Laurie at Passionate Penny Pincher shares her laundry room redo. She says,
“I cleaned out our *disastrous* laundry room using a few baskets, as well as some cheap paint in the markdown bins at Lowe’s. It made a huge difference, and has actually stayed that clean 8 months later!”
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What are you storing in the baskets? The baskets look pretty…much prettier than my plastic shoe boxes to store cleaning products…but perhaps a little easier to reach for a short person…of course, there’s always my trusty & ever present step stool!
We put up shelves that were shallow and use a variety of baskets. The reason for shallow ( 12″ ) shelves was so that they wouldn’t stick out far enough for me to accidentally hit my head because they are lower then the ones pictured.
Kris
I agree with you Linda, I would not be able to reach the silly shelves. lolol
My main problem with my laundry room is the shelf is far too high for me to reach! Since we moved in I have been telling hubby he has to lower it. Trying to reach stuff is impossible for me. Now that he is laid off I am going to put lowering the shelf on his “honey do” list. The longer it gets the quicker he’ll find a new job. lol
How do you organize a laundry area in a basement where there is no storage only a table in between the washer and dryer and concerete walls??
Sounds like you need shelves above the washer and dryer, but it sounds like you can’t attach the shelves to the wall in any way. . . is there enough room between them or anywhere for an “over the toilet organizer” shelf type of thing? or some sort of free-standing shelf system — maybe a home improvement store would have some sort of adjustable garage type of shelving that you could start the lowest shelf above the washer and dryer.
Or possibly one of those rolling carts between the washer and dryer, that has shelves in it. I can’t use that because my w/d is a “closet” upstairs that is completely tiled with a “lip” at the front – happy about that, in case it floods, but it makes no space for anything but a trash can between the washer and dryer. We do have one long shelf above, and a short shelf below that – we are discussing making the short shelf the entire length of the laundry closet, to increase the hanging space for delicates.
Looks like a laundry “closet” rather than a room…and I still see so much wasted space. A few baskets don’t cut it in this house. It’s “cute”, but hardly practical.
Looks awesome! Now to get my space more organized…..