The TikTok Wire Hanger Hack That Actually Organizes Your Shoe Closet

It's almost too easy for shoes to end up in messy piles in your home's entryway or closet, but there are lots of ways to get shoes off the floor and organized on a tight budget. And it doesn't necessarily require a new piece of furniture, which can cost up to $600, or an over-the-door footwear organizer — priced at as much as $40. There's a popular TikTok closet organizing hack that's free, because you likely have the one household staple needed: a wire hanger.

The best thing about this tip for organizing all your shoes is that you won't need any tools or to buy anything extra (unless you want to), because all you have to do is bend the hanger into a new shape and slip your shoes into it. This is why a wire hanger works best for this DIY — other types of hangers, like wood or velvet, obviously don't bend.

Take the wire hanger and bend the two ends away from the hook first, then upward toward the hook, making a "W" shape. You can do this by hand or with pliers. Each side of the hanger will be able to hold one shoe, so you can keep each pair together. From there, hang the shoes in your closet. Use different colored wire hangers to color-code your footwear.

Wire hangers often have a bad reputation in closets and aren't many peoples' favorite type because they bend, rust, and clothes regularly slip off them. But they are good for DIYs and the many brilliant ways you can use hangers to organize your space, like repurposing them for eyeglasses and sunglasses storage and hooking some hangers together to make a DIY bra organizer. Thanks to their malleable nature, wire hangers are also useful in other types of crafts, like making a heart frame or a napkin ring.