Do you have a junk drawer? Or closet?

United States
February 19, 2007 7:24pm CST
I like to be organized. But I do have that one drawer in my kitchen that is a mess. I clean it and my kids throw pens and tape and paper and glitter glue in it. So do you have a junk drawer, cabinet or closet that you just HATE to open???
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@biwasaki (1745)
• United States
20 Feb 07
I have one. It has EVERYTHING in it: pens, masking tape, scotch tape, various sizes of batteries, paper clips, screwdrivers, coupons, scissors...basically all the little odds and ends that have to go somewhere but don't have a permanent home anywhere in the house. *LoL* Also, the drawer fell off of its tracks a while ago, and we haven't fixed it yet. Everytime we need to open it, we have to jiggle it to get it to open up nicely for us. I like to keep my home neat and organized too...but I think the "junk drawer" is a necessary evil. *LoL*
• United States
20 Feb 07
Yes, my junk drawr: can't live with it, can't live without it, LOL
@lisa101 (1362)
• United States
22 Feb 07
i do have a junk drawer and it is actually in my kitchen also. My kids cram it full of papers and pencils and toys. Anything you can think of it is in there. I do not like for my closets to be full of junk i do my best to keep them free of junk.
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@rainbow (6761)
20 Feb 07
yes, double cupboard in the kitchen, full of rubbish.
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@design (849)
• Ireland
20 Feb 07
Having only one junk drawer is being organised, I've got one in the kitchen which just happens to be the biggest one, it store tape, batteries, and general bits. I've got this 5 drawer (small drawer unit) in my hall which is quite probably pretty full of more bits and pieces, and this letter stand I have is full of old bills, new ones and takeout menu's, You've just given me a challenge for tomorrow, Thanks
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@hopeful28 (1439)
• Singapore
20 Feb 07
I have a junk drawer in my kitchen too. I put things like strings, hooks, nails, screws, sticky tapes and things which I think may be useful if I ever need it. I even put my empty medicine bottles there, not the glass ones but the plastic ones just in case I need them for storing other liquid but I will relabel them so that I won't take it for medicine!! The drawer is getting to be full so it's probably time to sort and throw out those that are junkier than the rest, lol.
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• United States
22 Feb 07
Yes I have a junk drawer in the kitchen - you have to have one spot where you toss all the stuff you don't know where to put! lol My junk drawer has a all sorts of stuff in it that I just cannot figure how to organize ~ there is one of this, two of that, etc. My kids' closets get a bit junky too and I have to rummage through and sort and clean about once a month.
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@weemam (13372)
20 Feb 07
there are more than one drawer like this in my home I am ashamed to say lol , there is one I keep all my receipts in though , it is quite small and when it is full I go through them all and shred them as I am so afraid of fraud xx
@ElicBxn (64169)
• United States
20 Feb 07
That's my HOUSE and 4 sheds in the back. I'd love to get more organized, but I just can't do it alone! I have fibromyalgia and at the rate I'm going, the house will be full before I ever get around to organizing it!
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