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Lauren Bradbury

How to organise a junk drawer — professional organisers share how to make sense of the chaos in 5 easy steps

Yellow chest of drawers.

Let’s be honest, we all have at least one junk drawer in our homes. And if yours has become an array of disorganised chaos - a state easily achieved - it's time to get things in order and learn how to organise a junk drawer.

I’d be lying if I said I didn’t have a love-hate relationship with my junk drawer. It’s the place where I store anything and everything; the random items I think I need to keep but aren’t important (or pretty) enough to have their own dedicated home. But despite being a jumble of wires and knick-knacks, storage and organisation is still key in this space.

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