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Organization: Kitchen drawer

June 5th, 2011

I started this post way back in February.  My good intentions really are being finished!  (now to catch up with 3+ months of pics!)

I have a confession to make.  I am not good at taking “before” pictures of my messes.  This isn’t because I don’t want to show you what the messes look like!  It’s only this – when I see a mess, I have tunnel vision to clean it up before it somehow multiplies.  So, I only have pictures of one kitchen drawer but you can see the general progress of what’s been going on in my kitchen.

If you want lots of pictures of what step-by-step organization looks like, I’ll refer you to iheartorganizing & her 3-part kitchen drawer organization series… there’s a girl who knows her stuff!

But, here’s what I am able to show you.  This is just one of my kitchen drawers [actually the smallest one], with lots and lots of stuff in it.  I sorted through all of my drawers and found things I had forgotten about, things I haven’t used in awhile, things that were taking up space in my drawers.  (Proof that you can have a big kitchen and still have too much stuff in it, if you’re not careful.)

I knew there was no way I’d be able to find those items without some sort of organization.  I found this clear acrylic [is that redundant?] bathroom organizer at Target, which worked perfectly for this drawer.  I bought more for another drawer which needed major organizing help.

And, for eye candy, I removed all items and inserted super pretty drawer liners [which were pretty expensive at Target, but this print seriously makes me happy every time I open my drawers.  So, my happiness = more cooking in the kitchen = Kevin's happiness.]

Voila!  Finished product.

I spent about 10 minutes on this drawer and 10 minutes on the other big clean-out drawer.  Plus, I put liners in 4 other drawers in the kitchen.  Budget-wise, I spent $15 on shelf liner paper and $20 on the acrylic organizers.  Not the cheapest fix, but I really do like the way it turned out for these drawers I use every day.

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