Apartment Therapy’s Decluttering Cure is a free two-week decluttering program that’ll help you achieve a tidier home. Sign up here and get all 14 assignments delivered to your inbox. Junk drawers are ...

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.

Keep batteries out of your junk drawer to prevent fires, leaks, and damage while extending their lifespan. For safety, store batteries in original packaging or a dedicated container in a cool, dry ...

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 ...

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 ...

You know you’ve got one. Everyone has one. There is a drawer in your kitchen or bedroom that is a catch-all for anything and everything. The place where we throw things quickly to clean off our ...

Every place I’ve ever lived has had a junk drawer. In my childhood home in Texas, the kitchen’s junk drawer was filled with my mom’s stash of Hershey’s Kisses, loose uncapped markers, and grocery ...

The junk drawer - everyone has one. Junk drawers are notorious for . . . collecting junk and they're almost always in disarray. They're full of random items that get haphazardly tossed inside when you ...

Your junk drawer is not just a graveyard for dead batteries and mystery keys. Tucked between rubber bands and old receipts, you may be sitting on items that are surprisingly valuable, either in cash ...