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Cutlery insert for wide drawer?

eleena
10 years ago

Those of you who have 30"-42" drawers, which cutlery/utensil inserts did you get?

Both Rev-a-Shel and Hafele stop at 21" wide and are insanely expensive. My drawers are 36", inside bottom width ~31". Getting 2 15" inserts for $96 each seems crazy to me, especially that I have two drawers.

Could you suggest a different one or show me yours?

Comments (14)

  • breezygirl
    10 years ago

    What about using Lee Valley dividers to make your own? Very cheap and you customize it exactly to your drawer size and contents.

    Here is a link that might be useful: Thread with pics

  • lascatx
    10 years ago

    I bought mine at Marshall's Home Goods, Ross and one from Bed Bath & Beyond. My widest drawer is not that wide, but you will pay a premium for the wide inserts, so why not use a pair of the more standard size ones? Mine were all $10-20 for wood. I grew up with the Rubbermaid ones and never thought twice about them, but love the wood ones.

  • tmy_jax
    10 years ago

    Hi eleena,
    the site below has made-to-order inserts. They also stop at 22", but list the price as HTH,
    tmy

    Here is a link that might be useful: Made to fit inserts

  • attofarad
    10 years ago

    There is a cabinet maker in Georgia that does custom sized cutlery and spice and other inserts, quite cheap. I haven't ordered from him yet (just about to get into the new remodel in another month or so), but I get a Lemans Pullout from him.

    If the e..Bay link doesn't work after a while, just search there for items listed by seller "woodhollow".

    I think he must have a CNC machine which will go and cut the pieces for him from a CAD drawing.

    Here is a link that might be useful: custom sized cutlery inserts

  • annkh_nd
    10 years ago

    I use mesh baskets that I got at Bed, Bath and Beyond. They are wonderful! I have larger sizes in the utensil drawer.

    I will be getting a lot more of them after my remodel, since I'll have a lot more drawers to organize. One drawer will have a knife insert.

  • blfenton
    10 years ago

    Bed, bath and beyond also have expandable bamboo inserts. That's what I have and they work great. What's nice about them for me is the colour of them is quite a good match to the interior of my drawers which is maple.

  • a2gemini
    10 years ago

    Eleena -
    I used a combination of items.
    Rev-a-shelf for my flatware - but the drawer is only 21 inches. I used a knife block for the other 21 inch side.
    For my really big drawers - I used bins made by Made Smart - I took the drawer measurements and created a jig saw puzzle in BBB. I have modified the bin set up but still like them.
    Knife and flatware drawers

    Gadget drawer

  • eleena
    Original Author
    10 years ago

    Thank you, you are the best!

    I liked all the solutions, now I have decide which way to go. :-)

    I have one question though. I went to Lee Valley website and couldn't find any inserts, just ready-made trays - and pretty expensive too.

    Does anyone have a link to the inserts?

    Thanks again!

  • smiling
    10 years ago

    Try this

    Here is a link that might be useful: Lee Valley drawer dividers

  • itsallaboutthefood
    10 years ago

    I wanted a quick and easy reconfigurable solution so I used bamboo inserts sold at Lowe's. I found that in the way I organized them, they did not use up all the space to the back of the drawer. But I was able to use some wine corks (slightly trimmed) in the back to keep them in position which still let me use the very back space.

    Here is a link that might be useful: bamboo inserts

  • msl511
    10 years ago

    My general approach to organizing drawers anywhere (kitchen, bathroom, dressers) is to go to the Container Store, bring home everything that looks like it might be useful, try different things until I get the right configuration and then return what I don't need. I can't swear that this is the cheapest approach to the problem, but the store has a big selection and a very nice return policy.

    Depending on the stuff in the drawer, sometimes I can't quite figure out ahead of time what I'll need but need to actually get the various inserts or trays or whatever into the drawer with the stuff and try it out. (A drawer that's mostly for flatware is easy. A big drawer for many different kitchen tools, gadgets and utensils of varying sizes is harder for me to figure out ahead without actually doing it.)

  • eleena
    Original Author
    10 years ago

    Thank you, itsallaboutthefood!

    Marcia, we don't have a Container Store. :-(

    Yes, I live on Mars - or it feels that way, at least. :-)

  • a2gemini
    10 years ago

    Eleena - my drawers make me look organized even if I am scattered - It is nice to open the drawers and say - I can be organized!
    Have fun!