Kitchen drawer?

[paolo59]

I swear, I clean it out every 3 or 4 months. It is my unspoken New Year's resolution each and every year. I don't for the life of me know where all of this crap comes from. It's absolutely necessary to save.....and all of those 'saved things' seem to replicate in the dark, shoved closed behind that drawer handle. I'm literally scared at times to open the damned thing and see what's inside! Am I the only one with this 'no-man's-land' hiding in a drawer in the kitchen?

[beachguy498]

The junk drawer! Mine is full of small hand tools, hardware, tape, wire, string, leftover household project items, things I have no idea what they're for but will find out as soon as I toss them.

I just looked again: battery chargers, cell phones and books, 3 tape measures, 2 rolls of packing tape, leatherman tools, birthday candles, sharpening stones, belts for the vacuum cleaner...

My wife cleaned it out the other day and gave me a pile of stuff to put in my workshop, being the dutiful husband, it all went back in the drawer.

BG

[discdoggie]

My wife cleaned it out the other day and gave me a pile of stuff to put in my workshop, being the dutiful husband, it all went back in the drawer.

Oh boy does THAT sound familiar!


<<<<---Really doesn't miss being married all that much.

[crupiea]

Thats the place where i think batteries are located but its really just a bunch of twist ties and owners manuals for appliances i no longer own.

[bodyhard]

The junk drawer! Mine is full of small hand tools, hardware, tape, wire, string, leftover household project items, things I have no idea what they're for but will find out as soon as I toss them.

I just looked again: battery chargers, cell phones and books, 3 tape measures, 2 rolls of packing tape, leatherman tools, birthday candles, sharpening stones, belts for the vacuum cleaner...

My wife cleaned it out the other day and gave me a pile of stuff to put in my workshop, being the dutiful husband, it all went back in the drawer.

BG

Thats the place where i think batteries are located but its really just a bunch of twist ties and owners manuals for appliances i no longer own.

LMFAO!! This sh!t must be universal cause I have the same sh!t, a freaking junk drawer! But sometimes you look in there and find something useful!

[Simpy]

My husband is the king of turning all drawers into junk drawers. We have a designated junk drawer. We have a dish towel drawer that has turned into the towel/pens/pencils/scissors drawer. We have the pot holder and trivet drawer which now houses phone books and baseball catalogs. And don't get me started on the crap he puts on top of the refridgerator.

I love the guy, but holy hell, he refuses to throw anything away.

[bodyhard]

My husband is the king of turning all drawers into junk drawers. We have a designated junk drawer. We have a dish towel drawer that has turned into the towel/pens/pencils/scissors drawer. We have the pot holder and trivet drawer which now houses phone books and baseball catalogs. And don't get me started on the crap he puts on top of the refridgerator.

I love the guy, but holy hell, he refuses to throw anything away.

Your husband must be related to my wife

[Brackneyc]

I see a new A&E show in the making here: Junk drawers, the inside story.

It will be like a mini version of Hoarders.

[Simpy]

Your husband must be related to my wife

I guess every family has one.

[chrisjohn77]

I swear, I clean it out every 3 or 4 months. It is my unspoken New Year's resolution each and every year. I don't for the life of me know where all of this crap comes from. It's absolutely necessary to save.....and all of those 'saved things' seem to replicate in the dark, shoved closed behind that drawer handle. I'm literally scared at times to open the damned thing and see what's inside! Am I the only one with this 'no-man's-land' hiding in a drawer in the kitchen?

I'm married to a professional organizer.I'm not allowed a junk drawer.She's three kinds of crasy!PLEASE HELP.I ALWAYS KNOW HOW TO GET UNDER HER SKIN.a sock left on the floor,dishes put away in the wrong spot,or if i really want to piss her off ......fingerprints and water marks from glasses(no coasters)

[desslok]

The real question is, are those batteries good or dead?

[Brackneyc]

The real question is, are those batteries good or dead?

In my experience, they are almost never good, and if they are, they are AA when you needed AAA.

[desslok]

In my experience, they are almost never good, and if they are, they are AA when you needed AAA.

