I don't know about you, but I never have enough drawers! Especially in my camper, where I only have two small drawers. This project will work in your home too!
I recently came up with a way to double the storage in my drawers!
Step 1 is to enlarge the hole that the drawer goes into. The front of the drawer overlaps the face of the cabinet by quite a bit. The first thing I did was cut the hole in the cabinet so that it is just a little smaller than the drawer front. This means I can put larger items in the drawer and still close it
You can see in the photo above that the hole in the cabinet was originally as high as that line onthe left side. I carefully cut it larger using a jigsaw so that I could have an extra 1/2" clearance.
![<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJmDsuaSYqX1ITDKpgonNlujTWRtz2x43WheOq9lfi6YWzvuhmGu_sSfBV2P8ikBxCJkLY8xkLQzoQARnbsIHYHi0JlloNcEwQIDWVif28Ec8E-gkfScsESbJYOZBLXIkbi1reB8ZrE3IE/s1600/DoubleYourDrawers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Easily Double Your Drawer Storage! This site is full of great ideas for small spaces!" border="0" data-original-height="789" data-original-width="940" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJmDsuaSYqX1ITDKpgonNlujTWRtz2x43WheOq9lfi6YWzvuhmGu_sSfBV2P8ikBxCJkLY8xkLQzoQARnbsIHYHi0JlloNcEwQIDWVif28Ec8E-gkfScsESbJYOZBLXIkbi1reB8ZrE3IE/s400/DoubleYourDrawers.jpg" title="Easily Double Your Drawer Storage! This site is full of great ideas for small spaces!" width="400" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I don't know about you, but I never have enough drawers! Especially in my camper, where I only have two small drawers. </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWT-V5kaEoromPSb1NSQKhfKK_a8WyE4buqMiWA6gQtWJXWTN5TJMdh0fKtufg-ApnIeHvZmXhKslOagNiQyPU9XE-SNxAwkyJvBGGrTclI2cJtCmWglhjPDWQGMyPqkIc80sOIPcbces0/s1600/001P_20170921_231002_vHDR_Auto.P_20170921_231002_vHDR_Auto.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Easily Double Your Drawer Storage! This site is full of great ideas for small spaces!" border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="844" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWT-V5kaEoromPSb1NSQKhfKK_a8WyE4buqMiWA6gQtWJXWTN5TJMdh0fKtufg-ApnIeHvZmXhKslOagNiQyPU9XE-SNxAwkyJvBGGrTclI2cJtCmWglhjPDWQGMyPqkIc80sOIPcbces0/s320/001P_20170921_231002_vHDR_Auto.P_20170921_231002_vHDR_Auto.jpg" title="Easily Double Your Drawer Storage! This site is full of great ideas for small spaces!" width="180" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I recently came up with a way to double the storage in my drawers!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Step 1 is to enlarge the hole that the drawer goes into. The front of the drawer overlaps the face of the cabinet by quite a bit. The first thing I did was cut the hole in the cabinet so that it is just a little smaller than the drawer front. This means I can put larger items in the drawer and still close it</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1J3c_eIASGRGTLW4A0zbDZm8DNEC55IHtCH-IfB6O7miypqogJJSUpqCtXTgDMQbFlLfrjYtC2NvWh_SD4WW5lB04cgAKT0uddu2wyw7REByDnVq4gGIWtWxpegUInISKzuiN3b40SKv2/s1600/Drawer_Organizer_WackyPup_DIY_6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Easily Double Your Drawer Storage! This site is full of great ideas for small spaces!" border="0" data-original-height="893" data-original-width="1000" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1J3c_eIASGRGTLW4A0zbDZm8DNEC55IHtCH-IfB6O7miypqogJJSUpqCtXTgDMQbFlLfrjYtC2NvWh_SD4WW5lB04cgAKT0uddu2wyw7REByDnVq4gGIWtWxpegUInISKzuiN3b40SKv2/s320/Drawer_Organizer_WackyPup_DIY_6.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> You can see in the photo above that the hole in the cabinet was originally as high as that line. I carefully cut it using a jigsaw so that I could have an extra 1/2" clearance.