Drawer Organizer

This was our first or second project when we bought our house.  Our drawers are big and our drawer organizer was small ... not a great look!  

Every time we opened the drawer this is what we saw ... or worse!  

So, off to Home Depot to pick up some boards!

I'm very visual so I cut up some scrap wood to figure out how I wanted to arrange it.  Tape was not cutting it.  After a million back and forth texts with my amazingly patient husband, 

I settled on our design. 

I cut up the boards, glued them together and used the drawer to make sure everything would fit perfectly.  

We used our clamps as spreaders and left the drawer to dry overnight.  

We did not glue to the drawer, I wanted to organizer to come out without damaging the drawer.  

Look at that - It's amazing and so so simple!  

This is where we left it until last week.  It looked nice and was functional but the knives kept sliding until the organizer (since it wasn't glued to the bottom).  Annoying!

So, another trip to Home Depot and my handy hubby cut down a thin sheet of plywood using our amazing Kreg Jig Rip Cut (seriously, this thing is amazing!).  

We glued and clamped and let it sit overnight.  

The finished product!  It's amazing and was super simple to make!  

On a side note, it you have kids you need these forks and spoons!  They are made right here in the US with recycled milk jugs.  They are sturdy, cute, and easy to replace when the toddler accidently throws them away or the school aged kiddo forgets them at school.  We seem to loose a lot of spoons ... seriously, where do they go?  They have plates, bowls, and cups too but we only have the forks and spoons and we love them!  

Anyway ... back to this amazing organizer ... it matches the inside of the drawer perfectly and is super functional!  

LOVE!

This is how it usually looks!  Empty.  How do we use all of our utensils every single day?  I'm searching for a new set ... or 4!  I have a set in my Amazon cart, but I don't like not being able to see and feel them in real life before I buy them.  Maybe in another 6 months that drawer will usually be full!