Storage reigns supreme in the quest to be organized. Particularly in the washing room. Though organizing and laundry rooms are mostly functional and practical, there’s no reason why your storage options can’t also be decorative. Simple wall-mounted shelving, cabinet units for baskets and bins, and laundry-specific equipment like fold-away ironing boards may greatly simplify your washing and drying tasks. You will not be sorry if you take the time to consider your storage needs and furnish your laundry room, whether you buy a furniture storage system or make your own DIY solution. Check out some of the best laundry room storage solutions we’ve seen on the internet.
By Sarita Harbour
Laundry Room Storage Ideas
Whether you’re dealing with a dedicated laundry room, a closet outfitted with a stacked washer and dryer, or simply the everyday challenge of finding a space where you can sort and fold clothes, you have storage options—if you know where to look. See how the following homeowners met their storage needs with smart, practical and repurposed solutions.
Triple-Duty Laundry Area
When living space is truly at a premium, look for ways to create a multipurpose area. This cozy nook serves not one, not two, but three purposes: laundry area, home office, and craft center.
Pantry-Style Laundry
What do you do when you don’t even have room for a laundry room? Tuck your washer and dryer into a kitchen pantry, and hide it behind cabinet doors. Shelves and hooks built into the door provide storage for detergents, cleaning solutions, and even brooms and mops.
Wash on the Walls
If you don’t have floor space for a stand-alone drying rack or traditional shelves for clothes, screw a strip (or two, in this case) of coat hooks to your laundry room wall. Then hang a clothes rack and light metal shelving to hold your laundry items.
Laundry Ladder
Wondering what to do with that old wooden ladder? Give it a coat of paint in your favorite color and hang it from your ceiling to act as a drying rack, or cut it and mount it to the wall to create a drop-down drying rack.
Dollhouse Laundry Storage
An old dollhouse is raised up on brackets to become storage for paper towels, soap, and other laundry room essentials.
Laundry Chest Sorting Station
This isn’t a chest of drawers; rather, it’s a handy chest of laundry baskets! Baskets glide out on tracks for sorting, then neatly retract when not in use. To optimize efficiency, add a handmade ironing board countertop.
Big DIY PVC Laundry Sorting Station
Have a large family—or a certain teenager who just generates a ton of dirty clothes? Make this DIY laundry sorter out of inexpensive PVC pipe, fittings, and laundry bags.
Teeny Tiny Laundry Closet
Check out this laundry closet if you think your laundry room is too small. Despite its small size, it manages to house a washer and dryer as well as built-in shelves that carry a variety of laundry materials. The homeowners also included a flip-down ironing board beneath cabinet doors, a retro convenience that’s appropriate for today.
Laundry Sorting Center From Pallets
This space-saving laundry organization center was made from old pallets and three black laundry baskets. Chalkboard paint and paste wax provide a rich finish.
Lost Sock Holder
Lost socks are a laundry room inevitability. Place a metal basket on the wall to keep lost socks in and you can reunite them as soon as their mates reappear.
Wall Organizer
So many bits and pieces end up in the laundry room. Lost socks, hanging clothes ready to go into closets, and of course, the ironing board and iron. Organize them all together in an easy DIY wall unit, that also makes enough space on its shelf for a plant to brighten the room.
Over-the-Door Laundry Storage
If your laundry room doesn’t have space for conventional storage shelves or racks, do what this homeowner did and pick up an inexpensive over-the-door rack from your local hardware store. Paint the back of the door with chalkboard paint, and you can leave messages, washing instructions, or not-so-subtle notes about cleaning supplies to prod reluctant helpers!
Laundry Basket Storage
It’s very handy to have a place to store laundry baskets full of clothes until you’re ready to put them all away. This do-it-yourself version was built using just plywood and L-brackets. If necessary, the top is a great place to perform some ironing. It merges nicely in if you paint it to match the room.
Lint Bin
If you don’t have enough room for a trash can in your laundry room, you have a dilemma: where to put the dryer lint? It’s not convenient to duck outside while you’re in the middle of moving clothes from washer to dryer. Mount an outdoor flyer box onto the wall, and you’ve solved your problem. Paint it to match the room, and it doubles as decor.
