Is your laundry room in a permanent state of topsy-turvy? No matter how diligent you are at keeping your house cleaning schedule on point, laundry rooms still seem to take on a life of their own. Clothes pile up, empty detergent bottles become indistinguishable from the new stock, and sometimes, coins and candy bars from pants pockets find their home on a remote corner of the soap cabinet.

What an ironic display for a cleaning room.

But fret not. This default state of chaotic living is something you don’t have to get used to. Declutter your space with these simple, practical laundry-room organization hacks.

Install Pull-up or Pull-down Drying Racks

For your delicate clothing that needs special hanging treatment, having an easy pull-up or pull-out drying rack would be a functional and handy addition to your laundry room. Try out these 10 DIY laundry drying racks to see which product suits your needs.

Hang Your Ironing Board

Your ironing board’s length and shape take too much surface area when placed horizontally. To free up much-needed space, install a hook on the walls where you can easily hang the equipment in a way that it can be easily taken down for use.

Install a Rack behind the Door

If your laundry area is just big enough to barely house your washer and your dryer, finding storage space for your laundry supplies can be a bit of a challenge. A good solution to this common problem is to install a tiered rack behind the door. Here, you can place your detergents and bleaches, fabric conditioners, and ironing liquids instead of simply placing them on top of your machines.

Dedicate a Bin for Lint

A laundry lint is that tiny piece of shred fabric that comes out of the wash after breaking off from the main material. While these teeny fabric threads can be annoying finds, they can be recycled quite effectively into useful projects. If that interests you, you may want to save lint material that accumulates in your clothes by allocating a separate lint box for the purpose.

Decant Laundry Supplies into Pretty Containers

While it’s indeed easier to just store your laundry soaps and detergents in a cabinet and whip them out whenever you need them, if you want to add a bit of aesthetics to your laundry space without compromising function, you can instead decant your common laundry items into glass jars or pretty containers of a similar design. Label them to avoid confusion and place them on a tiered cake stand, or stack them up on a dish or rack for a stylish organization.

Add a Countertop

Installing a countertop above your machines is a great space saver especially if you’re limited on floor space. Here, you can store your cleaning items, your laundry baskets, and other random items. Not only does it lend your laundry room extra space, but it also adds a polished look that gives the room a sleeker, cleaner appeal.

Hang a Curtain

Preferably a color that is light, neutral, or close to your existing laundry-room color palette. This will unify the design and make the room look larger and more streamlined. For the finishing touch, include customized curtains.

Keep an Extra Basket Handy for Lost and Found Items

Everyone’s familiar with the missing-sock dilemma. But it’s not just socks. Sometimes, it’s handkerchiefs, face towels, even baby clothes that mysteriously vanish and reappear after ages. When they do, having a system for lost-and-found items ensures that they find their way back to the clothing cabinet.

You can do this by designating a specific area in the room to store lost-and-found items. These can be separate baskets or a small clothesline with pegs. This system also applies to little random trinkets you find on pockets or those that accidentally get mixed into the pile.

Build a Movable Laundry Station

Laundry tasks can seem overwhelmingly never-ending that it’s hard to catch up with one pile after another. In no time, you have a whole batch waiting to be loaded and another waiting to get sorted. Before you mix things up, be sure your clean piles are adequately separated to make your folding operations later a tad breezier.

Create your own laundry station with separate baskets for different kinds of clothing. You can also add casters to the bottom of your DIY butler to easily transfer your bundle from the laundry room to your wardrobes and closets.

Clean Regularly

Perhaps the most practical advice when it comes to keeping your laundry room chaos in check is to be consistent with your organization routine. Set aside a schedule to put things where they should be, keep track of items that need to be restocked, and clean the whole space regularly. Before long, you should be able to acquire a habit that you can easily integrate into your home cleaning routine.

Conclusion

Perhaps doing your laundry in a messy room discourages you from doing your laundry in the first place. Don’t let your laundry room become a dumping ground of accumulating mess. By sorting them out, doing the laundry becomes a much-breezier task.

Published: 2018-11-28 18:26:59