Read the sequence from the top before cutting, painting, or moving pieces.
Make use of vertical space with these Handmade wall organizer options for your home office or as a command center/family organization wall.
See more options in our One-Hour Family Organization Station and 55 Functional Handmade Wall Decor Organizers and Shelves.
24 solid Handmade Wall Organizer options
Every home has a dumping ground – you know, that spot on the end of the kitchen counter or dining room table where everyone tosses their “stuff.”
Mail, purses, keys, fliers, homework, calendars, coupons, to-do lists… the day-to-day clutter seems endless!
There’s an straightforward solution in sight.
You need a command center, and it doesn’t have to be elaborate, expensive or take up a ton of space. The best organization hubs are direct, orderly and straightforward.
Make use of vertical space to capitalize on unused storage and organizational opportunities.
If you’ve got a few spare feet of wall, you can create an effective command center that’s well fitted for your home and family, often with items you already have!
Here’s a collection of wall organization stations that are high on style and straightforward to make. Added bonus: they won’t break the bank.
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12 Creative Handmade Wall Organizers
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Pegboard Wall Organizer options
Here’s an straightforward solution you can put up in just an afternoon – a pegboard organization center.
This one is for office/art supplies for kids, but could be easily modified and customized to your needs.
Incorporating striking touches (like the topiary) makes it decoration as well as storage. The gold accents (like the frame, wire basket and hardware) were created with spray paint and add just the right touch of glam.
Another pegboard option, this office supply organizer utilizes a neutral pallet of only three colors and repeating horizontal elements to create cohesion and simplicity.
Your organization station will hide away plenty of clutter, but you don’t want it to LOOK cluttered.
This modern plywood pegboard is a great way to add organization to your wall while still looking high style.
Use jars and catchalls on the shelves and hang calendars, papers and more from hooks in the holes.
Learn more about how to make your own jumbo pegboard from plywood here.Clipboard Office Wall Organizer
A mini-command center could be just the ticket if you’re tight on space or time!
The pretty clipboards (holding relevant calendars and to-do lists) are paired with a memo board made from an embroidery hoop. Everything pulls double duty as functional and striking.
An office organizer wall can be as straightforward as hanging pretty clipboards on the wall!
Mod podge scrapbook paper on, spray paint them, or use washi tape and then hang with small nails. The key is getting the papers, mail, ribbons, keys, and bits and bobs up off your work surfaces.
Handmade Envelope Wall Organizer
This straightforward envelope wall organizer is actually just custom-made envelopes hung directly on the wall!
Using the same grid formation as the previous clipboards, it has a similar simplicity and aesthetic but in this case, you can create it using only paper!
The walkthrough uses the We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board, which you can find on Amazon.
Corkboard and Gift Bag Wall Organizer
OR, simply hang gift or shopping bags on the wall (or on a board as shown).
You’ve probably collected many of these that don’t have a purpose yet, so put them to good use holding cards, receipts, pens and journals, sunnies and more! Just make sure they are structured bags for stability.
Metal Grid Wall Organizer
It’s hard to believe this copper wall organizer is made from a hog panel!
This minimalist approach looks great and still provides lots of space to clip items out of the way.
Handmade Wood Mail Organizers
This mail and key organizer is made from scrap wood and easily tucks into a small corner. It’s the well fitted spot to round up your bills and various important papers.
Here’s a stylish mod mail organizer for a more streamlined look.
This option uses cabinet hardware and can easily be adapted to accommodate more slots for mail or important papers. You can find the exact drawer pull and knobs at Home Depot (in the store and online).
See more Handmade Entryway Organization options.Wire Basket Family Organization Wall
This handy family organization wall came together in less than an hour! No tools needed to hang shelves, hooks, baskets, and more to get our family organized.
If you love rustic, industrial design, here’s a fabulous organization center option. Those vintage metal letter stencils add a ton of character!
It’s straightforward and inexpensive to get the industrial look of this Locker Basket Mail Organizer. The secret? An over the cabinet door storage basket from Walmart!
