Everyone has one: the ubiquitous kitchen junk drawer. It’s a place where birthday candles and tape measures mingle. Band-Aids and chip clips run amok. And somehow, every odd cooking utensil, gift bag ...

My junk drawer is a piece of junk. I can't get it open half the time. There's always a spatula or barbecue tool that's jammed against the top. So I have to poke my head beneath the stove, reach around ...

There might be nearly as many junk drawer philosophies as there are junk drawers. Is it a place for stuff without a home but which you might use occasionally, or even frequently? Or is it just a place ...

The humble junk drawer is a fixture in almost every home. True to its name, the junk drawer is a place to store everything that doesn’t have a natural home elsewhere. But the junk drawer also serves ...

Sorting a junk drawer forces you to face the tiny clutter you’ve ignored. You start laying everything out on the counter and ...

If you’re willing to embrace change, there’s a better solution for your collection of takeout menus and Allen wrenches. In my experience, no one ever finds what they’re looking for in a junk drawer.

My first fascination with the junk drawer was based almost entirely on the fact that I thought my mom was calling it the "drunk" drawer. I knew that "drunk" had something to do with liquor. But since ...

After braving the Broadway Street construction for a stroll toward Claiborne Avenue, you would find the newly opened Junk ...

North Dakota State University psychology professor James Council says no research has been done into the junk drawer phenomenon, so he broke ground with several mock trailblazing theories. The ...

I’ve always been curious about what might be hiding in the junk drawer, that catch-all spot where random things accumulate ...