Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A few weeks ago I was organizing my chaotic kitchen junk drawer (aka the Bermuda Triangle of takeout menus, twist ties, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A broadly organized junk drawer - RogerMechan/Shutterstock There might be nearly as many junk ...

In my grandmother’s house, in the second bedroom, there is a drawer. Whenever we visit her, I derive a small thrill from opening it: the amount of random crap accumulated there is simply stunning.

This dreaded black hole of stuff doesn't have to be chaotic. Contrary to what you may believe, a junk drawer is not meant to be a catch-all for life’s throwaways. That would be your trash can. Still, ...

Maybe it’s not so bad to have a junk drawer of stray items. But wouldn’t it be better if those items had a home? There is hope for the hopeless junk drawer! Here is the trick to organizing the junk ...

As a professional organizer who’s had her hands in many junk drawers, I can easily tell you what the common clutter offenders are in most households. I can also tell that it’s possible to avoid having ...

The humble junk drawer is a fixture in almost every home. True to its name, the junk drawer is a place to store everything that doesn’t have a natural home elsewhere. But the junk drawer also serves ...

I’m going to go on a limb and assume that you have a junk drawer. We all have one, and I don’t know about you, but I’m not about to get rid of mine. After all, where else would we put our junk?

We all have that one drawer in our house that’s designated as the official "junk drawer." You know that spot where you throw all those miscellaneous items that don’t quite fit anywhere else? Contrary ...