In my grandmother’s house, in the second bedroom, there is a drawer. Whenever we visit her, I derive a small thrill from opening it: the amount of random crap accumulated there is simply stunning.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A broadly organized junk drawer - RogerMechan/Shutterstock There might be nearly as many junk ...