The Secret to The Home Edit’s Perfectly Organized Drawers You Never Noticed (Until Now)

“We like to add a tiny bit of museum gel dots that just hold the container in place in your drawer so it doesn’t shake around,” The Home Edit co-founder Joanna Teplin revealed in a recent livestream for Nature Made Wellblends, a vitamin company.

With those words, it was like the heavens parted and a choir of angels sang—why hadn’t we thought of this before? Sure, you could measure every drawer and buy custom-sized dividers fitted to each space, but that gets pricey, fast. For a mere $11, you can buy a pack of 350 clear, removable adhesive putty dots from Amazon, having them arrive at your door in two days’ time (thanks, Prime!). That’s enough to secure at least 87.5 items in your house (assuming you’re attaching dots to all four corners, which may be overkill, but let’s err on the side of caution).

Why, you could even split it with a friend, only paying $5.50 apiece to finally get all of those little drawer organizers firmly locked in place, then—when said hooligan family members slam open and shut your drawers—gleefully watch from around the corner as everything stays in place.

Of course, the well-secured organizers don’t mean a thing if what’s in them is a hot mess. Teplin has advice for that too: “Simplicity is key,” she explains. “We group all the items by category and store them in separate bins.”

Each drawer is given a purpose—a need it will fulfill—and only items that correspond to it go there. (Teplin is particularly passionate about keeping only items related to her bedtime routine in her nightstand, otherwise the random clutter “leaks into my brain and dreams and everything else.”)

So, to summarize: Determine your purpose for each nook and cubby, organize accordingly and don’t forget your museum gel dots. It’s the only thing standing between your junk drawer and its fleeting moments of Instagram fame.