Ikea ALEX drawers

Ooh, that's good to know. I almost bought one the other day but after reading the reviews I decided to wait. I usually take the reviews with a grain of salt because a lot of people don't put these kinds of things together properly. But, I trust a pea's review over random Amazon reviewers more so I'm glad I didn't buy it!

I have several of the wide and medium width Alex drawers and the one irritation I have with them is that the drawers don't open up enough to get to the back of them. I get around this by placing some things in trays or separate boxes within the drawers - I use one of the wide sets for my sewing things and two drawers are full of sewing threads. I have to put those in pullout trays or else I'd never see the for or five rows of cotton reels at the very back of the drawer. Having said that, it's the only irritant and generally speaking, I love them!

I went to measure the 5-drawer and was scratching my head because it depends on where you measure: inner sides, inner front or inner front at the lower dip. The sides are lower than the front, but many of the drawers hold bins, even stackable, that are quite a bit higher than the sides. They’re fairly even with the front. Like I mentioned, I’m often surprised in a good way about what fits.

Just to get an idea of height, I have some Container Store accessory boxes in one of the bottom drawers and they fit well. They’re 4-1/4” high and could be higher.
www.containerstore.com/s/closet/storage-boxes-bins/our-accessory-box/12d?productId=10003253

She is SO delightfully Canadian and her ideas about different styles are quite helpful. One of her rules is that in a mixed household you have to defer to the style that leaves stuff out and visible if one of you is that style... which is why my bathroom sink and kitchen counter will never be clear as long as I am married... sigh...

We have 3 of the 5 drawer as computer desks with Linmon tops, and the wide one. We also bought the Alex desk topper with drawers and stopped using them when the pandemic hit - not a comfortable height for our computers for lengthy work.

I’ve struggled using the 5 drawer Alex for craft and planning supplies. Only the lower drawers have medium depth. The top ones hold very little.

The wide Alex was our printer cart, but bowed under the weight of our laser.

The wide one is now holding gift wrap supplies. Top 2 drawers are cards and envelopes sliding everywhere. Bottom 3 hold gift bags, tissue paper and small gift boxes.

I’ve unpacked most of my tools and they’re in Sterlite drawers that used to by the kids toy bins. The 2x2 Kallax holds albums and paper. Still trying to figure out what to do with embellishments.

I have the last one - the very wide one. Have it jam packed with crafting supplies. Think it is great.

Only "disappointment" is that it isn't wide enough to have two stacks of 12 by 12 paper besides each other.

I love mine, I have the narrow ones and painted the fronts of them. They hold SO many things organized in my room!