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> This is my favorite jigsaw</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://amzn.to/2tOO5Lw" rel="nofollow" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">I cut it out using this - my favorite jig saw!</a> </div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://amzn.to/2tOO5Lw" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; color: #888888; font-size: 13.2px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Amazing Mod for a Low Sink - End Backaches - Genius! Wacky Pup DIY Tutorials for Small Spaces" border="0" class="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFOC_FNOycLQrg9uvneiwX_TOZRUVEreUztyf1mCR3rtheoA0V51Q4royJvDBKhQ9hpTBQPfA8UDL9InIQ7uAxawhHpTF7tFSsTKq8EeDBKWo9sUIhLcS1Oy9TtPiCEvvM2P9nNjaKtomP/s320/Black%2526Decker_Scroll_Saw_WackyPup.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" title="Amazing Mod for a Low Sink - End Backaches - Genius! Wacky Pup DIY Tutorials for Small Spaces" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: 13.2px;"> I love this thing! and it was only $30 - they have a newer version now, it's probably even better!</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: transparent;">Step 2 is to build or buy some dividers that can stack on each other. </span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOFYbBw4kw0jbnWXdntKSftfZnPFQiOpjwNEVUxd3ymKBgNucljlF0P6zHgEFZ6D9QSppX_DkHBzipn4_nIzFvKP86eivaRYPtY3MT2zn8zHkr_-SWEKZFqJwl6D7vj5vfmCGKY778Ucy_/s1600/Drawer_Organizer_WackyPup_DIY_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Easily Double Your Drawer Storage! This site is full of great ideas for small spaces!" border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOFYbBw4kw0jbnWXdntKSftfZnPFQiOpjwNEVUxd3ymKBgNucljlF0P6zHgEFZ6D9QSppX_DkHBzipn4_nIzFvKP86eivaRYPtY3MT2zn8zHkr_-SWEKZFqJwl6D7vj5vfmCGKY778Ucy_/s320/Drawer_Organizer_WackyPup_DIY_3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> First I cut strips from thin plywood and assembled them into the drawer, leaving enough room for a second layer to sit on top. Measure the hole in the cabinet, and make a tray that will fit with about 1/4" or more clearance.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix-i0r9OTSvzIzsTbtHGEu7TW48ahHT1QBWrr56iWYioQ7uQp5STtxLXzXeB456cXOsbcuhw6VRYZB3vkHhMQEKZaAjuC-uMWoqVZsokyk9EGJB_xW4HWRST713EvhZzpWWth8kZ80SqXe/s1600/Drawer_Organizer_WackyPup_DIY_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Easily Double Your Drawer Storage! This site is full of great ideas for small spaces!" border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix-i0r9OTSvzIzsTbtHGEu7TW48ahHT1QBWrr56iWYioQ7uQp5STtxLXzXeB456cXOsbcuhw6VRYZB3vkHhMQEKZaAjuC-uMWoqVZsokyk9EGJB_xW4HWRST713EvhZzpWWth8kZ80SqXe/s320/Drawer_Organizer_WackyPup_DIY_2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Make the second layer smaller than the first layer, so you can slide it back and forth to access the bottom areas.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP8VbdS_QmYPN7kYzcIx7RtdIEMr-HDUpgMsKAwW9aZBgIJg4OlTMud4H1ktM4zn9OS3Fqk9_5bBXSHRwpl5mSTY09fbZyU6X88gYn2P9GFdWx9HrDAup5ll4A8hMxXnA-poGK93PlA501/s1600/Drawer_Organizer_WackyPup_DIY_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Easily Double Your Drawer Storage! This site is full of great ideas for small spaces!" border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP8VbdS_QmYPN7kYzcIx7RtdIEMr-HDUpgMsKAwW9aZBgIJg4OlTMud4H1ktM4zn9OS3Fqk9_5bBXSHRwpl5mSTY09fbZyU6X88gYn2P9GFdWx9HrDAup5ll4A8hMxXnA-poGK93PlA501/s320/Drawer_Organizer_WackyPup_DIY_1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> This is what it looks like from the side. You can see how much higher it is than the original drawer, but clears the new opening with room to spare!