Laundry Closet: Hanger Holder

With my laundry closet makeover, I needed somewhere to keep clothes hangers handy. I considered several options. Hooks could hang on the wall next to the dryer, right where I needed them.. but hooks wouldn't hold many hangers. What I really needed was something that would hang on the wall like a hook, but would stick straight out instead of curving. It needed to be fairly short; long enough to hold several hangers, but short enough to be out of the way. And of utmost importance, it needed to be not sharp on the end... because I would definitely poke my clumsy self. ;)

I wandered around the home improvement store, trying to come up with a solution, when I spotted something that would be perfect.

A door stop. :D

It was just the right length, and the rubber end cap would serve a dual function of keeping the hangers from sliding off and preventing me from stabbing myself or poking an eye out.

action shot of the typical use for a door stop

As with most of my projects, I spray painted the little guys black and added bats. :D  The bats are wooden shapes from the craft store.

I spaced them out appropriately on the wall...

and they work perfectly. :D