Upcycled Closet Ideas

If you’re short on storage in your closet, double it in a jiffy with these super simple upcycled closet ideas for your home.

 Double Your Storage with Simple Upcycled Closet Ideas

If you’re like me you probably have stuff in your closet that never seems to get put away. From wayward jewelry and scarves, to unorganized shoes and purses, there’s never been a good way to store them. That is, until now.

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It’s as easy as turning your unwanted, unused, and yes, even recycled items into wonderfully savvy closet storage hacks.

I’ve rounded up over a dozen closet hacks that I hope will help you wrangle your messies and get them organized once and for all:

1. Framed Closet Organizer

This super closet idea can handle everything from scarves to bling. This super hack uese a variety of different sized hooks to do the hard work. Tutorial: Look What I Did

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2. Hanging Closet Beauty Caddy

Utilize your vertical space in your closet with ease and get organized with this super bucket caddy. To make one yourself, you’ll need some old metal sand buckets (clean paint buckets will do, too!), rope, and a 3M wall hanger. Then make it as long or short as you want.

Source: Glamour.com

3. Soda Tab Clothes Hangers

Instead of throwing away those soda can tabs, give them extended life by using them to organize your wardrobe. It’s as simple as slipping it over a hanger. That way, you’ll get twice as much hanging space.

Source: The Shabby Creek Cottage

Source: LifeHacker.com

4. Laundry Basket Organizer

How clever is this? A dresser of sorts made with laundry baskets for your closet. Not only will your clothes be organized you can use these laundry baskets to take your used clothing to your local laundry mat already divided into white, dark, and mixed colors.

Source: A Little Crafty in Our Day

5. Shower Hook Hangers for Scarves and Tank Tops

It takes a little ingenuity to make space in a tight closet. Take this super idea, for example. All you need is a dozen or so shower hooks, a wooden or metal hanger, then organize your scarves as shown in the image below. This idea also works for tank tops, belts and more.

Source: My Sea Coast Treasures

Source: The 36th Avenue

6. Clothes Pin Scarf Hanger

With just a shortened piece of molding, a couple of eye hooks, wire and wooden clothes pins, you too can make this very scarf hanger in no time at all.

Source: Sally Ann

7. File Folder Clutch Organizer

Use an office file folder organizer to wrangle your favorite clutches in one place.

Source: Fabulous Fashions 4 Sensible Style

8. Pant Boot Hanger

Store your boots safely with this storage hack of the ages: pants hangers. With just a couple of pinches of your finger you’ll find just how easy it is to get them off that ugly pile and organized once and for all.

Source: Daily Women Talks

 9. Industrial Shoe Rack

Who would have thought that a couple of pipes and fitting could double your shoe storage 1-2-3.

Source: Two Feet First

10. Cabinet Knob Shoe Hanger

Okay, so this closet idea is really savvy. Grab a handful of cabinet knobs and attach them to a stringer board. Instantly, your shoes are off the floor and ready to go when you need them.

Source: Hometalk

11. S-Hook Purse Hanger

This idea is made even sweeter with reusable “S” hooks or Shower Curtain Hooks.

Source: Honey We’re Home

12. Shelf Bracket Clothes Holder

Got too much clothes? No worries. Just attach a couple of Ikea shelf brackets turned upside down for “instant” additional hanging space for all of your clothing.

Source: Ikea

Love these ideas? I’ve got more to share on my Pinterest Board: Organizing Ideas from Wisconsin Homemaker.