The $10 Amazon Buy That Finally Helped Me Get My Narrow Silverware Drawer in Order — Shopping

When your silverware drawer is less than eight inches wide, it's easy to give up hope. Here's how it happens: You excitedly buy one utensil organizer, get it home, and realize it doesn't fit. You measure again and go back to the store to exchange the item, only to learn that there are no ready-made organizers that are small enough to fit.

You consider buying three of the narrowest baskets (one each for forks, spoons, and knives) but there's only room for two and that's weird. You decide to try one of those fully customizable assembly-required kits. You get home and realize the kit is a piece of junk and that none of the pieces fit together. You return it, give up hope, and resign yourself to a life of jumbled spoons, forks, and butter knives.

See how quickly that all went downhill?

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