Love Your Space Challenge #20: Organize Your Junk Drawer
Are you enjoying a snow day? I honestly thought the Isle we live on doesn’t get snow, but school and work are shut down for two days because of the weather forecast, so we’ll see. At any rate, my husband was sent home early from a work-related trip and we are spending time together. I wonder how he feels about Valentine’s Day crafts? HA!
This is it friends, our final challenge today! I hope you have enjoyed doing this New Year’s Challenge and love your spaces even more! If you have missed any of them, just click on a link below.
Week 1 Living Spaces
Challenge #1: Move a Piece of Furniture
Challenge #2: Hang Something New on Your Wall
Challenge #3: Style Your Coffee Table
Challenge #5: Style Your Bookcase
Week 2 Sleeping Spaces
Challenge #6: Change Your Textiles (bedding)
Challenge #7: Change Your Drawer Knobs
Challenge #8: Have Your Clothes Ready to Wear
Challenge #9: Dress Your Dresser
Challenge #10: Be Ready for Guests
Week 3 Eating Spaces
Challenge #11: Set Up a Tea/Coffee Station
Challenge #12: Spruce Up Your Seating
Challenge #13: Organize Your Pantry. Fast.
Challenge #14: Style Your Buffet/Sideboard
Challenge #15: Treat Your Kitchen Window
Week 4 Bathroom, Laundry room, and Office
Challenge #16: Make Your Bathroom Pretty
Challenge #17: Organize your Laundry Room
Challenge #18: Repurpose Something!
Challenge #19: Conquer Paper Clutter
Love Your Space Challenge #20
Organize a Junk Drawer
After yesterday’s challenge, this one seems easy, right? So, pick a drawer that could use a little love and make it organized again. If you want a little help, there’s a step by step list down at the bottom.
This drawer’s dividers were made out of cereal boxes, you can find the tutorial at IHeart Organizing.
My outcome: Our kitchen “junk drawer”
My bedside table drawer organized with little plastic bowls and my vintage cocktail tin trays.
Here’s a little list to help get you started:
Step 1: Empty out drawer.
Step 2: Throw away trash.
Step 3: Put away items that don’t belong in the drawer.
Step 4: Sort the rest into little piles by category/type.
Step 5: Use dividers, organizers, or small dishes to place your items back into the drawer.
The next couple of days will be Valentine’s Day inspired posts and then Up to Date Interior’s First Blogiversary. (If you don’t know what that is, that’s okay.)
Catch you later alligator, 😉
I bought some little organizing things from the dollar store and since we are about to be snowed in I will be putting them to use. When you are organized it can give you a boost in getting things done.
Absolutely! Great idea to use containers from the dollar tree. Thanks for stopping by Kita!
I need to redo our junk drawer. For some reason the members of my family can’t seem to keep it organized after I clean it out. I’m thinking of buying some new little dividers or something. Thanks for the inspiration.
🙂 That is exactly why I have given up keeping my kids and husband dresser drawers organized! lol They do manage to put things back into the dividers in our drawers though. Maybe I should use dividers in the dressers too….
I love using little containers and dishes to organize drawers! The dollar store is a great place to find affordable ones. My favorite is a silverware divider for office supplies.
Heidi, great tips! I really wish we had a dollar tree closer to us. I would be there all of the time! A silverware divider is perfect for office supplies. Thanks for stopping by. 😉
I love this! Especially all the little cups and plates you have in there. I am always looking for ways to stay organized, thank you! 🙂
Well you’re welcome Miss Nancy!! I like that all of my little items aren’t rolling around anymore. 😉