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Do you have one of those rattan-look half-moon laundry hampers? I can’t remember when we bought ours, but I know it was carried to at least the last three houses. When we arrived at the cottage at TRR, however, we found that it really didn’t fit well in our small second bathroom. What to do? What to do?
After some serious searching, we found this cabinet with two tilt-out hampers. It is small, and probably wouldn’t work for a family, but for just the two of us, it is perfect. Lights and darks are divided, so there’s not much sorting to be done.
Willie added legs to the bottom of the cabinet to raise it up for two reasons. First, I am fairly tall and most cabinets are too low for me. In this case, however, it allowed us to put a top on the cabinet at just the right height for folding clothes. I get to take care of the laundry right then and there! It is also deep enough that I can keep all my laundry supplies in old-fashioned candy jars at the back of unit. Second, with the raised laundry chutes, we were able to place a shoe basket underneath. Since the laundry room doubles as the back-door mud room, this was a great plan.
I use the hanging rack above the unit for hanging wet clothes that don’t go in the dryer. I can fold them over the rungs, or I’ve been known to put the clothes on hangers and let them dry that way. It’s also where we hang damp dishtowels to dry out before putting them in the hamper. (Here in the South, we take NO chances with creating mold, so nothing damp ever goes directly in the hamper.)
Considering the miniature size of the entire room, this multi-function DIY has worked out really well!