Vertical clothing (dis)organization prototype

One night when I couldn’t sleep I was thinking of projects to do, and it crossed my mind that the reason my room is always so messy is that I seem to prefer my floor as a dresser as opposed to the conventional chest of drawers or even the less conventional cubby-hole systems. My problem is that I don't like folding clothes and putting them away.

This is my solution to that.
It solves the messiness issue by containing my clothes, and I don't have to put my clothes away neatly.

Step 1 Supplies

1. Bungee cord (I got mine at the army/navy surplus store, but you can order online here) 
2. Plywood (or something similar)
3. Lengths of 2x4
4. Wood screws

Comments

[xflo4444]

LOVE IT!!

[The Ideanator]

Thanks!

[pashanoid]

I'm building one for myself, this is great, thanks!

[RedMeanie]

This would make a nice plastic grocery bag holder thingy. Especially if you needed different sizes like I do that come from different stores. The typical hole in the bottom tube type means pulling out hand fulls before getting the right size bag out.
This would "Revolutionize Bag Retrieval" !

Thanks For Sharing!

[The Ideanator]

Hehehe, yeah. That would be awesome for bag reuse, I would recommend using a milk crate or similar for size, weight and convenience.

[RedMeanie]

I was thinking much smaller and thinner. Then mount on the inside of a pantry or cabinet door. Kind of like a file folder rack at the doctors office that's outside each room. I will make one this weekend for my shop and post some pics here.
Thanks Again!

[Nostalgic Guy]

I like it, having three (sorry that would now be four following a birthday) teen sons of my own & now living with my lovely better half who has a teen daughter I am very familiar with the "Hang it on the floor so it won't fall down & get lost" theory of clothing management.
I may look into making a few of these one quiet afternoon & see how they get on with them.
As I read it I thought you may have some problems with the cord tension so I see what you meant about reinforcement, I may add a little strength with a couple of shelves to separate jeans from shirts etc.
I can see lots of different versions of your idea popping up in rooms over the next few weeks :-)

[The Ideanator]

My mom totally agrees with that sentiment, and I'm sure many other parents would too. I am working on a better version that will be more slick and >should< improve the efficiency of finding clothes (though it probably wont in the long run, its the thought that counts, and some are probably a bit better at organization than I).

[erik_mccray]

I love it!!!

[AlternateLives]

it gets the job done! I could use something like this.