I finally bought a few drawer organizers and wall hooks for the kitchen. The baking drawer has been a mess since we renovated the kitchen - all those measuring cups, spoons, spatulas, and whisks, and innumerable other tools - either floating around the drawer or being stuck in the old organizer bin that was no longer a good fit for the drawer.
In the old kitchen, I had a drawer wide enough to fit my 2 favorite organizer bins side-by-side.
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| I love my old organizer |
The new drawer is just a little more narrow, but also deeper.
I kept looking for exactly the same organizers - they are so sturdy and well-made - hoping to find the same make but slightly different dimensions. I am pretty sure I originally got them from IKEA about 15 years ago.
IKEA does not sell them anymore. I did not like the new styles for drawer dividers from IKEA. I had to look elsewhere.
And I looked, and looked - and there just wasn't anything I loved. Nothing seemed quite perfect.
I eventually came to a decision to just get something. I drew a grid to figure out what sizes would fit together the best. I got a few bamboo trays of different sizes from Amazon and a few more from Lowes. A few trays came yesterday - and I put them in. I filled them with the measuring spoons and cups, whisks, and spatulas. Not perfect, but good enough. Two thirds of the drawer are now organized!
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| New organizers |
In the meantime, I can keep an eye out for those perfect drawer organizers - while having my tools nice and neat inside maybe-imperfect trays. Maybe I'll find something better. Maybe not. But it feels so good to just make a decision and move on.
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