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Most kitchens have a household junk drawer where all the odd items end up that don’t have a home. This is where the flashlights might be with the screwdrivers and extra picture hangers. When you decide to tidy this drawer in 10 minutes, first decide what actually should be kept in the drawer and what can be relocated to the garage, basement, or laundry room.

The best way to start may be to dump out the drawer and wipe it clean. This is the ideal place for drawer organizers. Use separate drawer organizers for batteries, hardware, and tools. See exactly what you want to keep in here and what actually fits. A hammer may take up too much room and so it might be better located in the garage. If everyone in the house knows where the hammer is stored, then they are also more likely to return it to that place in the garage rather than throw it in the junk drawer again.

There are also plastic trays that you can buy that have compartments of various sizes. Using this type of drawer organizer, you can decide if you want to separate batteries by size: AAA, AA, C, D, others. Plastic trays are also great to separate household hardware such as screws, nails, picture hooks, and thumbtacks. This type of adjustable tray can be purchased at your local hardware store in the household section.

Your household junk drawer may be cluttered with keys or sunglasses. Look at all of the sunglasses to see if they are scratched or out of style and donate all the pairs that you no longer wear. Keep your collection down to a reasonable number; otherwise you have too many choices that slow you down when trying to get out the door.

Keys are often a loose item that end up in the junk drawer. Take the time to check the loose, extra keys with the doors, filing cabinets and bike locks in your home. Check any locking china cabinet, jewelry box and safe before throwing away extra keys. You would know by now if there were something that you weren’t able to get into. If you haven’t used any of those keys in a long time, chances are that you won’t suddenly need to.

A junk drawer is great, but it’s even better when you can easily find exactly what you need in it!