Declutter & Organize The Jewelry In Your Closet With A Smart Paper Towel Holder Hack

The smallest items in our wardrobes and accessory collections are often the ones most likely to go missing. A wayward bracelet or hair accessory can wind up in a drawer or lost under the bed for months. Dedicated jewelry racks and custom storage solutions can help you stay more organized, but they can sometimes be expensive. YouTube DIYer Frugal Creative Living, however, offers an ingenious paper towel holder hack as a way to store accessories and jewelry. The approach both displays your collection and keeps items safe. Even better, you can use this as a storage piece that sits on your dresser, or mount it on the wall inside your closet to keep your counters less cluttered. 

This hack is one of many clever ways to use paper towel holders around the house. If you don't have an old paper towel holder laying around, you can often find them in thrift stores at inexpensive prices. Keep an eye out for solid wood or plastic ones that can be painted or refinished to match your aesthetic; you can find a wooden countertop paper towel holder at Amazon for $9.99, and mount it to your wall. You could also add a pattern by wrapping fabric and-stick paper around the center rod.

To use the holder as a jewelry organizer for your space, just slip your bracelets, watches, and bangles over the rod of the holder. This trick also works perfectly for hair accessories and scrunchies if you remove the end cap to slip them over the rod. Or, you can mount the holder on the wall to display longer necklaces and pendants. Alternatively, add one to the wall of your closet for easy hanging storage for belts, ties, and scarves. For more narrow spaces, you could also use toilet paper dispensers on the wall. 

For storing even smaller jewelry pieces, particularly those with sharp ends like earrings or brooches, this hack may not be ideal. But you can modify it by wrapping a segment of burlap fabric, such as the Floral Garden ribbon ($1.25) available at Dollar Tree, around the perimeter. This will create a surface that is great for attaching these more fragile items. You can also create a similar storage solution with a stylish pool noodle hack, which uses an inexpensive Dollar Tree wire paper towel holder.