I bought 4 garbage cans from Dollar Tree (one for each family member).
Winter Gear Storage
3 Materials
$6
15 Minutes
Easy
I needed a system to organize my winter gear. We have our coats hanging in the laundry room entry way but our hats, gloves, scarves ... they were a mess! Here is an easy and inexpensive way I have come up with to store our winter gear.
I added chalkboard labels to each trashcan. Any label would work, I just liked these and I found them at Dollar Tree as well.
I put each person's name on the label.
I placed each individuals hats, gloves/mittens, scarves, etc in their bin.
I placed Command Hooks on the wall above our coat hanging rack and above each person's coat. I used Command hooks as I wasn't sure this system was going to work so I wanted to start with something temporary.
I hung each basket up on the hooks above their jackets. I was a little worried that they would fall off but they don't, they stay on quite nicely.
Here we are a year later and I'm still using them, the command hooks have been great so I haven't changed them.
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Jodion Mar 8, 2019I would love to try this! The decoratiomn sound easy enough but the greens die on me!
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Chas' Crazy Creationson Mar 8, 2019Thank you :)
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Lisaon Mar 23, 2019I am short. This would not work for me but I like the ideal.
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Chas' Crazy Creationson Apr 8, 2019Hi Lisa, you could also put these vertical instead of horizontal up the wall to help too.
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Do the items dry in the baskets? After a snowball fight things are pretty wet.
Dollar Tree sells a great little mesh basket about the same size. Would give excellent air flow and add some color. I use them for a variety of purposes and to build gift baskets (instead of wicker ones). This one is helping me weed
How do you hang the garbage cans up? Do you use a wooden strip to attach the command hooks? Then attach the garbage cans? Do you attach the command hooks to the garbage cans as well?
I attach the command hooks to the wall and the hook hooks into the lip of the trash can 😊
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