Get Creative with Your Wall Organization

Walls do more than just surround your personal space! Your walls help you express your style and create a room that you love to spend time in. When you choose wall decor pieces that do double-duty, your walls can even help you stay organized. Pieces like message boards, pinboards, calendars, shelves and hooks are all things that add style and storage!

Your Communications Hub: The Message Board

A message board is an organizing tool that’s handy for reminding yourself of tasks you need to do, and adding one to your wall will display your messages so that you’ll see them every time you walk through the room. These dry erase and chalk bulletin boards make it easy to leave notes for yourself about chores or homework or leave notes and reminders for family members.

Calendars: The Core of Your Organizing Efforts

Keeping track of things that you need to do, and when you need to do them, is a key part of getting organized, and the calendar you hang on your wall is ideal for helping with that. Hang your calendar right around eye level, or a touch higher, and then write your appointments, deadlines for assignments and upcoming test dates on it. With all your important dates right there at eye level, it makes it a lot easier to stay on top of everything to get done. You can choose a calendar that’s a standalone piece or one that’s part of a set of style for a uniquely personalized arrangement.

Decorative Corkboards for Notes and Treasured Memories

A decorative pushpin board or fabric-covered pinboard is similar to erasable message boards and calendars because you display them right where you can see them, and you use them to help yourself remember important information. However, decorative corkboards have the added benefit of being of being able to display treasured memories. For example, pin a photo of a friend, your artwork or a note from someone you love on the board so you can enjoy seeing it whenever you walk into your room.

Shelves for Stacking, Displaying and Storing

Shelves that hang on the wall come in many different styles to match all of your decor and storage needs. For heavy items that you want to stack, like books, choose a solid shelf that you can mount onto the wall. To store items out of sight on shelves, add some decorative baskets or boxes, or choose a shelf with a storage compartment.

Hooks to Keep Your Things Off the Floor

To create a space to keep the things you use a lot like your backpack, purse, bathrobe or a jacket, hang a few sturdy hooks on an unused section of your wall. It’s a quick and easy way to hang up your things when you walk in the room. This keeps everything off the floor so your room looks neat and organized. Hanging things up makes it easy to find them later, and it helps keep your things clean, too. Hooks come in many styles, so you have the option to match them with other style elements in your room like mirrors or your favorite mural.

Pulling It All Together

Be sure to get your parent’s or landlord’s permission before hanging anything on your walls. Then, get ready to get creative when choosing wall organization pieces that are both functional and that suit your style and decor!