:: Laundry Room

Late one evening while the entire family was sound asleep and I thought of this idea for my laundry sorting system.  We've been encouraging Baby Doll to help out more around the house and she's been terrific at putting hers and little brother's dirty clothes in separate hampers from white, colors to dark.  My original hampers were all crammed into a small laundry room that I just couldn't help but wonder if there was a better way.  I'm trying to do a small load a day (still struggling) so I don't end up being burried under Mt. Laundry once a week.  I couldn't sleep after this idea came to mind after seeing a few neat ideas on pinterest but had to wait a few days when Superman had a day off.  Finally that day came when we went to Lowe's to pick up materials for a few projects we wanted to work on.  I took the opportunity and sneaking away with the 7 months old down the shelves and storage aisle.  I spotted the brackets right away and was excited that the brackets were within my small budget.  I borrowed a Lowe's laundry basket, with baby at the hip and measured it with the brackets and they were perfect size!  I was so excited I hurried up to the register where Superman was waiting patiently with Baby Doll.  I walked out of the door beaming with a purchase of $7.76 for four brackets. 

We came home, bathed, and sent the kiddos to bed and then I revealed my great plan to Superman.  He wasn't too thrill that I asked him to help me with this project at 8:30pm!  But he loves me and did it anyway!  Thank you, Love!!  Here's the confusing part.  We quickly ran into a problem.  The spot on the wall I wanted the baskets to be only have one stud that we can nail the brackets to so Superman asked me what I wanted to do about it since the plan wasn't going to work out.  I was so disappointed but I don't give up easily so I just had to figure out a way!  So, back to the drawing board I went.  Suddenly, an idea came to mind - I asked Superman to nail a nice and sturdy piece of board onto the stud to give it some stabiltity, then nail the brackets to the board and voila!!  It worked!!  The brackets are sturdy and can hold up a heavy basket.  Superman knows me too well that he had them spread so far above each other because I always forget to do laundry! ;-)  They are also at good a height that Baby Doll can reach without problems. 

One thing I should have considered was the height of the board as it is showing above the top basket.  But, I have an idea I want to try...like tying a string across with a few clothespins for those socks that are without mates or more laundry tips.  Overall, I am very pleased with the small budget and short amount of time we invested in this project.  The board and laundry baskets we've already had so the total cost was $7.76!!!


Laundry sorting system.