Do you wonder what to do with hangers? Here are 9 creative, helpful, and easy ways to use them in your home.
No wire hangers!!!! Can you still hear that line from “Mommy Dearest”? I can and I cannot look at a wire hanger the same anymore after seeing that movie as a kid. We don’t use wire hangers in our closets anymore (okay my husband still does – lol), but I have saved some wire hangers and I found 9 ways to use them in and around your home.
What To Do With Hangers
1. Clean out Nozzles
Straighten the hook part of a hanger and use it to clear out silicone, chalk, and other glue bottles.
2. Re-string A Drawstring
Straighten out a hanger and make a small hook on the end. Attach the string that needs to go through to the hook via tape, safety pin, etc, and push the wire through the clothes. Once you have the string through, you can pull the hanger out.
3. Unclog A Drain
Using the unwound hanger with the hook on the end (like the drawstring), push the hook side down into the drain, and carefully pull it back up. You’ll pull up hair and all kinds of gunk plugging your drain.
4. Make A Reading Material Rack
Bend your hanger in this shape…
Place a command hook or other hook of your choice on the wall and place your reading material on the hanger.
5. Towel Rack
Bend a hanger in this shape…
Hang up your hanger and place a towel inside it.
6. Outdoor Hanging Plant Holder
Bend your hanger into this shape…
Place your flower pot inside the circle and hang up outside.
7. Hang Up Shoes
Bend your hanger in this shape and you can hang shoes in your closet, or outside after washing them to dry.
8. Hanging Trashcan
Bend 2 hangers into 90-degree angles and curve up the end facing you. Set into this position…
Loop a plastic bag around them and hang it up outside. You now have a portable trashcan.
9. Make A Wreath
Bend your hanger into this shape …
I have made many wreaths with this wire form. For this one, I clipped clothespins onto the hanger, placed a mirror in the center, and tied that into place with a fishing line.
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That’s so impressive that a wire hanger can be so versatile!!
XOXO
Jodie
#senisln
Thank you Jodie, it’s fun to start messing with something and see how many ideas you can come up with.
The wreath and the hanging flower pots are my favorite. Great ideas all!
Thank you so much Mary, I’m thrilled you like them. Those are some of my favorites too 🙂
Lots of great ideas Chas. I have some thin hangers from a dry cleaner that bend easily and are great for doing things like you listed. Thanks for the inspiration. 🙂
Thank Linda, and good for you for always keeping a stash of them around. You never know when inspiration will strike. Seems like wire hangers are actually harder to find anymore.
Going to be using some of these ideas for sure. Found you on Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop
Thank you so much Candy and I’m excited there’s a few ideas here you can use. Thanks for stopping by.
I wish I had thought of that is what I am saying to myself after reading your post. I am pinning these wonderful tricks for wire coat hangers. Happy Easter, Kippi #kippiathome
Thanks Kippi, I was glad I still had some around to mess around with. Thanks for the Pin and stopping by 🙂
I think my favorite is the wreath but some of the others are really neat ideas!
Thank you so very much and thanks for sharing your favorite. I love that one too.
What cool ideas, thanks for sharing! Visiting from the Simple Homestead Blog Hop.
Thank you so much Kristi and thanks for stopping by.
I love the idea of using a hanger to make a holder for outdoor flower pots. I may need to make one of those this spring!
Thank you so much and I really liked creating that one too. Love that you want to make one 🙂
Really awesome ideas on how to reuse these boring wire hangers. Thanks for sharing them with us at #OMGHWW,
Thank you so much Alice, and I love to take something I’m not using and make it useful again 🙂
Very clever! I’m going to try some of these. Coming to you from Calypso in the Country.
Thank you and I’m excited to check out your blog too 🙂
Great ideas. Thanks for sharing with #OMHGWW.
Thank you so much Clearissa 🙂
You never cease to amaze me!
Thank you Michele, you are so very sweet 🙂
These are some very clever ideas! Thank you bunches for linking up and sharing with us this week! xoxo
Thank you so much Kristi and thanks for a great link party. See you next week!
Thank you for sharing your wire hanger projects on #omhgww last week, So many unique ideas, I like the one that is above the sink and the outside plant hanger those are two that I could use right away! Be sure to stop by and share again and have a great week !?
Thank you so much Karren. It’s so fun to start coming up with different ways to use an item that’s just sitting there in your home. Thanks for sharing your favorites and a great party. See you at the next one.
Its great you have so many ideas with something that usually comes into our home free. Thank you for sharing on #omhgww. Pinned and is part of a feature on Instagram!
Thank you so much Karren and thanks for the Pin and feature on Instagram. Have a great week and I’ll see you at the next party 🙂
Lots of great idea. We are the sma,e I just can’t bring myself to use them for clothes but you need at least a couple in the house for those moments when they are just right!
Thank you Julie. I love everything you are saying and can totally relate. Can’t quite let them go, they are just kept around to use in other ways 🙂
Thank you for sharing at #OverTheMoon. Pinned and shared.
Thank you so very much Marilyn 🙂