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Organizing a Junk Drawer

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Throw Away Trash

The junk drawer's trash.

Separate all of the trash out of your pile of junk.

Sarah Aguirre
Many people are surprised to find that when they clean out drawers nearly half of what was in the drawer was trash. Get rid of the trash first and you'll be well on your way to an organized drawer. Throw out anything that is broken, outdated, or you haven't missed since it went in the drawer.

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