"Clearly, my drawers needed professional help. Enter Nichole Gehman, owner of Organize by Designe. I reached out because she specializes in eco-friendly solutions, and I wanted to reorganize my desk without buying more plastic bins or drawer dividers. With her guidance, I transformed my cluttered desk in just a couple of hours by reusing items I already had on hand."
""Before I organize any space, I like to have a variety of containers nearby," Gehman says. Instead of shopping for new ones, I laid out empty jewelry gift boxes, product packaging, food containers, cosmetic pouches, and a shoebox lid. Gehman also suggests creative swaps: an old silverware tray as a divider, mint tins for earbuds or hair ties, and even toilet paper rolls to wrangle cords."
"Next, I pulled everything out of my drawers and sorted it into piles: pens and pencils, cords, notepads, sticky notes, paper clips, binder clips, and so on. "It sounds boring, but this is where the magic happens because you finally see what you actually have," Gehman says. I also gave the drawers a quick wipe-down while they were empty. I created piles on the floor for trash, paper recycling, electronics recycling, donations, and items to relocate."
Gather a variety of existing containers such as jewelry boxes, product packaging, food containers, cosmetic pouches, and shoebox lids to avoid buying new plastic organizers. Empty drawers and sort all contents into like piles—pens, cords, notepads, clips, and similar items—then wipe the drawers clean. Create separate piles for trash, paper recycling, electronics recycling, donations, and items to relocate to their proper homes. Repurpose household items as organizers—silverware trays for dividers, mint tins for small pieces, and toilet paper rolls for cords—to achieve an eco-friendly desk reorganization in a few hours.
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