with the house now also is home to a variety of small tools

Owner's manuals also in our kitchen junk drawer. Fridge, coffeemaker, blender, garbage disposal, various small appliances, etc. At least I know where to look for those.

 

[Toolulu22]

Our one junk drawer is in the kitchen. It is somewhat organized, with a drawer divider in there. But still…. One of my summer to-do items is to go through it.

Five things in there:
1. Electronic ties in different colors, tied together.
2. Stanley tape measure.
3. Stanley box cutter.
4. Container of shelf pins.
5. Command strips.

While looking in here, I just found an item I’ve been looking for- one of my favorite leather & denim gardening gloves. Now, that is motivation to clean this drawer.

 

[PollyannaMom]

Our junk drawers are partially organized, by utility so, not sure how many we have.

My junk drawers are semi-organized with small plastic dividers, but they still sometimes get messy.

I'm having trouble answering, for the same reason. I'll say I have two drawers that are sort of organized (in that I can find the things I know are stored there) but that also definitely have things in them that need to be cleaned out. One is in the kitchen and one is in my bedroom.