Why You Need a Pot Lid Organizer in the Closet (It’s So Smart!)

I love discovering new ways to use common household items — especially when they’re a single-use product. For instance, a taco holder can actually be a great spoon rest, or a shower caddy can serve as an excellent organizer for your pots and pans. Using something beyond its intended use is an ingenious move, and I just spotted another one courtesy of an IKEA reviewer: a pot lid organizer as a smart closet storage gem.

The VARIERA Pot Lid Organizer is a brilliant and beloved storage item that can do more than just keep your pot lids in one place. Among the thousand-plus reviews on the IKEA website, people are shouting out all the ways they use this versatile organizer. One person said it’s perfect for stacking “pan lids, cutting boards, baking sheets, books,” while another uses it as a dish drying rack. 

But the smartest way to use it? Take it out of the kitchen and put it in your closet as a hat organizer. “I use this to display my hats in the closet … nice and neat but out of sight!” shared one reviewer. You could hang a total of 14 hats on this single organizer and have it rested on top of a dresser or closet shelf, or you could hang it up on the wall. 

You can shop for the VARIERA Pot Lid Organizer at a local IKEA store, but if you don’t live by one you can buy it on Amazon (it sells the exact pot lid organizer in a two-pack for $27, which is about $11 more if you were to buy it at IKEA, but you’d get this delivered straight to your door). You could use one as a traditional pot lid organizer in your kitchen and the other as the non-traditional hat organizer in your closet.

Buy: VARIERA Pot Lid Organizer (two pack), $27