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My wife says every family has this drawer. I do not believe every family has this drawer. Do you have this drawer? Do you know a good solution to this drawer?

We have a silverware drawer, organized, maxed out. A sharps drawer, organized, maxed out. Ziplocs, organized, maxed out. Bbq tools and oven mitts, organized, maxed out. But all this shit has no particular category so fuck me right. I gotta have an awkward necessary crap drawer. Maybe I should post all my drawers and crowdsource me some sense into my kitchen.

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[–] yokonzo@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Yes everyone has this drawer

[–] Pandemanium@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

If you already have a maxed out sharps drawer, then you probably don't actually need any of the knives in this drawer. Like how often do you actually use the pizza cutter? I just cut pizza with a chef knife. Or the egg cutter? How often is that used? Sometimes the answer is to go through all your drawers and see what can be tossed to make space for the things you actually do use.

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 2 points 3 months ago

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.

[–] TassieTosser@aussie.zone 2 points 3 months ago

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

[–] ThisIsNotHim@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 months ago

Consider a spring loaded drawer divider. Keeping everything from sloshing around can make a surprising amount of space.

Drawer with dividers

My drawer in the image used to be a nightmare. Everything used to move around and it would jam when opening sometimes. Adding dividers got it organized enough to leave a third of it free, which is now the rightmost section that's filled with tea.

It's been over a year and I still feel a small sense of joy when I open it sometimes. There's still messes of junk in the back left and right, but they stay put.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 months ago

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.

[–] DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

We don't have one.

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

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago

I have three small awkward necessary crap drawers, and my apple slicer doesn't fit into them. But my kitchen is so small, I call in the galley (facetiously, it's not actually on a boat).

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 2 points 3 months ago

that drawer is a small scale representation of my home.

[–] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

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

[–] Earflap@reddthat.com 2 points 3 months ago

Proud junk drawer owner checking in.

[–] etchinghillside@reddthat.com 2 points 3 months ago

I see enough squish things tools to designate it the squishing drawer.

[–] aramis87@fedia.io 2 points 3 months ago

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

[–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

I also don't have that drawer, but I have a box next to the toolbox labeled "useful crap that aren't tools"

[–] Curious_Canid@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

There are probably houses out there somewhere that do not have one of these, but I have never encountered one. They appear with the same frequency as 10 million dollar lottery tickets.

[–] flango@lemmy.eco.br 2 points 3 months ago

She's right. Always.

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Brother, it is the junk drawer that keeps you sane. For trying to organize everything is impossible.

[–] Fourth@mander.xyz 2 points 3 months ago

I have this drawer.

[–] Jazsta@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

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?

[–] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

We have essentially the same drawer but with no scale and more ladies, measuring spoons, etc.

I'd probably put that scale somewhere else since it's a precision device, and it can't be too healthy for it to live like that.

[–] boaratio@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Every family has a junk drawer. Just accept it and move on in your life.

[–] SadSadSatellite@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago

Sepparate utensils into three groups. Prep and baking tools should be near the largest counter space. Cooking tools should be near the stove. Single use tools should be near the curb.

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