</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1J3c_eIASGRGTLW4A0zbDZm8DNEC55IHtCH-IfB6O7miypqogJJSUpqCtXTgDMQbFlLfrjYtC2NvWh_SD4WW5lB04cgAKT0uddu2wyw7REByDnVq4gGIWtWxpegUInISKzuiN3b40SKv2/s1600/Drawer_Organizer_WackyPup_DIY_6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Easily Double Your Drawer Storage! This site is full of great ideas for small spaces!" border="0" data-original-height="893" data-original-width="1000" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1J3c_eIASGRGTLW4A0zbDZm8DNEC55IHtCH-IfB6O7miypqogJJSUpqCtXTgDMQbFlLfrjYtC2NvWh_SD4WW5lB04cgAKT0uddu2wyw7REByDnVq4gGIWtWxpegUInISKzuiN3b40SKv2/s320/Drawer_Organizer_WackyPup_DIY_6.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I made one for the bottom drawer which holds all sorts of small miscellaneous items. It seemed to be full until I made the dividers, now it's got lots of room to fill up LOL</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxl2GFwBpil1037gZGyB58Pftbs2NRW-KuWxEYbgy6E2IWviP4plvNe_cEGFa2AFCh6-cGAraJ8OmFruZAVbS5iaCE7FjQCeP3srvewjmN_0QrwCWVWX4Z6MbKCTUJ7Fl08d43NFuaC6tY/s1600/001P_20170921_230924_vHDR_Auto.P_20170921_230924_vHDR_Auto.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Easily Double Your Drawer Storage! This site is full of great ideas for small spaces!" border="0" data-original-height="1061" data-original-width="1500" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxl2GFwBpil1037gZGyB58Pftbs2NRW-KuWxEYbgy6E2IWviP4plvNe_cEGFa2AFCh6-cGAraJ8OmFruZAVbS5iaCE7FjQCeP3srvewjmN_0QrwCWVWX4Z6MbKCTUJ7Fl08d43NFuaC6tY/s320/001P_20170921_230924_vHDR_Auto.P_20170921_230924_vHDR_Auto.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs5yMJzw66HqH-M0NoaDDsWJBZag3Jc6NibwSDW_v1EXA656r-TZBxqTwPA27tSOuJij6xBcIDfIGOQFtCq3fXTwllPEp8OcCaEgzQUB0ZybdKhnUDX7YqVbbGcImez88Kq4-FVAfOCIwO/s1600/001P_20170921_230909_vHDR_Auto.P_20170921_230909_vHDR_Auto.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Easily Double Your Drawer Storage! This site is full of great ideas for small spaces!" border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="844" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs5yMJzw66HqH-M0NoaDDsWJBZag3Jc6NibwSDW_v1EXA656r-TZBxqTwPA27tSOuJij6xBcIDfIGOQFtCq3fXTwllPEp8OcCaEgzQUB0ZybdKhnUDX7YqVbbGcImez88Kq4-FVAfOCIwO/s320/001P_20170921_230909_vHDR_Auto.P_20170921_230909_vHDR_Auto.jpg" title="Easily Double Your Drawer Storage! This site is full of great ideas for small spaces!" width="180" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiorEW22-9n4MXxlicBPvoTKzBPQOdUkLMArJgBGEje00fwtO6tiBsJPv6V-Ewm80pN1KE6oe53CDNbivgiCifw3aeg8ZXn4tECxrvnoilQ8NiAEylE24rTZar4Q7e3v84DmuEJIphyphenhyphenUCJQ/s1600/001P_20170921_230854_vHDR_Auto.P_20170921_230854_vHDR_Auto.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Easily Double Your Drawer Storage! This site is full of great ideas for small spaces!" border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="844" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiorEW22-9n4MXxlicBPvoTKzBPQOdUkLMArJgBGEje00fwtO6tiBsJPv6V-Ewm80pN1KE6oe53CDNbivgiCifw3aeg8ZXn4tECxrvnoilQ8NiAEylE24rTZar4Q7e3v84DmuEJIphyphenhyphenUCJQ/s320/001P_20170921_230854_vHDR_Auto.P_20170921_230854_vHDR_Auto.jpg" title="Easily Double Your Drawer Storage! This site is full of great ideas for small spaces!" width="179" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> You may be able to find readymade drawer dividers that will fit your drawers. Here are a couple ideas for you to look at:</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFOC_FNOycLQrg9uvneiwX_TOZRUVEreUztyf1mCR3rtheoA0V51Q4royJvDBKhQ9hpTBQPfA8UDL9InIQ7uAxawhHpTF7tFSsTKq8EeDBKWo9sUIhLcS1Oy9TtPiCEvvM2P9nNjaKtomP/s320/Black%2526Decker_Scroll_Saw_WackyPup.jpg "<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> <a href=\"https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJmDsuaSYqX1ITDKpgonNlujTWRtz2x43WheOq9lfi6YWzvuhmGu_sSfBV2P8ikBxCJkLY8xkLQzoQARnbsIHYHi0JlloNcEwQIDWVif28Ec8E-gkfScsESbJYOZBLXIkbi1reB8ZrE3IE/s1600/DoubleYourDrawers.