Author : Rosemary Chieppo
1. First find a convenient location. A utility drawer can be in any room in the house but a kitchen drawer is usually ideal because it's in the heart of the home, where many people spend the majority of their time.2. A utility drawer should hold frequently used or emergency items. Items that might appropriately be found in the drawer include flashlights, batteries, scissors, tape, rubber bands, matches, and tape measures. PS: A utility drawer is not the place to keep mementos; find another place for these special items.3. Remove everything from the drawer and throw out dead batteries, old pieces of string, stale gum, dried up glue, etc. This stuff belongs in the garbage. You will instantly have more space than you could imagine.4. Wash out the drawer so it will be dry by the time you put things back.5. Relocate things that belong somewhere else (and resolve to continue this practice in the future). Decks of cards should go with other games, tees to the golf bag, paper clips in the office, assorted hardware to the toolkit, etc.6. Sort the remaining items into piles. Group similar items together: safety pins with safety pins, rubber bands with rubber bands, etc., using whatever categories make sense to you. PS: Include a category for unidentified items and check with other household members for help in identifying them.7. Organize the drawer with containers large enough to hold each pile. Empty film canisters, pill bottles, or ice cube trays are great for holding thumbtacks and other tiny items. How about old check boxes and snack size zip-lock bags? And cutlery and utensil trays don't just have to hold silverware. PS: Try to stick with square or rectangular shapes to maximize drawer space.8. Replace orderly piles in the containers you've chosen. PS: Extension cords are commonly found in utility drawers. Store them by winding the cord loosely and slipping them into cardboard tubes from empty paper towel rolls.9. Teach other household members where things belong and let them know that the former junk drawer is now a utility drawer. It's a place to store regularly used items, not a catchall for things they don't want to bother putting away.10. It's best to have only one utility drawer. Resolve to go through it monthly. PS: Try not to revert back to calling it a "junk" drawer!Now it's a resource, not a nightmare! By transforming your junk drawer you will cut down on the time spent searching through clutter.Rosemary Chieppo has been a professional organizer, writer and public speaker since 1999. The costs of not being organized are enormous: time, money and stress. Organizing is the greatest gift people can give themselves; it clears the path to life's more important destinations! Visit Rosemary's website at http://www.borntoorganize.com.
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