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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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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day 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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

We have several of those drawers.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

I have this drawer, and also the junk drawer. This is the correct solution to 'uncommonly used tools of an awkward shape'

I'm sorry you had to find out this way.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This drawer is government issued when a house is built. Every family had this drawer. It is load bearing. Removing the contents of this drawer will cause irreparable damage to the house.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

I'm pretty sure ours still has junk in it from the last family that lived here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Instructions unclear. I now have a sink hole under my house.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

I have that drawer, a bit more full tho.

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

My work does one of those round robin steal it gift exchanges. One of my coworkers would just dump her junk drawer into a bag. It had the best stuff!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We have several junk drawers. Maybe they all are.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Man, I wish I had the space for several junk drawers.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

I have one and my parents have one

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

In Yorkshire they call this a rammel drawer

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Every family I know has this drawer, sorry mate

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day 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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

How did you get in my house!?

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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

😕

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Yep we’ve got a large utensil drawer

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

We have that drawer, plus a bowl in a cabinet full of stuff like that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I wouldn't put the scale in there but yes, miscellaneous drawer.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

that drawer is a small scale representation of my home.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Technically, mine isn't a drawer, it's a shoebox tucked under the coffee table, but yes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Every family without a gigantic kitchen has that drawer.

I have the contents of that drawer in about 4 drawers and 2 cabinets. I have so many cabinets, I don't even have things in some of them and I have instant pots, a tortilla maker and sourdough proofing tools

However, I do have an oversized drawer that has a l lot of stuff in there like the funnels and tenderizer, but it has no sharps in it, and no scale.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

We don't have one.

If something isn't important enough to have a specific place, it isn't important enough to own.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Think about it like Socrates, man. Of course there’s gonna be a category for things that don’t fit in any other categories.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Yes/no. We dont have a designated junk drawer, but theres one specific drawer we happen to throw random things into. I clean it out maybe twice a year during one of my adhd fueled hyper cleaning sessions.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

This is very common. If you really must "solve" it, the solution world be a shadow box layout. You empty it, lay stuff down where you want it, then take a picture or trace the shapes onto paper. Then model and 3d print an insert to give everything a dedicated cutout or cut it from foam or mill it from wood. This is what folks do in workshops. I've never seen it for a kitchen large utensil drawer, but that's what to do if you must.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

We have essentially the same drawer but with no scale and more ladies, measuring spoons, etc.

I'd probably put that scale somewhere else since it's a precision device, and it can't be too healthy for it to live like that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I’d say that every house has a junk drawer, but I wouldn’t call this a junk drawer. It mostly looks like random kitchen tools. I guess you’re both right, in a way.

Maybe what you need is a wall-mounted rack to hold some of your other stuff without taking up valuable counter space. For example, I’ve heard people swear by magnetic knife holders. You can probably find magnetic tool holders at a hardware store for less than you’d find knife holders at a store that specializes in kitchen stuff.

Or maybe just get some hooks. Perhaps some little shelves. Whatever. The point is, make the stuff you use most often more accessible, and use the freed-up space in other drawers to clean out this drawer. Then turn it into a proper junk drawer, with shit like loose rubber bands, half~dried superglue, an awkwardly shaped pen from a real estate salesperson, and a tape measure that’s branded with the logo of an NFL team for some reason.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Yes everyone has this drawer

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Bench / pastry scraper next to the end grain cutting board on counter (that's how I clean it most often). Microplane and pizza cutter (Italian chef knife) get hung. Funnel covers a teacup protecting it's rare use from excess dust / atomized oils in the kitchen. Garlic press is a waste of money when you have knife skills. -Citrus juicer likewise (cut 1/3 slabs around the core using the geometry to make squeezing efficient).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah we have a knife skills class we’ve been meaning to book since I received it for Christmas last year

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