DIY Drawer Dividers for Desk Organizing

Step 1

The first you need to do is empty your drawer and measure the inside.

Step 2

Cut a piece of cardstock the exact size of your drawer. It should fit perfectly inside your drawer.

Step 3

Place your drawer pattern on a table and start placing your items on it where you think they should be.

Step 4

Once you are happy with the placement, make marks with a pencil between each item or group of items.

Step 5

Then trace lines that surround the items. You should get something like this (with your own spaces of course):

Step 6

Test the pattern in your drawer to see if you like it.

Step 7

Time to design your drawer dividers.

Step 8

The pattern gives you the size of the base of your drawer dividers. Now you need to decide the height.

Step 9

I decided I wanted to make the sides stronger so I added an overlap that folds outwards. But this is totally optional.

Step 10

Formula to draw your drawer divider pattern:

Step 11

Overlap – Side – base – side – overlap .

Step 12

If you don’t want the overlap then it’s:

Step 13

Side – base – side.

Step 14

Cut the out line borders.

Step 15

So once you finish you should have something like this and this is how it works:

Step 16

Cut out the corners as shown.

Step 17

Then cut the 4 lines I showed in red.

Step 18

The overlaps should be fold out wards:

Step 19

Then the sides are folded inwards.

Step 20

Apply glue to the flaps and glue them to the sides on the outside.

Step 21

Then glue the overlap.

Step 22

Let it dry for a few minutes and there you go!!!

Step 23

Make all the drier dividers you need and start putting them in your drawer.

Step 24

Voila!!!

Step 25

We got some pretty drawers here!!!

Step 26

Put your all your items as planned in your drawers and see the amazing different a few dividers can make.

Step 27

Time to put those drawers back into the desk.