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img alt=\"Easily Double Your Drawer Storage! This site is full of great ideas for small spaces!\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"789\" data-original-width=\"940\" height=\"335\" src=\"https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJmDsuaSYqX1ITDKpgonNlujTWRtz2x43WheOq9lfi6YWzvuhmGu_sSfBV2P8ikBxCJkLY8xkLQzoQARnbsIHYHi0JlloNcEwQIDWVif28Ec8E-gkfScsESbJYOZBLXIkbi1reB8ZrE3IE/s400/DoubleYourDrawers.jpg\" title=\"Easily Double Your Drawer Storage! This site is full of great ideas for small spaces!\" width=\"400\" /></a></div> <div style=\"text-align: center;\"> <br /></div> <div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> I don't know about you, but I never have enough drawers! Especially in my camper, where I only have two small drawers. </div> <div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> <br /></div> <div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> <a href=\"https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWT-V5kaEoromPSb1NSQKhfKK_a8WyE4buqMiWA6gQtWJXWTN5TJMdh0fKtufg-ApnIeHvZmXhKslOagNiQyPU9XE-SNxAwkyJvBGGrTclI2cJtCmWglhjPDWQGMyPqkIc80sOIPcbces0/s1600/001P_20170921_231002_vHDR_Auto.P_20170921_231002_vHDR_Auto.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img alt=\"Easily Double Your Drawer Storage! This site is full of great ideas for small spaces!\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1500\" data-original-width=\"844\" height=\"320\" src=\"https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWT-V5kaEoromPSb1NSQKhfKK_a8WyE4buqMiWA6gQtWJXWTN5TJMdh0fKtufg-ApnIeHvZmXhKslOagNiQyPU9XE-SNxAwkyJvBGGrTclI2cJtCmWglhjPDWQGMyPqkIc80sOIPcbces0/s320/001P_20170921_231002_vHDR_Auto.P_20170921_231002_vHDR_Auto.jpg\" title=\"Easily Double Your Drawer Storage! This site is full of great ideas for small spaces!\" width=\"180\" /></a></div> <div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> <br /></div> <div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> I recently came up with a way to double the storage in my drawers!</div> <div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> <br /></div> <div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> Step 1 is to enlarge the hole that the drawer goes into. The front of the drawer overlaps the face of the cabinet by quite a bit. The first thing I did was cut the hole in the cabinet so that it is just a little smaller than the drawer front. This means I can put larger items in the drawer and still close it</div> <div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> <br /></div> <div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> <a href=\"https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1J3c_eIASGRGTLW4A0zbDZm8DNEC55IHtCH-IfB6O7miypqogJJSUpqCtXTgDMQbFlLfrjYtC2NvWh_SD4WW5lB04cgAKT0uddu2wyw7REByDnVq4gGIWtWxpegUInISKzuiN3b40SKv2/s1600/Drawer_Organizer_WackyPup_DIY_6.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img alt=\"Easily Double Your Drawer Storage! This site is full of great ideas for small spaces!\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"893\" data-original-width=\"1000\" height=\"285\" src=\"https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1J3c_eIASGRGTLW4A0zbDZm8DNEC55IHtCH-IfB6O7miypqogJJSUpqCtXTgDMQbFlLfrjYtC2NvWh_SD4WW5lB04cgAKT0uddu2wyw7REByDnVq4gGIWtWxpegUInISKzuiN3b40SKv2/s320/Drawer_Organizer_WackyPup_DIY_6.jpg\" width=\"320\" /></a></div> <div> <div style=\"text-align: center;\"> <br /></div> </div> <div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> You can see in the photo above that the hole in the cabinet was originally as high as that line. I carefully cut it using a jigsaw so that I could have an extra 1/2\" clearance.