Okay, so after much planning and craziness, I called IKEA DIRECT late last week to submit my order. It’s been a game of telephone tag with some great conversations with an very helpful kitchen planning representative. I am also ordering things for the bathrooms, and 4 PAX systems, so it’s a big order and it’s pretty complicated.

The kitchen was done by my builder (I’m building a house) and it’s been okayed by my IKEA contact, so I’ve finally relaxed (somewhat) about the layout.

In choosing IKEA and in seeing Ikea both in the stores and in real-life, I was always impressed with the lower drawers and the organizers that were available. So when I was reviewing the order today, I told the rep that I wanted an organizer for each of the drawers. His reply? YOU want SEVENTEEN dividers for SEVENTEEN drawers?? and here’s where I started getting paranoid. I went back and revisited my plan and kept trying to think maybe I needed a cabinet (at least one) with doors. …. NOPE. I’m not very organized by nature and I don’t find a lot of promise in lower cabinets with doors that seem to promote the inevitable losing items in the dark corners in the back of their shelves… But …….he still seems like he couldn’t believe that I actually wanted a divider for all those drawers.

Am I missing something here? For those of you with working/lived-in kitchens…do you use the dividers ..and if not, how do you keep things straight in those big, deep drawers!?!?!? HELP!! I’m feeling very insecure about my choices. TIA!!!!!