Junk Drawer No More
This spring, make a commitment to organize your junk drawer (or drawers!). Digging into your junk will reveal forgotten treasures, and clearing the clutter will bring you peace of mind. Currently, your junk drawer is probably a tangle of extension cords, safety pins, pens and scraps of paper, but you can regain order and turn this black-hole space into a user-friendly utility drawer.
Control Those Wires
Extension cords, extra cell phone chargers and miscellaneous USB cords often find a home in the junk drawer. Tame those wild wires by storing them in paper towel or toilet paper tubes.
Stash the Small Stuff
Why waste time digging for safety pins, paper clips and thumbtacks? You don’t need to buy pricey organizers, either. Keep your small stuff organized by slotting them in empty film canisters, ice cube trays or baby food jars.
Create Compartments
Transform a freeform, unorganized junk drawer
into a high-functioning storage space by creating large compartments. Use
utensil trays to store scissors, screwdrivers and other tools. Or create
separate spaces in the drawer by standing up pieces of cardboard.
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Posted on April 14, 2012
I agree with Nick and Coketown about the problems inrheent in the cost analysis. I currently have two rooms with clutter problems. One is my study, which is very functional, but which is also a warehouse for papers and files of all sorts, which I habitually postpone organizing into the ones I really need and the ones I could toss. It will look better when I toss about half of the junk, but that's about it. I use that room almost every day as it is. The other room with a clutter problem is my spare room which I use as an exercise room. Some of the clutter in there is stuff I need to get rid of (old clothes in the closet, for instance) or stuff I need to find a more logical home for (various items purchased at home depot, etc. which probably belong in the garage or with my tools). I don't exercise in there as much as I should, but that has less to do with the clutter (the machines in there have enough room to function properly), and more because I've been rather lazy where exercise is concerned lately.
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Posted on April 15, 2012
This is excellent, Naomi. #2 is our big issue: we have far too many boxes like this in our ambesent! But I also have way too much stuff in my closet that I haven't worn in years that I keep just in case I someday have the need for that particular top or skirt or suit. And if I do, I won't be able to find it anyway b/c there's too much clutter! I hope the move into the new house helps you get rid of all of the things you don't need or want! And congratulations!
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Posted on May 27, 2012
Now you have gone from preaching to medlding. Storing stuff can also be called logistical warehousing of marshaled provisions to have them at hand when needed. And how is that just in time delivery stream working out for you these days on Toyota parts coming from Japan? The paperless society promised by computer geeks has so far vastly expanded the production of paper. As to mementos that don't fit in the attic, give them away to someone else to enjoy them.
