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Rubbermaid Drawer Organizer

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I like to think I keep my home tidy and organized, but if you look deep down and start opening cabinets and drawers, that’s really not the case. I’m just good at putting stuff away! I’ve used Rubbermaid products for years, and reviewed their Easy Find Lid System last year, so it’s a brand I know well. Rubbermaid invited me to join in their Quick Organizational Challenge: The Junk Drawer, and I obliged. They sent me one of their new drawer organizers to help with the task. The question was… which drawer would I tackle first?

We have a console table in our living room with two drawers. To keep things organized, I designated one for my husband and one for me, thinking this would make it easier to keep our stuff separate. I like to touch up my makeup at the mirror there before we go out, for instance, and it didn’t make sense to have these things mixed up with the old receipts and odd nuts and bolts that he finds when he empties his pockets (he’s a contractor). So I decided to organize my drawer. This is what it looked like before:365 Project - Day 32

  • Empty. The first step was to empty out the drawer and clean it.
  • Sort. I made piles… what to keep, what didn’t belong, what to give away, and what to throw away. I probably tossed about half of the junk I had in the drawer!
  • Set up. The six pieces interlock with one another, making it easy to customize. Like a puzzle, I just had to move the pieces around to fit the drawer perfectly. The interlocking feature also ensures that the drawer organizers stay together when I open and close the drawer and reduces the chance of small objects following through cracks and becoming lost.
  • Containerize! I put all the items that I decided to keep into the Rubbermaid drawer organizers, and even decided to start putting my mail in there as well.
  • And this is what it looks like now…

Organized junk drawer
I like that I can see everything at a glance when I open the drawer, and because it has a rubberized bottom, the pieces don’t crash back and forth inside the drawer as it’s opened and closed. I’ll have to make a point to check the drawer every few weeks because I know organization is an ongoing process!

BUY IT!
While we all have a junk drawer – and Rubbermaid has good tips for organizing yours – these organizers are great for organizing any drawer in your home. Like a silverware, office, makeup, or craft drawer, for instance. The 6 piece set can be purchased wherever Rubbermaid products are sold. You can check their website – www.rubbermaid.com – for a store near you. Also, don’t forget to print a coupon for $1 off.

WIN IT!
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Rubbermaid provided me with a product sample for review purposes, and another as a giveaway prize, at no cost to me. Contest ends March 18th, 2010, at 11:59 pm EST. US entries only. One person per household may enter. Leave a separate comment for each entry & a valid email address. Winner, chosen at random, has 3 days to claim their prize.

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  5. I learned that the large clear rubbermaid containers ( 41qt Clever Store™ Totes) are good for storing large amounts of dog (or other animal) food. They keep it fresh and you can see how much you have at a glance.

  8. the big ones are good for dog food however i think we would put legos in there

  12. I learned you can use your Rubbermaid container to compact the snow into snow bricks, and build a retaining wall! (or maybe a snow fort)

  14. I really liked photos of rubbermaid containers used for dog food! I have cats, and they constantly chew into the bags of food – so using containers would definitely help!
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  16. I loved the hint about using Rubbermaid containers to make bricks to make a wall with snow…I just wish we got enough snow to do that! 😉 Thanks for the giveaway, and congrats on being named Blogger of the Week for UPrinting!

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  25. I read thru the various methods people are dealing with their recycle clutter. I’m using a method similar to many where a small bucket accumulates all the recyclables in the kitchen and when full, they get sorted out in the garage. Much less clutter of having multiple containers upstairs

  30. I saw a great idea to use disposable plastic food storage containers to keep things like paperclips/binder clips organized at the office. This is perfect for me because they are just thrown into my desk drawer.

  32. I learned under the organized pantry section that you should not view the pantry as a storage area. It’s a working area of the home that should be used for as intended.
    Thanks for the giveaway!

  37. I learned we should resist the tendency to keep as much stuff as possible in the high traffic living areas and to think about what we use and how often we use it.

  38. I learned that the draw organizer was good for organizing kitchen knives and that’s something I was hoping.

  41. DON’T: Forget to ask for a receipt—your donations to Goodwill are tax-deductible. We’ll even help you decide how much to declare; click here (https://www.goodwillsp.org/priceguide.html) for a price list for items sold in our stores to use as a guide. Thank you for hosting this giveaway. sharonaquilino at hotmail dot com

  43. I learned that they have a blog!LOL They have a picture of a Rubbermaid trash can that withstood a tree collapsing on it when we had this nasty storm last weekend.

  48. I learned this

    And the biggest DO of all:
    DO: Think before you donate. Cities across the United States are seeing a sudden appearance of unattended collection bins in parking lots and roadside. Donations placed in those boxes don’t benefit licensed charitable organizations

    I thought they benefited licensed charitable organizations

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  49. I’m a rss feed subscriber and a email subscriber
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  53. I love that the pieces all interlock – I’d love to find a good use for this!
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  55. Something I learned – when cleaning out, donate your things rather than just throw.
    Smart thinking!

  60. I have always loved rubbermaid, but just unable to afford it, I know by seeing my friends house how organized everything in the drawers are and I also want to be a rubbermaid girl

  64. I liked the idea of making a list of all the things I need to store and then figuring out what sort of container to buy before I go to the store. I always end up starting my organizing spree by buying containers, but I never take the time to figure out which ones I need, so I end up with not enough, or too many. Should have thought of this before.

  65. I didn’t know that Rubbermaid does garage storage! Whoda thought?!? I always think of the containers that I store under my bed and in my closet–they are really stepping out!

  66. A tip from there site was to not leave your donations unattended outside a collection center; they can be stolen or damaged by bad weather. Thanks for the chance.

  67. I learned that it is easier to organize things if you stick with a few broad categories than if you make lots of very specific categories.
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