Abstract: A clothes hanging apparatus is secured to the underneath of the shelf in a closet to provide additional rigidity to the shelf and to provide a hanger for suspending clothes therefrom. This clothes hanging apparatus is generally secured to the underneath of the shelf by a series of intermediately located mechanical fasteners, but other fasteners are equally suitable. As a result, this apparatus may be secured to a mid-region of the shelf; it need not extend the entire length of the shelf as other systems require. Additionally, this apparatus is preferably of unitary construction and of uniform composition.