The way we see it, the are two kinds of people in this world — those who are willing to cook, and those who will forever order takeout. Being part of the second group, we would appreciate being introduced to someone from the first group, thanks.
Cooking lovers care more about their spice rack than they do about the new season of “The Bachelor”, and that says a lot. Our guess is they would appreciate this little hack: use a small tension rod to create an extra storage space for the spices in your cabinet. Now go make us some food.
Let Your Books Sleep
Take a look at your bookshelves. How many of those books have you read? How many of them are you truly planning on reading? How many of them have you lied about reading? How many of them have you borrowed from other people so long ago that it would be just too awkward to give them back?
Once you have the answers to all these questions, you'll know what books you want to show and which ones you want to hide. Then comes the rod part — mount it on over your bookshelves, put some curtains over it, and pull them to cover your most embarrassing books when the timing calls for it.
Holiday Stocking Rack
Holidays have gone way past the point of religious meaning and now they are at the point of making us spend more money than we should. So how about this year you hide your credit card in an underground bunker and make your own decorations or at least a stocking rack?
Mount a rod over your fireplace (in case you have one of those) and hang your stockings on it. Boom. You —1, consumerism — 0.
DIY Towel Rack
The idea of washing a towel might sound foreign to some of you. After all, towels are only touched by freshly-cleaned body parts, right? Why would they need to go in the washer? Well, they do. And after that, they need a place to dry. So does anything else you wash.
Mount a rod or two on your bathroom wall and you're sorted. Just hang the wet towels straight on it, or put your wet clothes on a hanger and put them up there too.
Go Nuts
By this point, even a one-legged dog would understand that tension rods are limitless and are probably the key to world peace. They can also be used for decoration, though.
Take some of those fancy guest plates you never use (because you are not Marie Antoinette and your friends don't really have standards when it comes to the dish they eat their ramen noodles from), make holes down the middle, and stick your rod through them. Secure them in place, and decorate them however you like.