Divided We Stand

Today we are talking kitchen drawer organization.

Do you have a kitchen drawer that looks like this?

Or this?

I realize that these drawers don't look that bad to some people,

but to me I was tired of  these small dividers for my drawers

and not being able to utilize the whole drawer.
Everything just seemed so cramped and messy
for my liking.

Have you seen those custom made drawer dividers?

Everything is so organized and the whole drawer is utilized.

Although these are  nice, I couldn't find ones that would

fit my drawers perfectly. In order to have what I wanted

custom made by a cabinet maker was more than I was

willing to fork over.

NO WAY WAS THAT HAPPENING.

So I did a little brainstorming and came up with

an idea that Hubby and I could build our own.

The first thing I did was laid out how I wanted

each drawer to look.

Next, I drew out a rough drawing for the dividers for each drawer.

Then it was off to Home Depot to see if we could find something

that would work for my drawer divider idea.

We ended up getting (6) 1/4 inch x 3 inch x 3 foot pieces

of unfinished poplar boards which costs $2.54 each.

Using my diagrams Hubby was able to create 3

custom made drawer dividers in an afternoon.

I had Hubby build the dividers and just set them

into the drawers. I didn't want them to be permanently

secured. I wanted to be able to remove them to

clean the drawers when needed and not have to

clean around a bunch of cubbies.

Total cost for 3 custom made dividers: less than $16.00!

Oh how I love to be organized!

Our kitchen remodel is nearing the end.

We've had a few unexpected setbacks

and a couple of projects that I am working

on before I officially call it done.

Stay tuned.

That's it for this week.

Until Next Time,

Veronica