Very true. That's why I just went to Costco last week and bought the big 48 pack of each.

[ImBunky]

I have full rooms that are the equivalent of a kitchen drawer.

[zodzod]

Batteries (50/50 chance they're empty)
Cotton (unraveled)
Safety Pins/Needles
Old coins
Christmas Cracker tiny screwdriver
1/2 pack of playing cards

... all saved "just in case"

[Nu8A2d]

Indeed it is Universal, I think the junk drawer def deserves an A&E show. I vowed when I moved into my new house about 7 years ago, I wasn't going to have one. I left no place for one. It is a useless battle. The cutlery drawer has a little extra space and that is where the rubberbands and twisty ties seem to land, lighters, (I don't smoke) and matchbooks.

Even worse, a table in great room, was organized for writing utensils, assorted office supplies to keep handy and avoid the need to go upstairs to the office. Alas, there is other assorted "junk" in there ...............

My biggest problem? I live alone - so who the hell do I blame?

[-=FLEX=-]

Every house has one. Here's ours:



I think that is all the twist ties we will ever need. Becuase I enver use them. LOL.

[LisaSkinnoble]

I use the twist ties to re-close the bags that frozen veggies come in. I'm too cheap to use a ziplock bag! lol...

And yes, birthday candles. They cost about 49 cents for a box but I keep reusing them!

[Meatpants]

Lulz @ Jim. Ours looks very similar. Little organizer bins over-flowing with everything. Why do we even put the bins in there?

I am the kind of person that if I can't use it, I pitch it. If I need it two years from now, I will re-buy it.

I am tempted to remove the bottom of the drawer as a joke.

[Nu8A2d]

I am tempted to remove the bottom of the drawer as a joke.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ could be FUN! That would be the kind of room mate worth keeping around,,,,,,, let me know how that turns out.

[Bando]

In my experience, they are almost never good, and if they are, they are AA when you needed AAA.

Very true. That's why I just went to Costco last week and bought the big 48 pack of each.

Now you'll need a 9 volt.

We don't have a junk drawer, we have a junk can



Yep, never know when you'll need some scar lotion and BB's.

[Nu8A2d]

And why is it we all collect pens that don't write when we go to use them? Yet, do we toss them ? Hmmmmmmmmmm..........

[beachguy498]

My husband is the king of turning all drawers into junk drawers. We have a designated junk drawer. We have a dish towel drawer that has turned into the towel/pens/pencils/scissors drawer. We have the pot holder and trivet drawer which now houses phone books and baseball catalogs. And don't get me started on the crap he puts on top of the refridgerator.

I love the guy, but holy hell, he refuses to throw anything away.

My wife broke me of my "top of the 'fridge" habit right before Christmas. I had everything up there, $$, watches, supplements, keys, cell phone.... now it has all migrated to a corner of the kitchen counter..

BG

[beachguy498]

I'm married to a professional organizer.I'm not allowed a junk drawer.She's three kinds of crasy!PLEASE HELP.I ALWAYS KNOW HOW TO GET UNDER HER SKIN.a sock left on the floor,dishes put away in the wrong spot,or if i really want to piss her off ......fingerprints and water marks from glasses(no coasters)

You forgot underwear with skid marks on the ceiling fan...

BG

[LisaSkinnoble]

Every house has one. Here's ours:



I think that is all the twist ties we will ever need. Becuase I enver use them. LOL.

Hey! There are the plastic tongs I was looking for yesterday! Checked the cutlery drawers several times, and even the drawer under the oven. LOL!

[Bando]

Hey! There are the plastic tongs I was looking for yesterday! Checked the cutlery drawers several times, and even the drawer under the oven. LOL!

next time check on bodybuilding.com

[chrisjohn77]

You forgot underwear with skid marks on the ceiling fan...

BG

mine or hers?

[hochspeyer]

You forgot underwear with skid marks on the ceiling fan...

BG

Not as bad as clean underwear with a circular skidmark above the fanblades.

I need to grab most of the twist ties from the junk drawer and take them down to the office where I'm got a large plastic box that computer/network cabling is going in.