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 ...

Colloquially known as a junk drawer, these storage spaces usually hold some of a household’s most-used items—but it can be all too easy for this area to spiral into chaos. Think: never-read brochures ...

It’s come to my attention over the years that some of us are neat, and some of us — i.e., me — are decidedly not. The neat people tend to see non-neatness as a moral failing; cleanliness is next to ...

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.

Everyone has one: the ubiquitous kitchen junk drawer. It’s a place where birthday candles and tape measures mingle. Band-Aids and chip clips run amok. And somehow, every odd cooking utensil, gift bag ...

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?

It shows you where you still feel unsafe, where you’re still bracing for loss, and where abundance hasn’t reached your ...

It's time to face your junk drawer. Kitchens should have ample storage, but they shouldn't be a storage room. But because they have cabinets, they're prone to becoming catchalls for clutter. We're ...