Organizing the Clutter and Cleaning out Drawers
What is it about drawers that makes us just dump everything into them and forget about it anyways? I lecture my kids all day long about putting things back where they belong and all of that good stuff so why do I have a hard time with these things? I’m going to blame my inner pack-rat that I try my hardest to suppress! Whatever the reason it’s pretty obvious that things were out of control with these drawers, so I pulled them out and got down to business.
I started out by emptying the drawers onto the counter. As I was emptying, I was also sorting and tossing anything that was garbage and then putting the rest into keep/donate piles. A lot of the “keep” stuff was put back where it actually belonged (shocking, right? lol) leaving me with small piles of stuff to put back neatly into the drawers. I’m seriously considering switching to “container” style organization for ALL of the drawers/closets in my home instead of just a few containers here and there to hold small items, but that’s going to have to wait because if I’m doing that I’ve got A LOT of containers to buy! Do you have drawers that look like my before pictures? Here are some tips to help you tackle the mess:
- Organize drawers one at a time
- Get Drawer Liners - This will help prevent items from moving around when drawers are opened/closed
- Don’t be afraid to purge!
- Group like items together
- Use containers for small items
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Tags: Getting Organized
January 20th, 2009
Great tackle and great tips!!
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January 20th, 2009
wow! Thats a great tackle! you must feel so accomplished! I love it!
Happy TIT!
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January 20th, 2009
That’s a good one. I’ve got a few drawers looking like your before pics.
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January 20th, 2009
My drawers are a mess. I need to do this so badly!
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January 20th, 2009
Yes, I love it! Great job on the drawers. I’m a shover also! Nice blog!
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January 20th, 2009
I used to be the same way with throwing every thing I own into drawers. But the house we live in doesn’t have enough drawers for me to do that. I guess thats the ONLY good thing about a small kitchen. Great job on tackling your drawer
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January 20th, 2009
Very nicely done!! I hear ya - I don’t know why we just dump stuff into drawers all the time. It’s such a pain!
Thanks for stopping by my blog.
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January 20th, 2009
Thanks for the tips! I have to do this to my drawers all the time!
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January 20th, 2009
I love seeing the after pictures! I too have a handful of drawers on my list of decluttering to go through in the next couple weeks. Great job!
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