Pretty much every home has a junk drawer or two, where things are thrown until they’re needed, and nothing can be found without a good rummage.Thankfully, you don’t need to go “full Gridfinity” to 3D print your way out of this mess.Here are some prints that can help bring order to the worst drawer in your kitchen, garage, office, and anywhere else.
Parametric trays No more loose junk A big part of what makes a junk drawer so difficult to tame is the amount of loose things you have floating around in there.The first step to junk drawer recovery is to accept that you’re never going to print the perfect holder for most of this stuff.Whether it’s packets of matches, lighters, loose pens, that one multitool you’re always looking for, bike pump valve adapters, or any number of other miscellaneous things.
The best you can hope for is a loose system for keeping them .This parametric tray generator lets you generate the perfect-sized tray for your drawer, or whatever it is you’re hoping to store.Battery storage crates Keep loose batteries together Close Disposable batteries still have a place in the home, even though most of us are trying to do away with them in favor of rechargeable devices instead.
But many smart home sensors, flashlights, and other battery-powered gadgets still rely on them for good reason.Unfortunately, storing them can be a bit of a nightmare.This is particularly true of cylindrical batteries like AA and AAA cells.
They come in oversized plastic packaging, which takes up way too much space once you’ve used a few batteries.Bin it, and you risk batteries floating around the drawer in no order at all.The answer is a stackable battery storage crate.
Key organizer Keep all your spare keys together You probably have a main keychain for your house key, car key, and any others you use on a frequent basis.So what about the spare keys, keys you hardly touch, or the ones you’re holding onto just in case? Keychains are cool (you can even use a Benchy), but organizers are even better.Key organizers are like those fancy overpriced wallets for your keys.
This one is adjustable and modular, requiring M4 screws with round heads and M4 hex nuts (with spacers included to resize the organizer).Sticky note dispenser Take notes Not everyone uses their phone for every note they take.Sticky notes will forever be useful, since you can put them where they need to be for an instant obnoxious reminder.
The junk drawer is the perfect place to store them, but they do tend to get thrown around and disappear.Not anymore! Try this sticky note holder, complete with stencil.It’ll go great with that parametric bin you printed for your pens.
The stencil allows you to create a neat checklist, if that’s your style.Looping cable organizer No more tangled mess Regardless of how hard you try, keeping a cable coiled in a drawer that you’re constantly rummaging around in is pretty much impossible.That’s where Loop comes in.
This simple cable organizer is suitable for cables with a diameter under 4mm and a length of less than 1 meter.This applies to the vast majority of charging cables, from USB-C phone chargers to older micro USB cables and modern smartwatch chargers.Loop has been designed to make it easy to install and remove cables, minimize twisting and compression, and allow either end to be adjusted independently of the other.
There’s even an official Loop box organizer and unofficial Gridfinity bin.Receipt organizer Store them, digitize them, bin them I’m great at throwing receipts in a drawer, only for them to get lost and faded and be of no use to anyone.Usually, I’ll digitize the most important items and tax write-offs first, but it’s not like my habit of throwing paper in a drawer is helping anyone.
That’s where a receipt box comes in handy.Coin organizer For US dollars and any other currency you have There are two places in my life I am guaranteed to find coins: the driver’s side door of my car and the junk drawer in my living room.It’s not that I use them very often, but when I want them I have to go digging.
At the moment, I have more coin tokens in the house for a local barcade than I do legal tender.Enter the coin holder.This version is designed for US denominations, including quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies.
There are also versions for Euros, Yen, Won, and more.Tape holder Plus dispenser I’m a big fan of this modular multi-size tape dispenser, which you can adapt to your needs using spacers, and add as many additional tape types as you need.It’s great if you have multiple rolls of tape in a drawer that you want to keep together, all in one place.
You can even 3D print some blades for it.Rubber band organizer Easily access different sizes There are two schools of thought when it comes to storing bands: throw them in a drawer and hope for the best, or make a big ball over the course of years, which holds most of the bands hostage at the core.This rubber band organizer is a different way of doing things, with different-sized areas for different-sized bands.
Protip: fill the organizer, then throw the rest of them out.Nobody needs 7000 rubber bands in their life.Love an orderly home? Check out even more ways to organize your space.
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