16 IKEA Hacks That Will Help You Organize Your Entire Life
From your bedroom to your kitchen to your car.
Even though most homes have a few key trouble spots (hello, messy closet), it's safe to say every room could benefit from some extra organization. Lucky for you, these IKEA hacks offer just that: Affordable and genius solutions to everyday home issues.
Hide Your Mud Room Mess
The reason people love the EXPEDIT bookcase is because it offers 16 cubbies for storage. But this blogger took it to the next level by adding locker doors on the front of each shelf so she could keep her odds and out of sight.
Streamline Your Daily Mail
As soon as you collect your mail out of the mailbox, stop! Don't drop it on the table. Instead, sort it all into different cubbies (made out of IKEA magazine holders) for bills, personal notes, and more.
Classify Coats and Bags
Don't let your kids drop their coats onto the floor ever again. When you give them dedicated hooks in an entryway organizer made out of IKEA storage benches, they'll always know where to put their belongings (and adults will too!).
Manage Your Kid's Chores
To keep your home clean and tidy, your best bet is to enlist the help of your kiddos. So to keep them accountable, use IKEA's organizational items to make lists that clearly mark who's responsible for what chores.
Store Your Shoe Collection
Floating IKEA shelves across the bottom of a closet keeps your shoes from piling up in a disorganized pile in your bedroom — or worse, your entryway.
Categorize Your Children's Car Toys
Since you can't play driver and entertainer at the same time, the Flort travel caddy will make your life immensely easier. Just stuff it full of your children's things and you can be on your merry little way without complaints.
Decode Your Desk Documents
Use an IKEA magazine rack to add purpose to your office desk. Not only does this hack get papers off of your desk, but it ensures you assign next steps to each paper to boot.
Make Room for Cleaning Supplies
Instead of stuffing IKEA's plastic bag holder full of, you know, plastic bags, why not hang cleaners from the nifty holes? We suggest you use this hack on the back of a closet door to make better use of already available space.
Corral Your Makeup Brushes
You can add style and organization to your vanity with IKEA's SKURAR plant pots. The delicate lace-like details are super feminine, which is ideal for a feminine makeup station.
Stack Your Spice Collection
If you're a flavor fanatic, you know the struggle of never having enough space in your cabinets for your complete collection. But when you use picture ledges from IKEA you can transform your wall into the ultimate spice rack.
Show Off Your Colorful Nail Polishes
Anyone who loves to paint their nails probably owns a full rainbow of shades — and nowhere to put all of the bottles. But if you transform IKEA's BEKVAM Spice Rack into storage your bathroom will suddenly feel like a private spa.
Hang Your Jewelry Collection
Give every necklace you own a home with this savvy picture ledge hack. Even better? This will make it way easier to hunt through your jewelry when you're in a rush in the morning — just grab and go without having to untangle a thing.
Stash Your Out-of-Season Clothes
Face it: Sweaters take up a lot of space. But if you transform IKEA cabinets into under-bed storage you'll have all the storage you could possibly need to pack away winter items in the summer (and vice versa!).
Optimize Your Over-Flowing Pantry
If you have so much food in your kitchen that you have to pack cans all the way to the back, you need to enlist the help of rolling drawers so you can actually find what you need when you're whipping up dinner.
Organize Under-Sink Storage
Doesn't it seem like there's never enough space under your sink for all your cleaning supplies? Well, these utensil holders on the back of a cabinet door is a nifty hack that will give sponges and brushes a dedicated home.
Keep Track of Notes
Custom fit a cork board above your desk with IKEA's AVSKILD Cork Placemat. It's a simple and stylish hack that will help you need track of everything on your to-do list.
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