Challenge: Junk Drawers de-junked

Week 2 of the Challenge is Kitchen Cabinets. One area I wanted to focus on is our junk drawer attached to our portable kitchen island.


My first step was putting the pretty contact paper from the Dollar Tree in the drawer. Yes, this was only $1! I bought a bunch to redo all my cabinets.

Then I hopped over to Target and grabbed a clear acrylic tray to containerize the items. This tray was about $5.99

Here's what my de-junked drawer looks like now:

After going through the drawer, I've kept the screwdrivers, permanent and dry erase markers (for writing on freezer foods and writing expiration dates on packages), extra command hooks (LOVE), my recipe binder.
What a world of difference. I love opening this drawer and then seeing the pretty contact paper through the tray. Oh, how I am easily pleased.

Total Cost: $5.99 for the tray (Target), less than $1 for the contact paper (Dollar Tree) and I still have more left for my other cabinets

Now onto the rest of the kitchen!

Pinspired: Let's Play Hooky

As I am tackling the 52 Weeks to An Organized Home Challenge, I've decided to start small. I've been waiting to use these Command Hooks that I got on sale with a coupon at Walgreens awhile back. After being pinspired, I knew I could do these.

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After just a few minutes I had these:

My island cabinet. I had originally wanted to install a rod here from Ikea, but it was too long. No worries, my hooks solved the problem.

Another close up. I absolutely LOVE the colors of the potholder on the left - it's actually my inspiration for my kitchen. I found both potholders on clearance at my happy place - Target - for about $4 each.

I've never had a place for my bibs - it would always be laying around. After seeing this from IHeartOrganizing I knew it would solve my problems. They are just inside our "kiddie" cabinet.

  

This genius idea for gloves. Before the challenge, I had forgotten I had bought these little pretties way back at TJMaxx ($3 bucks from what I remember). Now I can finally remember to use them and look at these beauties to remind me to clean. After all, cleaning is a chore and anything to make it more fun is a plus in my book.

Total spent: less than $2 (less than $1 each for each 2 pack of Command Hooks. I used only 4).