Supplies:
shoe organizer
hooks (3m for our project)
sticky tac (or other securing device like nails if you live in a house)
staples (because we didn't think to sew or use hot glue)
Cut them. My boyfriend carefully cut up the shoe organizer for me to make sure it looked somewhat nice while in the cabinet. We got one from Target when we were living near our college campus and
someone had stolen the hooks. Our makeshift hooks from IKEA were no good, so we
decided to repurpose this one from Target instead of the nicer one from Walmart that still holds shoes. It had some pretty nice borders that made cutting easier.
Place them. Figure out where your shoe organizer will fit so that it doesn't keep the cabinet door from closing completely. (We didn't do this step properly) Figure out how far down to make the holes (keep in mind that you want the hole at the bottom of the hook, not the top), and poke the hole with a pair of scissors.
Pretty them up (optional). We did this step last, but if you want it to look nicer, you may want to pause here and prepare your organizer for the size it needs to fit in to. We stapled the edge so that the cups didn't get caught on the lip of extra material on the way out. You can also use hot glue, sew it, or cut the extra material away. Hot glue, cutting, and stapling can happen closer to the end if you forget this step or decide you want it to look nicer when you're done.
Hang them. We tried this a few ways, and I found the best but possibly hardest way. Open the adjoining cabinet (if you have this) and close the one you intend to attach the organizer to. Hang out of the open one, thread the 3m hooks through the holes, and hang high enough that the entire thing fits inside. This way, you know that it will fit and not stop up the door. You may want to pay attention to centering if that's important to you, and be aware of the hooks flipping when you go to press them down.
Secure them. You have the hooks, but it will bow out in the middle with heavier items and move at the bottom from opening the door. We used sticky tac (not the best idea with opaque material), placed it as best as we could where we wanted it on the organizer, then pressed the organizer hard against the cabinet. We have an apartment, and if you do too, you could probably use hot glue as a clear alternative that could be pulled off. You may want to check that it does. If you have a house, you could use small nails or really whatever you want because they're your cabinets!
Fill them! We ended up with 6 different organizers, so we're using five in the kitchen and one in the bathroom. The ones near the stove have measuring cups and the ones near the sink have cleaning supplies like sponges and plink balls.
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