How I organise my drawers

22 Responses to “How I organise my drawers”

1. Emma says:
   

   Drawer for small bits and pieces.

   Drawer for slightly bigger bits and pieces.

   Drawer for large bits and pieces.

   January 28th, 2007 at 5:19 pm
2. ferijen says:
   

   Tax return going well then

   I don’t organise my drawers, that is what the floor is for…

   January 28th, 2007 at 6:33 pm
3. bimble says:
   

   top of desk,
   under desk,
   floor surrounding desk.

   that’s a big draw for just stamps, or are they stamping stamps with ink pads?? Possibly carved out of potatoes….???

   January 28th, 2007 at 6:33 pm
4. Philip of Samaria says:
   

   My drawers overfloweth.. yeah though I walk through the valley of the shadow of bills to pay I can never find the car insurance certificate for the MOT I forgot..

   This reminds me of my Dad’s house after he died – EVERYTHING was ordered, filed and labelled – even his bits showing he’d sold his BP shares. If only I could ever hope to leave me life in that kind of order..

   January 28th, 2007 at 7:32 pm
5. Septuagent says:
   

   Please keep your blog out of my drawers. Is nothing sacred ?

   January 28th, 2007 at 7:59 pm
6. Kathryn says:
   

   Where’s the drawer for all the things you need to sweep off the floor but couldn’t possibly categorise?
   Or are you actually scarily organised, despite friendly exterior?

   January 28th, 2007 at 10:03 pm
7. Maddie says:
   

   I think Bimble has solved everything. That drawer is far too big for stamps. You need to find another place to store all your stamps – hold on…

   all 37 of the little critters.

   That is a rather large, empty drawer sitting there Mr Walker.

   January 28th, 2007 at 10:48 pm
8. Dave says:
   

   Emma – different drawers for different sized items sounds like a good system. It would work well for people with more small bits and pieces than large bits and pieces.

   Ferijen – I had to pause on the tax return today to do drawing.

   Bimble – Yes, I do just have a drawer for stamps. It might seem silly but it means I know where they are and it allows for growth in stamp ownership in the future.

   Philip/ Kathryn and others – these are not my only drawers. Not everything is arranged so neatly.

   Septuagent – I knew someone would make that joke, I just didn’t know who.

   Maddie. I do not think that moving my stamps would solve all my problems. But if there is pressure from the general readership I will perhaps consider moving them.

   January 28th, 2007 at 11:47 pm
9. jody says:
   

   The fact that you have any

   January 29th, 2007 at 8:39 am
10. jody says:
    

    ooops, I seem to have inadvertently dropped off half of my comment.

    should finish….

    ‘drawers that are labelled is worrying for me. I have ‘junk’ drawer(s) and this weekend I had to ask my husband where the batteries were kept and apparently they’ve been in ‘that’ drawer since we moved in…’

    January 29th, 2007 at 8:40 am
11. Chris Clark says:
    

    Do you have a drawer for drawings that you can draw on in an emergency?

    January 29th, 2007 at 10:10 am
12. Raspberry Rabbit says:
    

    I managed to organize my desk this time around. I then organized my cutlery drawer in the kitchen. I tuned my mandolin. I cleaned out the shelf in my bathroom and binned all those used razor blades and all those little bits of soap. Then finally I uttered a prayer to God in desperation and went into the office and did my taxes. They’re in the post this morning and frankly, Dave, I don’t give a *** that my desk is messy this morning.

    January 29th, 2007 at 10:58 am
13. Miffy says:
    

    Reallly! It’s a private matter between myself and Mr Miffy.

    His sock drawer typifies our approach to life in general: organised chaos. Ably helped by our teenage son who plunders his father’s socks on a regular basis.

    January 29th, 2007 at 12:09 pm
14. Farli says:
    

    I have 4 drawers at home:
    A drawer for bits and pieces such as staplers, hole punches, bottles of ink, paperclips, items of no conceivable future use etc.
    A drawer for paper – I think. I may have reassigned this drawer during the last set of essay deadlines.
    A drawer for entertaining things: tin whistles, craft activities and such like
    A drawer for computer peripherals and accessories

    Cards and writing paper have a separate thing to live in which is not a drawer. Stamps live in my wallet or Mr F’s set of 6 small drawers of usefulness.

    Despite this system, my study at home is always covered in piles of paper.

    In college I have 1 (one) drawer. My drawer organization at college is thus not particularly exciting.

    Dave, you have tricked me into answering your devious drawer related questions rather than doing work. No matter, I have seen through it now and will return to doing things that need to be done.

    January 29th, 2007 at 12:32 pm
15. Mary says:
    

    I am curious to know as to why they don’t just say “paper” “envelopes” “stamps”, etc.

    Why the “this is”/”these are”?

    I would also be tempted to have one labelled “This is my life” and place a motley collection of objects, designed to bemuse and confuse anyone nosey enough to look…

    January 29th, 2007 at 1:23 pm
16. Simo says:
    

    Put stuff in it until it’s full, then find another one!

    January 29th, 2007 at 1:47 pm
17. JT says:
    

    On the subject of sock-draw organisation, I buy socks every time I visit Germany. A few years ago I solved The Sock Draw Problem. Under pressure from wife when all had holes, I ditched them all and bought lots and lots of the same type of sock. I can now grab 2 random socks and they are a pair. The flaw in the plan is that I was in Germany at the time. I buy socks every time I visit Germany.

    January 29th, 2007 at 1:51 pm
18. Neil says:
    

    I only have 4 drawers, and all contain clothes. Other items are stored in boxes, or folders, or pockets, or just on the floor.

    January 29th, 2007 at 2:59 pm
19. ellen says:
    

    bit disapointed it was drawers not ‘drawers’ – next time we want pictures of pants!

    January 29th, 2007 at 7:13 pm
20. ellen says:
    

    draws? Now the word sounds funny in my head…

    January 29th, 2007 at 7:14 pm
21. Mandylion says:
    

    Organise? Exactly like this…

    January 29th, 2007 at 7:50 pm
22. Cyndee says:
    

    I don’t ever use drawers. I can’t see what’s in them. If I can’t see it, I forget I have it. I use shelves.

    January 31st, 2007 at 3:45 am