"Do you know where some nail clippers are?"
"Check in the messy drawer."
It contained screws, nails, scissors, tape, nail clippers, pencils, pens, and basically anything that didn't have a home and needed to be stashed quickly. I remember even organizing it several times as a child.
I've taken a similar concept into my home. In one drawer by the outside door in the kitchen, I have a basket with the following: pens, pencils, Scotch tape, scissors, letter opener, glue stick, Sharpie, spare keys. Next to it in the same drawer was a 5 x 7" spiral notebook for writing school excuse notes. With the notebook are mailing labels you get free if you donate to various charities.
Also in the drawer: a roll of stamps, address book, the checkbook, savings account book, a little box of paperclips, and some small notepads for phone messages.
I think everything anyone needs to mail a letter, write a note, open mail, grab scissors, etc. is right there. My "a place for everything" and "the family needs to know where things always are" mantras were legitimized when my husband bought a gift and wrapped it without asking me where to find anything!
It simplifies the entire family's lives if they know where to find essentials.
"Check in the messy drawer."
It contained screws, nails, scissors, tape, nail clippers, pencils, pens, and basically anything that didn't have a home and needed to be stashed quickly. I remember even organizing it several times as a child.
I've taken a similar concept into my home. In one drawer by the outside door in the kitchen, I have a basket with the following: pens, pencils, Scotch tape, scissors, letter opener, glue stick, Sharpie, spare keys. Next to it in the same drawer was a 5 x 7" spiral notebook for writing school excuse notes. With the notebook are mailing labels you get free if you donate to various charities.
Also in the drawer: a roll of stamps, address book, the checkbook, savings account book, a little box of paperclips, and some small notepads for phone messages.
I think everything anyone needs to mail a letter, write a note, open mail, grab scissors, etc. is right there. My "a place for everything" and "the family needs to know where things always are" mantras were legitimized when my husband bought a gift and wrapped it without asking me where to find anything!
It simplifies the entire family's lives if they know where to find essentials.
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