Using a little craft paint or some sandpaper you can rough the basket up to give it an aged vibe. Then just attach it to some plywood cut to size and painted with chalkboard paint.
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24 solid Wall Organization Solutions
Call it a command center, drop zone, or whatever you’d like — you can easily turn an wall in your entry or kitchen into a wall organization station to keep your household running smoothly.
See 12 solid options below, and another 12 on the previous page.
Plus, 38 more family organizer command center options and 55 striking Handmade wall decor shelves and organizers.
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Reclaimed Wood Wall Organization Station
Yet more rustic design! This reclaimed wood organization station has dry erase boards, a magnetic strip, a clip for receipts and hooks for keys – in short, a spot for everything. And the whole thing cost under $10!
Fabric Wall Organizer
Do you sew? Use your passion and talent when creating organization solutions! This canvas and felt wall organizer provides a home for craft supplies, but you can sew pockets to fit nearly anything!
Use your go-to colors, add embroidery, make it as large or small as you need to – the customization possibilities are endless!
Handmade Bulletin Board Wall Organization Station
A bulletin board is a great base for an organization station since it’s straightforward to add things as you need to, but let’s face it. Bulletin boards are boring.
Unless it’s this Pinboard organization station – which is covered in chevron fabric and has a nailhead boarder!
The addition of large clothespins and a few magnets make it extra cute and functional. The magnets hold metal buckets of markers and such which can be easily taken down and replaced after use.
This calendar command center is great for keeping track of multiple schedules, and the four bulletin boards surrounding it can easily hold all the important items you don’t want to misplace. You could even assign each person a board of their own.
Need something bigger? Build a giant bulletin board using this walkthrough!
Kitchen Command Center
A kitchen command center like this one is well fitted for a small space.
It contains the essentials – an inspirational quote, a checklist of chores per person, and space for all that paper clutter.
Its direct design, clean lines and neutral monotone mean it doesn’t compete with the rest of the room, rather blends in with the surrounding design.
Family Organization Wall options
The family organizer shown here has a little bit of everything – even a spot for the kids to get involved!
Adding some personal touches – like a framed family photo or a family initial – is a great way to make it feel homey.
Not only does this family command center offer a lot of functional inspiration (with a chalkboard to-do list, mini bulletin board for reminders, magnetic menu planner, calendar and hanging file folders for important papers) but it comes along with some great tips on customizing and personalizing a command center to your own family, so it works right for you!
If you need to keep track of multiple schedules, homework needs, meal plans and budgets, you can put it all together in one great big busy life command center.
It takes up a bit more space than some of the others, but there is no denying the organization it would bring to your crazy, packed-full home/work/school/extra activity life!
Instead of making a board to hang on the wall, try making the wall itself the command center, like this chalkboard central command.
Pick a spot that’s highly traveled by your family and paint it with chalkboard paint! You can write reminders right on the wall! Keep a calendar and clipboards hanging for more specialized organization as well.
There’s just something about this happy day command center that cheers you up. Maybe it’s the inspirational quotes. Maybe it’s the bright, vibrant colors. I personally love the hanging ledge with spots for baskets and hooks!
Whatever the case, it’s straightforward to recreate in your own space so you can get organized and start feeling happier in no time!
Renter Friendly Family Wall Organizer
Perhaps you’re clearly short on space. Perhaps wall space especially is at a premium. Maybe you’re renting and can’t hang things on the wall at all. Or maybe you find that there’s no one “central” location in your home, but many!
If that’s the case, this portable organization center made out of a chalkboard, could be the solution you’ve been searching for!
More Wall Organizer options
Now that you’ve been inspired to hang your central organization stations on the wall, take a look at the rest of your vertical space options!
Wall organization isn’t just for calendars. In fact, here’s some wall organization for every room in your house.
IN THIS POST: 24 wall organization stations
More Handmade wall organizer options:
- 55 functional wall decor options for shelves and organizers
- 38 inspiring family organization command center options
- 25 brilliant in-wall storage options for every room in your house
Published 24 Aug 2016 // Last updated 13 Sept 2021
