my junk drawer

Not so junky right? Yes I am pleased with it too. So I took a picture to show you. It has stayed neat for a year. The key to it: these wire organizers (the large one that holds my chopsticks doubles as a bread basket. Just add waxed paper cut to size. I got the idea from Salamander in Boston, a great restaurant, now sadly out of business. The small ones double as jewelry displays which I fill with colored aquarium rocks.)

I like how everything fits so nicely. I am not tempted to buy more coasters, because they fit! No overflow. I made the little care packages in half-baggies (on the counter) when we moved. So precious. They crack me up. One contains a happy face bottle opener and 2 neon pour spouts (good for Balsamic vinegar). The other, sushi grass! And soy sauce containers shaped like little fishies. I saved them from my lunches in Japan back in 1990. I had to save something. I did get rid of my Parisian sugar collection though, which I saved from every cappuccino I drank in Paris.