I never liked cleaning my room as a kid, but I did like organizing it. In fact I’d usually procrastinate on actual cleaning in favour of organizing one small drawer or corner in fastidious detail. At one point in my teenage years I not only alphabetized all my books, I also put little numbered and lettered tags on the bottoms of their spines just like in a library.

To this day, tidying and organizing gives me a sense of calm and accomplishment. So when I saw this idea for organizing tights and belts and scarves and other wardrobe bits and pieces, I desperately wanted to try it. Because I also own a lot of scarves and tights.

Not only is this storage method tidy and space efficient, it also won’t create poking-out warped spots in stretchy fabrics the way hooks often will, nor will hung-up items fall of of it easily the way they do off hooks. And it would be a wonderful organizer for a kids room as well, placed within their reach so they can learn to hang up and organize their own things.

Credit where credit is due: I did not come up with this wonderful idea myself. I saw a picture of this method of closet organization some months ago in my online craft perusals, and have been itching to try it ever since. Here’s the original post that inspired me, on the blog Lana Red. It’s a brilliant idea, and I wanted to modify it a bit for my own use. Instead of glue gunning the clothes pegs to the closet wall (which you probably shouldn’t do if you live in an apartment, and also I don’t have great faith in the durability of hot glue, and you really really shouldn’t use a more reliably permanent glue if you’re doing this in an apartment), I drilled them all into a piece of board, making it a more lasting piece of household equipment, and meaning that the only holes you need to make in the actual wall are the four to attach the board. Just like I did for my advent calendar & fake mantelpiece last year. Makes it easier to remove (and reattach) if you’re moving, or reorganizing the room or need to move it up the wall for a child who’s gotten taller.

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