Somehow the junk drawer always tends to live in the kitchen. To begin tackling it, Teeple recommends identifying which things actually make sense there — such as tape or batteries — and finding a space for them with drawer organizers. For everything else, she recommends the following system.
“If I know something doesn’t belong in the junk drawer, like a receipt, flier or kid party favor, I will toss it in my junk basket and go through it once a week,” she says. “Most of the time, the majority of the stuff in the junk basket is trash and I am only left with a few things to put away.”
She also advocates for changing the name of the junk drawer to the “utility drawer” or something similar, to make it clearer to your household how the space should be used.
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