I love any housekeeping tips that involve closet organization. However, watching someone on Instagram share space-saving tips while standing in their beautiful closet isn’t as impressive.
It would be easy for me to roll my eyes and keep scrolling past @therenegadehome’s Molly Miller filming in a closet that appears to have actual square footage. But when I saw what she did with her collection of jeans and hoodies in minutes with a few items sourced from Amazon, I stopped scrolling to look – that’s when I started making plans for my space.
In this video, Miller demonstrates a closet hack to create storage from scratch: Use a towel bar and some S-hooks or clip hooks to create storage space for jeans, hoodies, and more!
I’ve always preferred one of two ways to store jeans – either folded and put on a shelf or drawer, or folded in half on a hanger – and for sweatshirts I’d just hang them on a hook behind the door (but if I’m being honest, they end up on the backs of chairs more often than not) .
Here’s a quick and easy way to transform your closet or corner of your space by adding items under $60 to your Amazon cart.
Voilà! Not only have you organized your collection of jeans and/or sweatshirts, but you’ve also created an easy way to maintain it — most home organization experts will say that’s the real key to maintaining a tidy space.
What I love most about this towel hack is that even if you don’t have the wall space in your closet, you can install it elsewhere in your home. For example, you can hang a towel rail on the wall in your bedroom for a chic boutique aesthetic.
Miller shows us that she’s also successfully tried this hack for tools and supplies in her garage and for hanging clothes to steam in her laundry room. I can see it working nicely in other places around the house, such as the entryway or the mudroom for wet jackets; in the corner of the bedroom for scarves, purses and bags; or even hang up real towels to dry after bathing.
I love the upscale aesthetic of the gold bar for the towels and hooks for the bedroom, but for my basement laundry room, I’d probably opt for something less fancy. The great thing is that there are so many towel bars and hooks to choose from, so you can save money on this hack without sacrificing its benefits.