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Clothes Hanger Hack

First published February 14, 2014 by Laurel Clarke · The original PTC People article, kept word for word

I know that every one has experienced this frustration at least once in their lifetime. You’re finished doing laundry and you proceed to hang up the clot...

How to Keep Clothes from Falling off Hangers

I know that everyone has experienced this frustration at least once in their lifetime. You’re finished doing laundry and you proceed to hang up the clothes. You start by hanging up the clothes like so…

But the neckline is just a bit too close to the edges of the hanger, so it ends up tilting off. In your frustration and impatience, you simply decide to throw the shirt on the bottom of the hanger (as shown below). The shirt will stay on the hanger, but when you want to wear it, it will be wrinkled and bunched up. You think to yourself, “There has got to be a better method!”

How to do this simple House Hack

You will need: 1. A Glue Gun 2. Plastic Hanger This craft is simple! All you need to do is create small zig zags with the hot glue gun across the top part of the hanger (the part where the clothes hang)

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