Challenge of the Day: Tame Your Junk Drawer with This Simple Trick
Chances are there's a drawer in your house that's overstuffed— you know the one. Take charge of the situation with this easy fix from recycling expert and Whole Living Daily blogger Jamie Novak: Take several clean, recycled cans or jars and arrange them in tight group. Tie a lightweight scarf or ribbon around them and place them in a drawer that needs taming. Use the collection of containers to wrangle makeup, office supplies, or utensils, and voilà—a problem area becomes a useful tool, with no trip to the organizing store required.
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From: K | 8/18/11 at 3:03 am
What's the point of the scarf?
From: Sam | 8/18/11 at 6:47 am
I guess the scarf keeps the cans/jars from moving around too much? It'd keep them in a nice tight bunch and they'd probably be less likely to fall over.
From: Kim Reilly | 8/19/11 at 7:50 am
I think that idea was really lame. You'd be better off buying one of the drawer inserts with many small compartments or using a series of small boxes, which is what I do.
First of all, it would take a while to save all of those cans/jars, so it's not a quick fix and secondly, junk drawers typically have many different sizes/types of junk. It all doesn't fit perfectly into similar jars or cans.
I don't get the idea of the scarf either, especially since I don't see it being implemented in the photo.