While Command hooks are popular among renters and students who want to decorate without sacrificing their security deposit, there are so many other situations where they can come in handy! In fact, you can use removable hooks to organize, decorate, and generally spruce up every room in your home!
In today’s blog post, I’ll be sharing over a dozen ways you can use Command hooks to get organized. From the kitchen to the bathroom and beyond, these tips will show you just how versatile and useful these adhesive marvels can really be!
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See another genius home decor hack using Command strips in the video at the end of the post.
13 Brilliant Ways to Organize Everything with Command Hooks
1. Simple Scooping
Attach a small hook to the side of your food storage containers that store dry goods like flour, sugar, oats, etc. Hang a small measuring spoon or cup on the hook so it’s always handy for scooping and measuring.
For instance, you can hang the scoop you use to measure your coffee in the morning right on the side of your coffee container. You won’t ever have to go searching for it again!
2. Prepared to Party
Place a series of small hooks along the top of a door or window frame, and use them to hang banners or bunting on special occasions. Leave the hooks up all year round to make it quick and easy to decorate for any occasion!
3. Hidden Cables
Hate seeing the tangled mess of cables behind your living room or office furniture? Attach hooks to the backside of the legs of your furniture to use as guides for the cables of your electronics.
Guiding the cables along the legs of your furniture will keep them hidden from view, and give your furniture a cleaner, more organized look.
4. Toothbrush Hanger
Hang a hook on its side to create a simple hanger for your toothbrush in the bathroom. Attach it to the inside of your medicine cabinet for easy access.
5. Belt Storage
Hang a large hook in your closet or on the inside of your closet door to hang your belts on. The hook will keep your belts organized and out of the way, yet easily accessible when you’re picking out an outfit.
6. Kitchen Wrap
Free up valuable drawer space in your kitchen by hanging rolls of plastic wrap, tin foil, and other wraps inside of your pantry or cupboard door. Attach two small hooks on their side facing inward to secure the ends of each roll.
7. Wreath Hanger
Make a wreath hanger by attaching a large hook upside-down on the inside of your front door. Once the hook is secure, loop your wreath’s ribbon around it and drape it over the front of the door.
Not only is this a convenient way to hang a wreath, it also eliminates scraping and scratching from bulky metal wreath hangers.
8. Charging Cradle
Use a couple of small hooks to create a cradle next to your preferred charging outlet to hold your phone. This will keep your phone up off the floor or countertop so no one will accidentally crush it while it’s charging!
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9. Keeper of Keys
Hang a hook (or several!) near your front door to hang up your car and house keys. With designated hooks, you’ll never have to scramble to find your keys!
10. Glove Storage
Attach a small hook under your sink and hang a binder clip from it. Use the binder clip to hang up your rubber gloves after using them for cleaning or while doing the dishes.
Hanging your gloves will not only keep them handy but will also make sure they dry out between uses so you don’t run into mold or mildew problems.
11. Instant Art Gallery
You can also use hook and binder clip pairings to create a customizable “art gallery” to display your kids’ artwork! The binder clips make it quick and easy to change out the artwork to feature their latest creations.
12. Sink Saver
Attach a hook next to your kitchen sink. Use it as a safe place to hang your ring, bracelet, or watch while you wash dishes.
13. Shower Caddy System
If it feels like there’s just not enough space in the shower for everyone’s stuff, Command hooks can help! Hang a few large hooks in the bathroom and use them to hang a separate shower caddy for each person who uses that bathroom.
Everyone can bring their own caddy of supplies into the shower with them, then hang it up again when they’re done!
Do you have some clever uses for Command Hooks?
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Hi Jillee,
Please log in or create a free account to comment.We use Command Hooks (the ones similar to plastic Velcro) to tech up the Fridge Freezer, my husband had a spare Lenovo Yoga Book laptop, placed a hook on each corner then stuck it to the fridge, it’s great for all sorts, recipes (either my own or to look up), music, TV, timer (the one on my oven is too low for me to reach as I have disabilities) basically use it for any function it has.
It gets used every day!
best wishes,
Michelle x
Jillee,
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I love Command hooks. Thanks for these great ideas – I particularly like the one for the charging station cradle.
