The Genius Way To Use Shower Hooks To Store Your Cleaning Supplies

When it comes to keeping homes organized and functional, you might be storing your cleaning products all wrong — cheap n' cheerful DIY home hacks can be a godsend. They're also the best (not to mention the most fun) way to recycle the things you don't need anymore after upgrading to something new. For example, if you're replacing your old shower curtain with a modern glass enclosure, why not repurpose your shower hooks to store your cleaning supplies?

This genius organization tip will solve that never-ending frustration of long-handled tools slipping and falling down in your cupboard. It's also going to make grabbing cleaning supplies from the dark and cluttered space under your sink an absolute breeze, totally eliminating the chance of you knocking everything over when trying to reach the back for a spray bottle.

And if you don't have a spare set of shower rings at home because you're not ready to upgrade to a fancy screen, don't worry; you can still enjoy this hack because shower rings are super cheap and easy to find online or in your local dollar store. So stock up anyway, and discover the amazing functionality of these simple plastic rings.

If you're eager to know more about how to solve the problem of brooms and mops falling all over the place whenever you open your cleaning closet, your prayers are about to be answered. This tip calls for a spare closet, as you'll need the height of a clothes rack to attach your shower rings to. Alternatively, you could remove lower shelves in a pantry cupboard and use a tension rod, or use simple Command hooks or nails secured to a wall.

To put your shower rings to work, simply pop them onto the rail and hang your items. Most cleaning tools have a hanging hook — maybe this is why! You can hang all sorts of cleaning tools, like brooms and mops, your dustpan and brush, or a squeegee. You can even hang bulky items out of the way, like a bucket or handheld hoover if it has a hanging loop. How about fabric laundry bags for clothes and sponges?

If you love this idea, you can use the same idea to organize the dreaded space under your sink too. Simply add a tension rod and some more shower rings, then hang all of your spray bottles by their pumps so that they are up off the surface and less likely to topple over, bringing everything else down with them. This also frees up surface space for containers to organize items that can't be hung.

Don't stop in the kitchen, though — shower rings are awesome for hanging and sorting all kinds of things in your home. Another problem area for keeping stuff organized is in the bathroom. It makes perfect sense to hang things like shower puffs, exfoliating scrubs, and flannels so that they can drip dry after use, stopping them from developing mold and mildew or getting smelly. If your shampoo and shower gel bottles can be hung, go for it — anything is better than bottles falling into the bathtub or on the cubicle floor when you're having a shower and have suds in your eyes. If you already have a shower curtain installed, add extra shower rings to hang all your bits and bobs on the same rail.

If you don't have a big enough towel rack, or there aren't enough hooks on the back of your bathroom door, add shower rings to a coat hanger so that you can hang several towels at once using one hook — pure genius! This is also a hack you can use in your wardrobe to hang anything from tops to dresses to jeans.