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I also don't have that drawer, but I have a box next to the toolbox labeled "useful crap that aren't tools"

Bits and bobs drawer. Yep

I'd be more inclined to call this a misc utensils drawer. I have one just like it, with many of the same items, but I also have a true "junk drawer", but it has anything but utensils in it. Like, batteries, screws, magnifying glass, fire starters, a deck of cards, etc. All of the shit that ends up near the kitchen that doesn't have a whole space dedicated to similar things, finds a home in the junk drawer.

3d printed some Gridfinity stuff and fixed a couple of these drawers. The rest are under way.

There isn’t a house in existence that doesn’t have one of these. All houses that exist have one of these by celestial mandate.

The misc tools drawer? I have one that's overflowing. My parents have multiple drawers and cabinets of this.

We have two OP. That drawer is as american as low taxes for the rich.

Every family has a junk drawer. Just accept it and move on in your life.

Ours is a little more organized with dividers, but it doesn't look much better. Everyone I know has a drawer like that. I'd take the scale out and put it on a shelf. Scales are delicate.

PS, we have the exact same can opener, pizza roller, and grater as you guys.

Yes. I've tried to sort it, but there are too many small things that don't go anywhere else, so they are dumped together.

Trust me, that one is fine

This is not a junk drawer, there are no coins or condiment packets.

This looks to be a kitchen accessories drawer although I'm unsure why you have a pill cutter in there.

Families only have one drawer like this?? How do they manage?

Yeah it's a thing. I've made wood box type things to separate the drawer out and try to keep it slightly organised.

You could build our repurpose something like a silverware organiser, but fitted to the items in there.

But the true travesty: the scale should be easily accessible and in constant use tsk tsk

(We don't have such a drawer btw)

Don't known, but that big green thing with the clamping white blades...do not put your dick in that.

Every family has this drawer

Every house has that drawer.

You could get rid of half of that stuff at least

Team junk drawer. Where else do you keep your used batteries?

I had way too many of these drawers 🫠

I wish my drawer was that empty.

Definitely got one of those.

I do have it.

This is true. It is the "occasional use kitchen drawer"

Attempt at organizing said drawer of ours

Yes, everyone has this

The 3rd drawer down from the top

Yes absolutely

But not the scale tho

I don't get why it bothers you, well, maybe it's not a serious disagreement idk.

Yes, all homes have this drawer. Only way to get rid of it is to move. Just leave it all behind.

Yep, we all do. Although you might be going a little far in putting the food scale in there.

its the miscellaneous drawer, its normal, we have a whole misc cabinet.

As others have said, this isn't even a junk drawer, this is the miscellaneous kitchen tools drawer. My homes have always had one of them plus an actual kunk drawer full of keys, batteries, loose pens and caps, tape, rubber bands, stamps, and lighters. This thing is organized and coherent and i jave no clue what your complaint is.

I have no drawers that are not this drawer.

The "junk drawer" is supposed to have old receipts, loose batteries, the toy(s) you took from your kid when they threw it at your head, some vaguely kitchen-esque looking tool you got as a wedding gift but don't know what it is....crap like that.

That's just a normal large/specialty utensil drawer.

That's easy:

I also have this drawer

Junk drawer. Yes, everyone has one.

We have a junk room. LOL.

We have four of these drawers. What helps is organization trays of different sizes and a junk cupboard.

Long skinny things fit here, curved things go here, bulky things get piled up in the cupboard.

Sorry OP - we all hate it too, but everyone has this. Your drawer doesn’t even look that bad. (You were able to OPEN it!)