Thank you for the hack for hanging wreaths! My command hooks don’t seem to like the cold and they break, leaving the adhesive mess. Have been trying to come up with a solution, but you beat me to it. And over the door hangers, as always, just mess up the door. I’ve already hung my hanging door gnome using your trick – great idea!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Great ideas!! Thank you
Please log in or create a free account to comment.This is kinda out there tip. I decorate my parents grave for Christmas, Anniversary, Memorial day etc. I use command hooks(small clear ones) on the stone to hang tiny stockings, bows, a decorative garland and whatever I’m using at that time. For example, for Christmas I had tiny trees(Dollar tree) in the flower sconces, tiny stockings hung close using small clear command hooks, another command hook in the center with a shiny Merry Christmas. On cold nasty days it’s easy to change out as well as put up.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Darlene, You don’t need to feel like that is “kinda out there” at all! You are an amazing, caring, and loving daughter who has not let your parent’s memory die, though their worldly body has gone. I am sure they are proud and honored that they are still included in your every holiday celebration. May God truly bless you and your precious, undying love! :-)
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Command hooks seem great but most of my pictures and bathroom items barely hung on the walls for two months. Not happy broken glass and frames. Texture walls and the plastic walls on the tub don’t hold command hooks very well
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Texture walls do not have the proper surface needed for a good hold. As for your shower, make sure the area is REALLY, TOTALLY clean of everything!! It’s a great surface for them…they should hold. Good luck! :-)
Please log in or create a free account to comment.There are some fantastic ideas here.
I put several small hooks inside the doors of my sewing cabinet to store cards of extra buttons or snaps.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.The Squire put two hooks on the back of my bread machine, the top one facing upward, and the other upside down. I use them to wrap up the cord when I store the machine, so it doesn’t get in the way.
Those nice people at 3M have come out with “Cord Bundlers” just for this purpose. I have one on my slow cooker, one on my Instant Pot and one on my Kitchen Aid mixer. Oh, and one on my bed frame to keep that ugly tangle of phone cord, Kindle cord, lamp cord and extension cord from turning into a death trap.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.3 or 4 strategically placed small hooks will hold pot and pan lids on the inside of cabinet doors for a great space saver.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I use a Command hook inside the cabinet door above the toilet. I hang a hand mirror and a small pair of grooming scissors there. I also use the heavier duty ones to hang my broom, mop, dust mop, etc. Sometimes the hole on the handle don’t jive so I use a zip tie through the hole on the handle then hang. I also use them in the kitchen to hang utensils on by using 2 of them, a dowel rod and S hooks.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.When hanging foil, wax paper etc., wouldn’t it be easier to turn the box upside down so cutting is easier? Probably have to lower the height, but ease of cutting is important to me and safer too.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Command makes water resistant hooks. Also, you can buy the replacement strips. I use these in my tub/shower area. They have held up so far for well over two years. At times, I had used my hair dryer on low and heated the glue before adding the hook to ensure a strong hold. But I think not using a hook for 24 hours after attaching before using makes the hook more secure.
This is the way I use Command water resistant hooks to dry a wet shower curtain… I use small Command hooks that are attached sideways, open hook towards shower wall, to the sides of the shower wall, near the bottom corner where the side and back wall intersect.
Using curtain clip rings with the ring removed, clip each side of the corner bottom of the shower curtain. Use the Command hook to hold the shower curtain back so it dries faster. Remove the clips before washing. Be sure the shower curtain with the clip can reach the hooks. I have my hooks toward the bottom of the shower wall. After each shower, pin the curtain back to dry.
I use a Command hook to hold the memory foam bath mat on the wall outside of the bath tub while using a curtain ring clip to hang the mat so it can dry. I must note that our bath mat is not dripping wet when we hang it.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I do something similar, but I only use one hook and ring. On the wall opposite the shower head, and almost into the back corner, I have a comand hook facing up (normal way) at about the height of the curtain rod. Attached to the bottom corner of the curtain on that end is a clip-on cafe ring. (I’ve also sewed on a loop of ribbon or a washable plastic ring there too.) When we’re done with the shower, we hang that bottom corner up on the hook and spread the curtain out on the rod. It looks a little odd being hung by just one corner, but water seeks the lowest level and it quickly runs to the other bottom corner and drips off. The curtain dries very fast.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I put command hooks upside down on either side of the trash can to hold the trash bag so it doesn’t slide down in the trash can. Works great!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Great idea!