</div> <div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> <br /></div> <div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> This is my favorite jigsaw</div> <div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> <br /></div> <div style=\"background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;\"> <a href=\"http://amzn.to/2tOO5Lw\" rel=\"nofollow\" style=\"color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;\" target=\"_blank\">I cut it out using this - my favorite jig saw!</a> </div> <div style=\"background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;\"> <br /></div> <div style=\"background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;\"> <a href=\"http://amzn.to/2tOO5Lw\" rel=\"nofollow\" style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #888888; font-size: 13.2px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Amazing Mod for a Low Sink - End Backaches - Genius! Wacky Pup DIY Tutorials for Small Spaces\" border=\"0\" class=\"\" data-original-height=\"750\" data-original-width=\"1000\" height=\"240\" src=\"https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFOC_FNOycLQrg9uvneiwX_TOZRUVEreUztyf1mCR3rtheoA0V51Q4royJvDBKhQ9hpTBQPfA8UDL9InIQ7uAxawhHpTF7tFSsTKq8EeDBKWo9sUIhLcS1Oy9TtPiCEvvM2P9nNjaKtomP/s320/Black%2526Decker_Scroll_Saw_WackyPup.jpg\" style=\"background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;\" title=\"Amazing Mod for a Low Sink - End Backaches - Genius! Wacky Pup DIY Tutorials for Small Spaces\" width=\"320\" /></a></div> <div style=\"background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;\"> <span style=\"font-size: 13.2px;\"><br /></span></div> <div style=\"background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;\"> <span style=\"font-size: 13.2px;\"> I love this thing! and it was only $30 - they have a newer version now, it's probably even better!</span></div> <div style=\"background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;\"> <span style=\"font-size: 13.2px;\"><br /></span></div> <div style=\"background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;\"> <span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">Step 2 is to build or buy some dividers that can stack on each other. </span></div> <div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> <br /></div> <div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> <a href=\"https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOFYbBw4kw0jbnWXdntKSftfZnPFQiOpjwNEVUxd3ymKBgNucljlF0P6zHgEFZ6D9QSppX_DkHBzipn4_nIzFvKP86eivaRYPtY3MT2zn8zHkr_-SWEKZFqJwl6D7vj5vfmCGKY778Ucy_/s1600/Drawer_Organizer_WackyPup_DIY_3.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img alt=\"Easily Double Your Drawer Storage! This site is full of great ideas for small spaces!\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"750\" data-original-width=\"1000\" height=\"240\" src=\"https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOFYbBw4kw0jbnWXdntKSftfZnPFQiOpjwNEVUxd3ymKBgNucljlF0P6zHgEFZ6D9QSppX_DkHBzipn4_nIzFvKP86eivaRYPtY3MT2zn8zHkr_-SWEKZFqJwl6D7vj5vfmCGKY778Ucy_/s320/Drawer_Organizer_WackyPup_DIY_3.jpg\" width=\"320\" /></a></div> <div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> <br /></div> <div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> First I cut strips from thin plywood and assembled them into the drawer, leaving enough room for a second layer to sit on top. Measure the hole in the cabinet, and make a tray that will fit with about 1/4\" or more clearance.