DIY Hanging Closet Rod

As mentioned in our How to Organize a Closet posts, we figured a great way to add space to our Master closet as well as Nursery closet was to make a simple and affordable hanging rod. Literally taking but 10 minutes to create and only $3 to make, I was able to hang all of my pants below my shirts giving the clothes in our Master bedroom more breathing space as well as adding more space to our smaller Nursery closet.
  

 What you need:

• One 3/4" X 48" rod (I found mine at A.C Moore and cut it in half to make two rods)
• Thick ribbon
• Paint
• Hot-glue

  

How to make it:

Note: Step 1 is optional and even though I had black paint on hand for the rod we put in our bedroom this project I figured wouldn't need it since every square inch of the rod would be covered. The hanging rod in the Nursery was a different story though; you can actually see the rod so we went ahead and painted it brown to help coordinate with the hanging shelves.
1. Paint the entire rod in a desired color.
2. While drying, measure the length of 2 pieces of ribbon that will be used to hang both sides of the rod making sure to leave some extra for tying a knot and bow.
3. Glue one end of the ribbon to the painted rod; once dry wrap the ribbon around the rod a couple times making sure to add some glue every now and then.
4. Repeat step 3 for the remaining side of the rod.
5. Hang in the closet making a double knot and finishing with a bow!

The Result...

Pretty simple project which honestly not only saved us some money considering most hanging closet rods cost about $20 but also gave the closets some character. Below is the picture of the Nursery closet as it shows the hanging closet rod the best.