What Is a Drawer Organizer?
Updated December 2, 2024
You can use a drawer organizer to elevate your kitchen designs. Learn about your options and the standard features of drawer organizers.
As a cabinet maker or contractor, becoming a trusted installer means staying ahead of trends like optimized storage solutions, including drawer organizers. Customers are increasingly drawn to sleek, functional designs that make their spaces more efficient. However, offering low-quality products can hurt your reputation and cost you future business. So, where should you start? What exactly is a drawer organizer? What options and price points are available, and what key details should you know before recommending them to your customers?
At Cutting Edge Doors & Woodworking, we’ve been crafting high-quality wooden accessories for over 20 years, including fully customizable drawer organizers. While our organizers might be a great fit for your projects, we’re here to guide you toward the best solution – even if it isn’t ours.
Understanding the basics of drawer organizers will help you guide your customers to the perfect choice. Keep reading to learn:
A Drawer Organizer Is a Storage Solution for Drawers
The purpose of a drawer organizer is self-explanatory – they keep drawers organized. Drawer organizers have one or more storage slots.
In addition, depending on the organizer you choose, they may have an optimized layout for specific items. For example, you can purchase a drawer organizer optimized for silverware.
Features of a Drawer Organizer
You might assume that all drawer organizers are similar or have the same qualities. In fact, drawer organizers have only two features in common:
- At least one slot, or compartment, for storage – Each drawer organizer has at least one storage compartment, although most have multiple compartments.
- Fit within a drawer – Because drawer organizers need to fit within a drawer, companies optimize the size to fit within common drawer sizes.
However, the rest of the features of a drawer organizer vary depending on the price you pay:
- Quality of materials and workmanship – The main difference between cheap and expensive drawer organizers is the quality of materials and craftsmanship. For example, a cheap drawer organizer is usually made of plastic or Bamboo, while solid wood drawer organizers are more expensive. Cheap drawer organizers are factory-made, while woodworkers hand-craft expensive drawer organizers.
- Optimization – Companies manufacture cheap drawer organizers with predetermined layouts, while woodworking companies customize expensive drawer organizers. The more expensive a drawer organizer is, the more optimized the storage.
Why Many Customers Would Use a Drawer Organizer
You might wonder why customers purchase drawer organizers – is it not just an extra expense?
This is a natural assumption.
However, drawer organizers help keep a kitchen organized and easy to use. Organization and functionality are key requirements for people who use their kitchens daily. How frustrating is it to search for an item each time you need to use it? A drawer organizer prevents that frustration by providing a location for common kitchen utensils.
Instead of having a jumble of items in a drawer, a drawer organizer provides optimized storage so those items fit within the same drawer in an organized way.
Considering the value a drawer organizer adds to a kitchen, the cost is minimal. However, not all of your customers will feel this way.
Some Customers May Not Require Drawer Organizers
You are sure to discover some customers who do not want drawer organizers.
Maybe they already have drawer organizers that they plan to repurpose. Perhaps they have never used drawer organizers and don’t realize the benefits.
Yet again, maybe they have a large kitchen with sufficient storage areas for their kitchen utensils and don’t require a drawer organizer.
In any of these cases, the best option for your customer may be exactly what they want – no drawer organizers. However, you can still demonstrate the benefits of drawer organizers by displaying them in your showroom. You may convince your customer that drawer organizers are worth the expense!
Price Range for Drawer Organizers - $10+
Speaking of expense, let’s look at the cost of drawer organizers. As you already learned, the price indicates the quality of materials and craftsmanship, plus how optimized the storage solution is.
Prefabricated Drawer Organizers - $10+
Prefabricated plastic drawer organizers start at around $10 from Walmart. Similar prefabricated Bamboo drawer organizers start at around $30 from Amazon, and non-custom wooden drawer organizers from Rev-A-Shelf cost at least $80.
The problem with any prefabricated drawer organizer options is that they add minimal value to the kitchen. For one thing, they fit in common drawer sizes, not the exact drawer sizes. But also, the layout is not customized to suit your customer’s requirements, limiting the functionality.
The short story is prefabricated drawer organizers work, but they aren’t a product you should offer for high-end jobs.
Fully Customizable Wooden Drawer Organizers - $60+
As a contractor, what you need is products that set you apart. Custom accessories are an easy way to get ahead of your competitors.
Woodworking companies like Cutting Edge produce fully customizable wooden drawer organizers. At Cutting Edge, assembled custom drawer organizers start at $60.
The price for customizable drawer organizers can increase rapidly depending on the materials, layout, and complexity you choose.
However, custom drawer organizers allow you to set yourself apart from the competition, who will offer prefabricated options. The added value (perceived and real) minimizes the extra expense, considering you pay a similar price for predetermined wooden layouts.
Let’s look at some more benefits of a customizable drawer organizer.
Improve the Aesthetics of the Kitchen
For a seamless appearance, you can choose a custom drawer organizer that matches the drawer boxes. Unlike a plastic drawer organizer, which stands out as low quality, this option adds aesthetic appeal to the kitchen.
Demonstrates That You Pay Attention to the Details
Once a kitchen project is complete, the details make it stand out. No matter how much effort you put into the large items, like countertops, cabinet boxes, and drawer boxes, your customer will notice the little things that affect the functionality and aesthetic appeal.
Even if the drawer boxes are beautiful, your customers will notice if you install plastic or prefabricated drawer organizers and it will detract from their opinion of the kitchen.
Sets Your Company Apart From Your Competitors
Yes, we’ve already mentioned this, but it bears repeating. To stand out from the competition, you need to bring something unique to the table.
Custom drawer organizers are an excellent opportunity. Taking the time to figure out what your customers want and need for storage shows them that you care – and lets you increase your prices without losing the high-quality, high-profit jobs.
Learn About the Pros and Cons of a Custom Drawer Organizer
As a cabinet maker or contractor, your reputation depends on offering high-quality products that meet your customers’ needs. Choosing the wrong product or making an uninformed decision can lead to dissatisfied clients and harm your standing in a competitive market. That’s why understanding your options is critical before introducing new features like drawer organizers into your designs.
Now that Cutting Edge has provided you with a foundational understanding of drawer organizers, you’re better equipped to explain their benefits and guide your customers toward the right choice. Whether it’s understanding common features, why customers might opt in or out, or exploring pricing, you’re now ready to take the next step. Discover how much custom drawer organizers cost and how they can add value to your designs.
