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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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[–] don@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago

There isn’t a house in existence that doesn’t have one of these. All houses that exist have one of these by celestial mandate.

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 months ago

I think there are some sharp as well as blunt instruments that can be used to help resolving that disagreement.

[–] Lennnny@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Bits and bobs drawer. Yep

[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 4 points 7 months ago

I have that drawer, a bit more full tho.

It's the one where everything is oddly shaped and can't stack easily.

[–] Poem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

I wish I could open mine.

[–] Sciaphobia@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago

I do not have this drawer.

I have two of this drawer.

[–] DrQuickbeam@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Yeah, we have this drawer. There are always going to be some tools you use in the kitchen enough to justify the purchase but not enough to be in any of the daily driver drawers. Honestly, this is not bad, we have a drawer that is the awkward necessary crap drawer for the awkward necessary crap drawer.

[–] shoulderoforion@fedia.io 4 points 7 months ago

Every household, family or sole occupant, has this drawer. Sometimes there are more than one of these.

[–] qaz@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

We don't have one, we have multiple

[–] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io 4 points 7 months ago

We have this drawer, maybe 2. My parents recently thinned and organized theirs. You can get cut-to-fit drawer Inserts if it bothers you.

[–] Kongar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 7 months ago

We have four of these drawers. What helps is organization trays of different sizes and a junk cupboard.

Long skinny things fit here, curved things go here, bulky things get piled up in the cupboard.

Sorry OP - we all hate it too, but everyone has this. Your drawer doesn’t even look that bad. (You were able to OPEN it!)

[–] kerrypacker@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

You have the OCD strain of autism and so do your parents.

[–] sockenklaus@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 months ago

That's easy:

[–] StinkySocialist@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago

Every family has at least one packing drawer of course!

[–] CannedCairn@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

My wife got snap apart customizable drawer organizers and it's a big difference. She showed me the way.

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[–] ssfckdt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 months ago

I have whole cabinets like this

[–] GoTeamBoobies@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

I want to know how OP would like this drawer to look instead. Random kitchen utensils always seem to get shoved in a drawer like this

[–] luciferofastora@lemmy.zip 3 points 7 months ago

We have a space for that in our cutlery drawer, as well as a basket of miscellanea in a shelf where it doesn't matter if they get dusty.

[–] nexguy@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

In reality you live in a junk drawer cozy. Just support the junk drawer and everything will probably be OK.

[–] th3dogcow@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

I lack the space for a drawer like this, instead this exists as a plastic tub in the kitchen cabinet under the sink.

[–] Arkhive@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 months ago

I sort of have 3 variations of this drawer. One is fully named “the junk drawer” and contains things like rubber bands, batteries, scissors, garden snips, things that are sort of odd one out in other spots, but I feel are still relevant to my kitchen. Then I have one that is this but specifically things used on the stove and for mixing. So that puts spatulas, whisks, and such into their own mess. Finally is the “kitchen gadgets” drawer which looks very similar to yours. No organizer tray because everything is odd shapes, but also honestly sees little enough use I don’t really mind digging through it.

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

I do have it.

[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

It's more of a "Junk Drawer" in my family. Just for things that have no relevant places or are easily categorized, but are important enough not to keep somewhere more out of the way. Always contains at least one item that makes it near impossible to open the drawer on first pull and requires manipulation to open. For my family, it's usually a hammer.

[–] LNRDrone@sopuli.xyz 3 points 7 months ago

Your junk drawer game is weak. We have 3 of them in the kitchen and the least bad of them is worse than that.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago

We had one when I grew up. Now that I'm living elsewhere with my own family we don't; we have two.

[–] subtext@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Yep we’ve got a large utensil drawer

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Every kitchen has this, but I'd work on your layout. You could put about 50% more gadgets in there.

Also, store the scale vertically somewhere for maximum efficiency

[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

It's called a junk drawer and as far as I am aware it's an inevitability. However, I will say it's odd that you have utensils in there. Most junk drawers I've encountered are filled with random crap that rarely if ever gets used.

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[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Everyone has that, except for my parents, its not just a drawer, but the entire basement floor. Filled. With. Junk.

😕

[–] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 months ago

How did you get in my house!?

(yes, we have this exact drawer, though I moved the scale to another drawer)

[–] kindenough@kbin.earth 3 points 7 months ago

I have several. It takes a few months before the order becomes chaos. I do know where to find my stuff though.

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