Dear Tupperware Drawer: This Isn’t a Breakup. It’s a Performance Review.
How many lids does one household actually need? (free checklist!)
If you’ve been following me, you’ll know that I don’t do chaos.
My spices are alphabetised.
My CDs are sorted by genre and artist.
And my kitchen cupboards are so organised, they could feature in an IKEA catalogue.
So if I say the Tupperware drawer is underperforming, I’m not being dramatic. I’m highlighting mismanagement. Not mine, obviously. Theirs. My family’s.
They roll their eyes when I label shelves.
They sigh when I reorganise the snack cupboard… again.
But do they know where to go when they need spare batteries or the exact-sized container for leftover curry? Yes. The uber-organised battery or tupperware drawers.
Because I run my household with military precision.
Think of it as “labelled kindness”, (no, not controlling).
The Tupperware drawer has one job: be ready, be complete, be stackable.
If your Tupperware drawer or cupboard has turned into a holding pen for orphaned lids and tubs of dubious origin, (leftovers from dinner parties maybe?), then read on.
Here’s how I brought order back to mine - and how you can, too.
Operation Contain and Conquer
Assemble your tools
I have three labellers: Upstairs. Downstairs. Kitchen.
If you’re going to be organised, then time is of the essence. You can’t be sprinting between floors looking for your labelling machine in the midst of a declutter.
Also, stock up on spare label cartridges. Imagine running out of label tape mid-purge.. Quelle horreur!
2. Audit Like a Tyrant
If a lid doesn’t have a base, and you can’t locate it immediately, reject it outright.
No if’s, buts, or negotiations. It won’t be under the sofa.
Gone.
3. Match & Nest
Containers fit inside each other.
Lids stand upright in a divided organiser.
Simple. Satisfying.
4. Pick a Brand and Commit
Modular systems are the secret to visual calm and functional bliss.
Freebie MacDonald’s glasses and cute yoghurt pots? Recycle them.
5. Label Everything
Yes, even the Tupperware. Especially the Tupperware.
I once posted a photo of my neatly labelled post-batch-cooking freezer haul on Facebook.
My friends commented, “Why label it? Just sniff it – then you’ll know.”
But what if you’ve got a cold? Or your Bolognese turns out to be rhubarb crumble, once you’ve defrosted it?
Exactly.
This isn’t just about efficiency. It’s about self-respect.
It’s about reaching for a container in THAT drawer on a Thursday night and knowing that the medium-sized container you need will be there. With its lid, like a loyal friend.
So, if your kitchen is full of plastic containers that used to be a drawer, I can help.
Below is your free Tupperware sanity checklist if you want to schedule a clean-up session in your kitchen. No excuses and definitely no emotional attachment to the round top that covered a pyrex dish you threw out in 2010.
The Tupperware Sanity Checklist
Here’s how to get started:
Pull everything out of the drawer. Yes, all of it. Then ask yourself:
Can you match every lid to a container - or are you hoarding lone lids like the pile of single socks by your tumble dryer?
Can you remove one tub without triggering a plastic avalanche?
Is your collection coordinated, or does it resemble a multi-brand family reunion with several uninvited guests?
Do you feel calm, proud, and slightly smug when you open the drawer?
Are the lids stacked neatly or tossed in like laundry in a washing machine?
Have you found a mystery container and wondered from which dinner party you came home with leftovers?
Your Score:
🟢 5–6: Domestic deity. Bow to no one.
🟡 3–4: Respectable. But the chaos is brewing. Beware.
🔴 0–2: I’m not disappointed. I’m just mentally reorganising your life for you while you sleep.
This isn’t just a Tupperware drawer.
It’s a whole philosophy.
Teach your family not to mess with your systems.
And if they do, change the Wi-Fi code until someone restacks the lids properly.
(evil laugh)
😭I just opened “that” drawer. There is no hope for me!