</div> <div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> <br /></div> <div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> <a href=\"https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix-i0r9OTSvzIzsTbtHGEu7TW48ahHT1QBWrr56iWYioQ7uQp5STtxLXzXeB456cXOsbcuhw6VRYZB3vkHhMQEKZaAjuC-uMWoqVZsokyk9EGJB_xW4HWRST713EvhZzpWWth8kZ80SqXe/s1600/Drawer_Organizer_WackyPup_DIY_2.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img alt=\"Easily Double Your Drawer Storage! This site is full of great ideas for small spaces!\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"750\" data-original-width=\"1000\" height=\"240\" src=\"https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix-i0r9OTSvzIzsTbtHGEu7TW48ahHT1QBWrr56iWYioQ7uQp5STtxLXzXeB456cXOsbcuhw6VRYZB3vkHhMQEKZaAjuC-uMWoqVZsokyk9EGJB_xW4HWRST713EvhZzpWWth8kZ80SqXe/s320/Drawer_Organizer_WackyPup_DIY_2.jpg\" width=\"320\" /></a></div> <div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> <br /></div> <div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> Make the second layer smaller than the first layer, so you can slide it back and forth to access the bottom areas.</div> <div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> <br /></div> <div style=\"text-align: center;\"> <a href=\"https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP8VbdS_QmYPN7kYzcIx7RtdIEMr-HDUpgMsKAwW9aZBgIJg4OlTMud4H1ktM4zn9OS3Fqk9_5bBXSHRwpl5mSTY09fbZyU6X88gYn2P9GFdWx9HrDAup5ll4A8hMxXnA-poGK93PlA501/s1600/Drawer_Organizer_WackyPup_DIY_1.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img alt=\"Easily Double Your Drawer Storage! This site is full of great ideas for small spaces!\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"750\" data-original-width=\"1000\" height=\"240\" src=\"https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP8VbdS_QmYPN7kYzcIx7RtdIEMr-HDUpgMsKAwW9aZBgIJg4OlTMud4H1ktM4zn9OS3Fqk9_5bBXSHRwpl5mSTY09fbZyU6X88gYn2P9GFdWx9HrDAup5ll4A8hMxXnA-poGK93PlA501/s320/Drawer_Organizer_WackyPup_DIY_1.jpg\" width=\"320\" /></a></div> <div style=\"text-align: center;\"> <br /></div> <div style=\"text-align: center;\"> This is what it looks like from the side. You can see how much higher it is than the original drawer, but clears the new opening with room to spare!</div> <div style=\"text-align: center;\"> <br /></div> <div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> <a href=\"https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1J3c_eIASGRGTLW4A0zbDZm8DNEC55IHtCH-IfB6O7miypqogJJSUpqCtXTgDMQbFlLfrjYtC2NvWh_SD4WW5lB04cgAKT0uddu2wyw7REByDnVq4gGIWtWxpegUInISKzuiN3b40SKv2/s1600/Drawer_Organizer_WackyPup_DIY_6.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img alt=\"Easily Double Your Drawer Storage! This site is full of great ideas for small spaces!\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"893\" data-original-width=\"1000\" height=\"285\" src=\"https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1J3c_eIASGRGTLW4A0zbDZm8DNEC55IHtCH-IfB6O7miypqogJJSUpqCtXTgDMQbFlLfrjYtC2NvWh_SD4WW5lB04cgAKT0uddu2wyw7REByDnVq4gGIWtWxpegUInISKzuiN3b40SKv2/s320/Drawer_Organizer_WackyPup_DIY_6.jpg\" width=\"320\" /></a></div> <div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> <br /></div> <div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> I made one for the bottom drawer which holds all sorts of small miscellaneous items. It seemed to be full until I made the dividers, now it's got lots of room to fill up LOL</div> <div style=\"text-align: center;\"> <br /></div> <div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> <a href=\"https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxl2GFwBpil1037gZGyB58Pftbs2NRW-KuWxEYbgy6E2IWviP4plvNe_cEGFa2AFCh6-cGAraJ8OmFruZAVbS5iaCE7FjQCeP3srvewjmN_0QrwCWVWX4Z6MbKCTUJ7Fl08d43NFuaC6tY/s1600/001P_20170921_230924_vHDR_Auto.P_20170921_230924_vHDR_Auto.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img alt=\"Easily Double Your Drawer Storage! This site is full of great ideas for small spaces!