My kids are getting older, but they still want to hang on to some of their stuffed animals. They don’t need them out and seen all the time anymore, but they aren’t ready for them to be boxed. Enter the closet hammock! My eldest had the brilliant idea to hang her actual hammock in her closet. The loops on the end slid perfectly onto the closet rod.

The hammock acts like a toy sling, keeping them off the floor, and tucks back into the side of the closet where it is difficult to access hangers anyway. Win, win.

We’ve been painting rooms in the house, which is monumental, because we’ve lived here for five years and only done touchups. My kids wanted a room switch and that is a good time to paint. We did install a utility sink awhile back, because both my husband and I have always wanted one, and it makes a good place to do the final rinse of the brushes. But then where to let them dry? I grabbed some clips from the kitchen drawer and tada, paintbrush hooks.

One of the clips is designed to hold spoons on a pot. It was not a stretch to extend the use to holding a paintbrush on a utility sink. The other two are clips made from coated wire, which are my favorite kitchen clips because they can be used in the pantry or the freezer. I bent open the thumb loops enough to hook the paintbrush handle hole through. It works to keep the bristles off the bottom of the sink and allow them to dry!