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My wife got snap apart customizable drawer organizers and it's a big difference. She showed me the way.

I have whole cabinets like this

No drawer. Probably due to the kitchen layout, we don't have smaller drawers, so the tools and such go into their own container.

Pretty hard to avoid the drawer. Maybe find a new home for that scale (maybe sideways in a deep drawer?), throw a few rarely used tools into a ziploc bag, and introduce a caddy or two to corral the small stuff.

I have one of the drawers and I'd consider myself organized. I try to keep it organized with one of these rather large Ikea Stodja drawer organizers. I used to use silverware organizers but stumbled upon this thing, 14"x20". They come in other shapes and sizes too but is a lot handier than using a regular silverware organizer because the compartments are pretty large.

Pens and notepads/post-it notes in one, batteries and an Eneloop wall charger in another, hair ties/lip gloss/rubber bands in another, big compartment holds a roll of packing tape and various other tapes, and another slot has a couple pairs of scissors.

I'd recommend getting a larger organizer just so you can compartmentalize larger things together, something a silverware organizer usually can't accomplish

My work does one of those round robin steal it gift exchanges. One of my coworkers would just dump her junk drawer into a bag. It had the best stuff!

Your junk drawer game is weak. We have 3 of them in the kitchen and the least bad of them is worse than that.

Everyone has that, except for my parents, its not just a drawer, but the entire basement floor. Filled. With. Junk.

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I have no drawers but at least one box per room for this purpose

Only if you have extra drawer space to waste. Most beneficial would be to give a dedicated space to the scale

Every kitchen has this, but I'd work on your layout. You could put about 50% more gadgets in there.

Also, store the scale vertically somewhere for maximum efficiency

I have several. It takes a few months before the order becomes chaos. I do know where to find my stuff though.

It's more of a "Junk Drawer" in my family. Just for things that have no relevant places or are easily categorized, but are important enough not to keep somewhere more out of the way. Always contains at least one item that makes it near impossible to open the drawer on first pull and requires manipulation to open. For my family, it's usually a hammer.

In reality you live in a junk drawer cozy. Just support the junk drawer and everything will probably be OK.

We all have one . Mines right next to the oven so I have quick access to various things I use

I wouldn't put the scale in there but yes, miscellaneous drawer.

I don't have this drawer. I have several drawers organised by use. Baking, cooking, eating, etc. All are barely organised.

We have that drawer, plus a bowl in a cabinet full of stuff like that.

At my parents' place, EVERY drawer is like that!

that drawer is a small scale representation of my home.

Technically, mine isn't a drawer, it's a shoebox tucked under the coffee table, but yes.

Every family without a gigantic kitchen has that drawer.

I have the contents of that drawer in about 4 drawers and 2 cabinets. I have so many cabinets, I don't even have things in some of them and I have instant pots, a tortilla maker and sourdough proofing tools

However, I do have an oversized drawer that has a l lot of stuff in there like the funnels and tenderizer, but it has no sharps in it, and no scale.

One drawer? We have house full of these, cupboards and a garage XD

Proud junk drawer owner checking in.

Yes/no. We dont have a designated junk drawer, but theres one specific drawer we happen to throw random things into. I clean it out maybe twice a year during one of my adhd fueled hyper cleaning sessions.

She's right. Always.

I’d say that every house has a junk drawer, but I wouldn’t call this a junk drawer. It mostly looks like random kitchen tools. I guess you’re both right, in a way.

Maybe what you need is a wall-mounted rack to hold some of your other stuff without taking up valuable counter space. For example, I’ve heard people swear by magnetic knife holders. You can probably find magnetic tool holders at a hardware store for less than you’d find knife holders at a store that specializes in kitchen stuff.

Or maybe just get some hooks. Perhaps some little shelves. Whatever. The point is, make the stuff you use most often more accessible, and use the freed-up space in other drawers to clean out this drawer. Then turn it into a proper junk drawer, with shit like loose rubber bands, half~dried superglue, an awkwardly shaped pen from a real estate salesperson, and a tape measure that’s branded with the logo of an NFL team for some reason.

We don't have one.

If something isn't important enough to have a specific place, it isn't important enough to own.

At first I was thinking I don't have this drawer, but I suppose I have a version of it. Anything that doesn't get used weekly goes into a misc. box that I store in the pantry to keep clutter out of drawers, e.g. icing spatula, fat separator, some baking items, etc.

My knives are upright on my counter and my scale is in my cabinet though, so that also frees up space. A few trays in your drawer might help?

I have this drawer.