\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1061\" data-original-width=\"1500\" height=\"226\" src=\"https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxl2GFwBpil1037gZGyB58Pftbs2NRW-KuWxEYbgy6E2IWviP4plvNe_cEGFa2AFCh6-cGAraJ8OmFruZAVbS5iaCE7FjQCeP3srvewjmN_0QrwCWVWX4Z6MbKCTUJ7Fl08d43NFuaC6tY/s320/001P_20170921_230924_vHDR_Auto.P_20170921_230924_vHDR_Auto.jpg\" width=\"320\" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> <div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> <a href=\"https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs5yMJzw66HqH-M0NoaDDsWJBZag3Jc6NibwSDW_v1EXA656r-TZBxqTwPA27tSOuJij6xBcIDfIGOQFtCq3fXTwllPEp8OcCaEgzQUB0ZybdKhnUDX7YqVbbGcImez88Kq4-FVAfOCIwO/s1600/001P_20170921_230909_vHDR_Auto.P_20170921_230909_vHDR_Auto.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img alt=\"Easily Double Your Drawer Storage! This site is full of great ideas for small spaces!\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1500\" data-original-width=\"844\" height=\"320\" src=\"https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs5yMJzw66HqH-M0NoaDDsWJBZag3Jc6NibwSDW_v1EXA656r-TZBxqTwPA27tSOuJij6xBcIDfIGOQFtCq3fXTwllPEp8OcCaEgzQUB0ZybdKhnUDX7YqVbbGcImez88Kq4-FVAfOCIwO/s320/001P_20170921_230909_vHDR_Auto.P_20170921_230909_vHDR_Auto.jpg\" title=\"Easily Double Your Drawer Storage! This site is full of great ideas for small spaces!\" width=\"180\" /></a><a href=\"https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiorEW22-9n4MXxlicBPvoTKzBPQOdUkLMArJgBGEje00fwtO6tiBsJPv6V-Ewm80pN1KE6oe53CDNbivgiCifw3aeg8ZXn4tECxrvnoilQ8NiAEylE24rTZar4Q7e3v84DmuEJIphyphenhyphenUCJQ/s1600/001P_20170921_230854_vHDR_Auto.P_20170921_230854_vHDR_Auto.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img alt=\"Easily Double Your Drawer Storage! This site is full of great ideas for small spaces!\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1500\" data-original-width=\"844\" height=\"320\" src=\"https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiorEW22-9n4MXxlicBPvoTKzBPQOdUkLMArJgBGEje00fwtO6tiBsJPv6V-Ewm80pN1KE6oe53CDNbivgiCifw3aeg8ZXn4tECxrvnoilQ8NiAEylE24rTZar4Q7e3v84DmuEJIphyphenhyphenUCJQ/s320/001P_20170921_230854_vHDR_Auto.P_20170921_230854_vHDR_Auto.jpg\" title=\"Easily Double Your Drawer Storage! This site is full of great ideas for small spaces!\" width=\"179\" /></a></div> <div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> <br /></div> <div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> You may be able to find readymade drawer dividers that will fit your drawers. Here are a couple ideas for you to look at:</div> <div style=\"text-align: center;\"> <br /></div> <div style=\"text-align: center;\"> <br /></div> <div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> </div>")
I love this thing! and it was only $30 - they have a newer version now, it's probably even better!
Step 2 is to build or buy some dividers that can stack on each other.
First I cut strips from thin plywood and assembled them into the drawer, leaving enough room for a second layer to sit on top. Measure the hole in the cabinet, and make a tray that will fit with about 1/4" or more clearance.
Make the second layer smaller than the first layer, so you can slide it back and forth to access the bottom areas.
This is what it looks like from the side. You can see how much higher it is than the original drawer, but clears the new opening with room to spare!
I made one for the bottom drawer which holds all sorts of small miscellaneous items. It seemed to be full until I made the dividers, now it's got lots of room to fill up LOL
You may be able to find readymade drawer dividers that will fit your drawers. Here are a couple ideas for you to look at:
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