Do you have a junk drawer?

@JenInTN (27514)
United States
December 20, 2008 4:12pm CST
I am mostly oraganized but I have this one drawer in my kitchen that has a little bit of everything in it. I think it's a home for everthing that has no home. Do you have one and if you don't now, have you ever?
9 responses
• United States
20 Dec 08
I have had many junk drawers. Everytime I move I tell myself that I am not going to pile stuff in one draw in my kitchen but it never takes long till I have stuff that has nowhere to go and into one of the drawers it goes and before long it is filled to the top with anything you can imagine. Anytime I am looking for something I can usually find it in that drawer. I don't know why I can't seem to go without having one but for now it seems like a good fix for all the stuff I have that has nowhere to go.
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@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
20 Dec 08
I agree. My junk drawer is well used. My family and I are always getting something out and putting stuff back in. Homeless items we use. lol I said that when I bought this house but once again the junk drawer exists. Thanks for responding.
@missybear (11391)
• United States
21 Dec 08
My kitchen drawer has a little bit of everything in it. That's my junk drawer.
@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
21 Dec 08
Thanks Missybear. That's where mine is too.
@mindym (978)
• United States
21 Dec 08
I am guilty of having a junk drawer. It is in my kitchen and contains many things like tape, paper and post-its, batteries, and an old camera. I'm surprised that my junk drawer is pretty organized for having so much junk.
@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
21 Dec 08
I think almost all of us are guilty. Mine's organized as far as junk drawers go.lol I almost always find what I'm looking for in it. Thanks for responding mindym
• Indonesia
20 Dec 08
well I have one but I think it's enough for my home
@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
21 Dec 08
One is enough for me too. I see how a person can accumulate more than one though. Thanks for responding.
• United States
20 Dec 08
I do not have a junk drawer, but I know many people who do. I think it is much easier to find something when it has a specific drawer. This is why I try to give every item its own place. I understand that sometimes, there are those odd items that you really don't know what to do with, but eventually I figure out the best drawer for them. I like organization because I think it saves time when I am searching for an item, but I understand why junk drawers are created.
@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
21 Dec 08
Hi ya surveytaker! I'm impressed! So far your the only one that's responded that doesn't have a junk drawer. Including myself. lol. I wish I were that organized. I am organized except for my junk drawer. Thanks.
@sarahK23 (73)
• United States
21 Dec 08
I have a lot of them.lol.
@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
21 Dec 08
lol Thanks for the response
• United States
20 Dec 08
We have 3 junk drawers and these drawrs originally were not suppose to be junk drawers. Like I have a drawer in the hallway that I use for my personal girly things like face,body beauty products,curling iron,hair dryer & etc products I use, then here comes my husband with junk he doesn't know what to do with, then he crams this junk in my personally beauty girly drawer, then before I know it my beauty girly drawer is junked with battery's,cell phone chargers and everything else under the sun. I have a large cooking utincle drawer in the kitchen and my husband did the same thing, he started placing every type of kitchen junk in this drawer also. It really does bother me that he doesn't help me keep these drawers organized and we sometimes argue about these monster junk drawers he creates and a lot of this junk he doesn't even need to be saving, he could give away or trash.. He's a bit of a pack rat.
@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
20 Dec 08
You should get your husband one monster junk drawer he can throw all his stuff in.lol Then you can have your girly drawer! pack rats are the world's worst for junk drawers. I knew someone once that had a junk file cabinet. It was full of everything and nothing. Thanks for sharing cassadralyn!
@Sheepie (3112)
• United States
20 Dec 08
Yeah, we have about three of those in the kitchen, because when we got our kitchen upgraded we got so many new drawers that we had more than enough room for just one. It's very useful because if you need a button or something, you just might find one in there. It's a good place to keep things so you know where they are but they just don't belong anywhere else.
@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
20 Dec 08
Hi Sheepie! It is a good place for loose buttons and such. If ever I need something not readily available, I always hit the junk drawer before heading out to the store. Thank you for responding.
• United States
20 Dec 08
I have a few of those but only because I only have one or two of a specific item that it doesn't warrant a separate drawer or it just doesn't go into any other drawer.
@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
20 Dec 08
That's how it starts. Thanks for the response