Much like buried treasure or the television remote, adequate closet space can be hard to find. This is especially true in smaller apartments, though even people with spacious walk-in closets often manage to fill every inch of the hanging rod. If you’ve decluttered and stored out-of-season clothing, but space is still tight, we have a…
Things Go Better With Coke
The key to this hack is a can of Coke or your favorite soft drink. But you can dump (or drink) the sugary contents — you’ll just be using the tab from the can itself. Alternatively, you can forgo buying soda cans entirely and purchase loose tabs in bulk, which will likely save you money. Finally, grab some clothing hangers, and get ready to start maximizing your closet space.
The logic here is to utilize vertical storage space, since a closet rod can only fit so many hangers. Chances are, there’s a lot of unused space beneath it anyway. Simply snap the tab off the can and slide the neck of one clothing hanger through the top slot. Then, hook a second hanger onto the bottom slot of the tab.
With the two hangers connected, you can hang the top one on the closet rod while the other dangles beneath it. This allows you to hang twice as many items using the same rod space. In fact, you can add more soda tabs to connect as many as three or four hangers — just be careful not to add too much weight and risk breaking the closet rod.
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Keep Outfits Together
In addition to saving space in an otherwise cramped closet, this trick is useful for keeping multiple components of the same outfit together. Let’s say you own a blazer and a dress shirt that look really good together — hang them on separate hangers and join them with a soda tab. This allows you to plan out outfits and keep them together, saving you the effort of searching for individual components.
Once you’re done rearranging your closet, it may finally be time to enjoy that refreshing can of soda — you’ve earned it.