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Please log in or create a free account to comment.I could see using these in out-of-sight places as in #’s 3 and 10, but otherwise a plastic hook out in the open is an eyesore imo. Even plastic coated with metallic paint looks fake. A lot of these are good ideas, but I would spring for metal hooks (like #7?) for most of them.
I could also see using these to hang framed artwork temporarily (depending on the weight), to decide where/how high, etc. it should be displayed, before putting a hole in the wall.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.They do make them in a metallic finish, and we used one that looks remarkably like our towel bars as a robe hook on the back of the bathroom door.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I agree, so I paint them using the same paint I used on the wall, casings, etc. They camouflage right in. No-one notices them until, I, point them out.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.oh ya, I don’t intend to remove them, and after they have been up a couple years the tab stiffens and doesn’t work any more; so I use a razor sharp cutter & slice the tab off, right away.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I organized my cupboard doors. Two large command hooks at the bottom and a hingable one at the top to hold 5 lids. Looked beautiful, and I was so impressed with myself. Within 6 months the hooks started falling off. I had cleaned and prepped the surface, but after replacing them 4 or 5 times I gave up.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I also did an upper door with measuring cups, rubber spatulas, and kitchen shears. It has lasted longer, but the hooks still fall off.
The ones I LOVE are the hooks that strap the electrical cord to the appliance. They get used less often and they are the only ones that have stayed.
I put command hooks behind the closet door and hang the dogs leashes and empty poop bag holder so it’s easy to retrieve!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.What a great idea!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I put a hook next to the cat litter box to hold the scoop!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I put command hooks around door and window frames at Christmas to hang lights and garlands.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Some good ideas! I use the outdoor ones to anchor my swags in the window sills outside at Christmas. They’ve been there well over a year and still work fine. I’ve got clear ones on the end of a cabinet that faces my garage door for keys. I’ve got two rows of mini ones with metal hooks inside a cabinet door to hang my measuring spoons so I don’t have to dig in the drawer. I’ve got one of the two hook ones that looks like a robe hook hanging in the shower to hang my razor by the base of the blade and another to hang a rag from one side and my shower puff from the other side. They’ve been there for several years with no problem.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Some great ideas thanks folks! Never had fails with these but wouldn’t trust with heavy breakables or items that would cause damage in a fall. Pic 3, the sticker is upside down for this position, it would be tricky to pull for removing. Don’t know if it might be helpful to know that should the sticker break when removing, pulling dental floss carefully between hook and surface can do the trick. Apologies if I got this from Jillee in the first place!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Been trying to use floss and a hair dryer where the c hooks have broken off, and it just has not having worked. I tried Goof Gone and it didn’t work, but the Goo Gone did work much better. There’s still some of the clear film layer remaining but I just covered it with my door hanging gnome :)
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Hi Gail, was just suggesting the floss to remove hook if sticky pad breaks when pulling down to remove hook. You’re right, that won’t necessarily always remove the sticky stuff. Lamp oil or WD40 might do the trick if the surface wouldn’t be spoiled by oily/greasy products?
Love this product. I’ve used them to create a necklace display. Clear hooks hung in a straight line and I hang several necklaces from each hook. They stay untangled plus it’s a visual reminder to wear a necklace now and again.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Some new command hook ideas for me. Thanks Jillee!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Enjoy!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I tried the cord bundler hooks a while ago from your article. I absolutely love them. So great for all my kitchen appliances.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I got to do this!. Yep I got to do it all Mrs. Jillee :) Your website is the best!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I like the idea about the canister and spoon but I have a set from Walmart that has the spoon on the outside in a little loop that holds it just thought I’d mention it if you’re using your canisters as a decorative addition it just looks cleaner.
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