Tidy Up Your Cluttered Closet On A Budget With An Inexpensive IKEA Hack

Getting ready in the morning is hard enough to do without a cluttered closet in the mix. If you're growing tired of digging through drawers or rifling through a pile on a shelf to find specific items, improving your organizational game could be a clear solution to this problem. Although you could purchase a niche organizational system to keep your closet less cluttered, a basic IKEA kitchen storage solution could provide you with a versatile method for storing and accessing your favorite hats. 

The IKEA OSTBIT plate holder might not look all that impressive, but this budget-friendly idea for organizing your closet offers an excellent solution to your baseball cap storage challenges. Costing only $5.99, its cheap enough to pick up without blinking an eye or having to go over your monthly budget. It's also a highly reviewed IKEA product, with a 4.7-star average out of more than 800 reviews. In order to put it to use in managing your baseball cap inventory, simply place the hard visor of the cap facing down in between the bamboo dowels. Not only is it easy to retrieve a cap when you need it, but it also provides an incredibly straightforward view at your chapeaux options. You'll also certainly appreciate how this plain IKEA plate rack becomes a chic open shelving solution that prevents a pile of caps from cluttering closet surfaces, or getting crushed under other clothing.

The OSTBIT is undoubtedly a genius way to store and organize your baseball cap collection, but it also can prove invaluable for a number of other items cluttering your closets. If you have several smaller handbags, you can easily stash and protect them between the plate holder's dowels. The same goes for trendy clutches that may otherwise sit unused in a cluttered drawer — the OSTBIT ensures that they are stored nicely and can stay in your regular rotation of accessories. After you've taken time to tackle your messy closet, you can use the OSTBIT organization tip to make your child's closet so much easier to navigate. Use one of the plate holders to help kids stay on top of small items, such as house slippers, storybooks, or their own hat collection. 

While the OSTBIT looks great in its natural bamboo finish, if you want to make it fit seamlessly into your decor you can spray paint it white or any other color. If you find that the plate holder slips around while you're trying to remove or replace items, attach strips of 3M Velcro or museum putty on the bottom. Once properly affixed, the rack should stay securely fastened to its new home in your closet.