Kitchen Drawer Organizing Tips

How many spoons does it take to stir one pot?

Do you ever go to garage sales and look through all of the kitchen utensils in case there is something you don’t have? I most certainly do this, since I cringe at the thought of paying more than a couple of dollars for a spatula or some tongs. But then I get all my goodies home and low and behold my kitchen drawers are overflowing! Well apart from coming up with some temporary storage ideas (like sticking all of my random baking utensils in an over-sized cup in the cabinet) I have decided that I would part with some of my unused utensils…

Things to Ask Yourself:

1. Do I actually use this?
2. Do I really need more than one of this?
3. Would this be useful somewhere else in the house?

Above, is how far I got, simply putting them into piles and staring at them trying to make a decision. Sad, isn’t it? Not as easy as I thought it would be, getting rid of things I don’t even use. I guess my biggest hurdle is having weird empty spaces, I mean if you have a drawer put something in it, right?? Logically, there are four burners on the stove, so a max of four utensils of one kind should be the norm. I mean the odds of me making four different pots of pasta are slim, but making 3 or 4 sides isn’t out of the question, or even frying more than one thing.

Finally I managed to rid my drawer of a few of my multiples. So how did I trick my mind into getting rid of some stuff from my utensil drawer?? RE-purposing!! Since I have begun converting buying from name-brand cleaners to mixing and making all of our cleaning supplies, I simply transitioned some old spoons and such from the utensil drawer to my supply area for the cleaners. And I found once I had more room in one drawer, I wanted room in all of my most used drawers, and it was so much easier to get rid of things.


Good Luck with your Organizing!