7 Laundry Room Organization & Storage Tips
Unless you have a very large home, your laundry room is probably pretty small so organization and efficient storage can be challenging at best. Here are several organization and storage tips to help you be more efficient in your home.
Shelving
Whether you have a top loading or a newer set of front-loading washer and dryer, shelving for your detergents,
softeners and dryer sheets are a must.
For the do it your-self person wire shelving is readily available at almost any hardware store and is easy to fix to the wall. More elaborate systems with cupboards to keep items out of sight are available from a wide variety of sources and can be a great alternative for that uncluttered look without breaking the bank.
Hanging Shirts
When you do install shelving try to incorporate rods for hanging shirts and other items right out of the dryer onto hangars to reduce the ironing that may be required later. If space is tight there are a few foldable drying racks that fold up against the wall when not in use or can be pulled down from the ceiling.
Soaps and Cleaning Supplies
Have a few small bins or baskets available to hold your laundry accessories like stain removers, dryer sheets, etc. Your laundry room may also be the storage area for household cleaners so ensure you have a bin or basket available to store these items as well.
We keep a bucket on our laundry room shelf that contains all of our cleaning supplies for ease of access on cleaning day.
Color Coded Laundry Baskets
Do you have older kids that like to do their own laundry because of colors or fabrics? I wish! If so, give each one a differently coloured clothes hamper so you know whose laundry is whose.
Guard Your Socks
We often lose a sock here and there in our home and always wonder where they went. I often find a sock or a small clothing item behind an appliance or between the washer and dryer.
A laundry guard that can fit on top of your washer or dryer, or both, can be helpful to keep that “sock monster” at bay.
Small Change Adds Up
How many times do you find a nickel, dime or quarter at the bottom of your washer or dryer? Keep a jar or even a piggy bank in the laundry room and deposit those coins every time you find one. You’ll be surprised how soon you will save enough for one of those expensive cups of coffee.
Also, keep a jar for those other items you find when your family is looking for something they may have left in a pocket. Don’t forget to label your bins, baskets and jars so everyone in your family can find and return the item in their proper place.
What Else Goes In There?
Most of the newer homes now have an upper floor laundry room. It makes a lot of sense as the top floor is where most of the soiled laundry is found. We also tend to use the laundry room to store other items like the previously mentioned cleaning supplies as well as paper products and maybe even linen if your upstairs closet is too small.
Dedicate a space to these items and label the shelf so when supplies run low nobody is putting anything else there that will have to be dealt with when supplies are replenished.
A laundry room can easily become a catch-all and clutter hot spot. Without proper organization it can be tough keeping this small area neat and organized.
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