Organize It!

Junk Drawer Chaos!

I'm so happy I got this project checked off my list...I love going to my junk drawer now and actually finding what I need. We all have one...our crazy drawer that everything gets dumped into. I decided to organize our junk drawer on a rainy day, the perfect activity for an organizing junkie! I completely emptied out the drawer and cleaned it out. I had everything in the drawer laid out all over the kitchen counters and went through it throwing away unneeded things. I used containers I'd had lying around the house or in closets so this was once again...a dollar free project (my favorite kind!)

Can anyone say chaos?! It was a bit of a mess but it was well worth it in the end. 

If you can tell in the photo's before our thread and needles were just thrown in bags or just lying out which caused them to tangle which was not always great to deal with, so I decided to cut cereal boxes and line the thread in there and I love the way it turned out. I was going to decorate the sides of the boxes for a prettier look, but decided against it since the sides would inevitably not be seen in the drawer. As you can tell, I also organized them by color because who doesn't love that? 

I also gathered all of our random batteries and placed them in our clear organizing box (which probably has a specific name, but I have no idea what it is!) I also added in some random small tools/needles for thread. The second box with the brown, grey, and black thread has our car accessories like our valet key as well as Bath & Body Works scent fill-ins, which can be found here. I used both parts of a gift card box to organized our birthday candles, decorated chip clips, and various paint chip colors/coupons. 

On this side of the drawer, I used another cereal box for our small hammer and a few other tools that we like to have on hand. We also have packing tape that happened to fit there perfectly so I left it as is! I put our scotch tape on the side as well as slipping in fabric tape and twist ties next to it. Our scissors fit perfect next to the glass bowl with paint keys (which we seem to have a lot of). Toward the back of the drawer which you can't see to well I have larger tools as well as extra light socket covers and a timer for lights. 

Have you ever taken on the organizing of your junk drawer? If so, I'd love to see your pictures and read your stories! 

Thanks for reading!