I have an update on the progress of my laundry room. I have been trying to go from room to room and clean. But this room needed more than just a good cleaning. It needed to function better.
When we last left the laundry room I had given it an update and it looked much better than the "unfinished basement" look it had going on before.
It looked nice, but I had no system when it came to folding and taking care of laundry. Well, I take that back. I had a system. It went like this....
Take laundry out of the dryer, dump on bed, let it sit there until bedtime, then move it to the floor, let it sit there, and eventually get around to folding it when most of it had been picked out and worn anyway.
Tell me I am not alone in my sad little laundry ritual.
I knew I needed a better system. If you remember, when I had shared the makeover I shared the mood board. It looked like this:
The laundry basket pictured came from Crate and Barrel. It was exactly the look I was going for, but it was $60 for one and I needed three. And sadly, that was the CHEAPEST I could find. I put off buying them because I couldn't picture paying that much. Fast forward to when I went to Iowa for the BHG event. They showed us their new products and guess what!? They had a laundry basket in the same style and size! I may have gotten a little over excited. Guess how much it costs? $16.77!!! As soon as they became available I bought three. They have been in and out of stock online due to their popularity. If the laundry baskets are out of stock in your stores, be patient. They are such a good deal!
I saved $130 by waiting and not buying the CB laundry baskets!
Now as far as a folding center goes I still needed some help. My kids have never had their own laundry baskets. When we fold clothes they just take care of them from the pile on my bed. And by take care of them I mean dump them on their bed where they then get unfolded.
I bought these metal bins for their laundry baskets.
You might recognize the storage bench they are on. It use to be in my office. I brought in down to the basement when I turned my office into a temporary photography studio for the photos in my book. I like it down here so it is going to stay. I am working on replacement storage cabinets right now :)
Eventually when we are able to frame out the wall that will go right across from this bench, I will put a folding table against the new wall. Then I will have a place to fold other than my bed! I can fold and hang and put them right in their baskets.
Speaking of hanging clothes..... I needed a bar for the clothes that didn't get folded. I used pipe and I love that I was able to customize the length and how low or high it hung. It's super inexpensive too!
One day (after the wall gets built) I will finally be able to have a pretty floor. But for now the cement works. It is easy to clean even if it isn't the most gorgeous thing to look at.
I think I need to add some hooks to that bare spot on the wall above the laundry baskets. Or maybe a clothing rack.
What matters the most is that it functions much better now!
Now I want to move my laundry room to the basement! Love that wall too!
Debbie
Love the way your laundry room looks!!!!
my closet needs to be revamped and organized soooo badly!!
I would love to organize my bedroom.
I need to organize my laundry room too!
I have several that need organizing - mainly my kitchen and my sewing/craft room.
My laundry room could really use some organizing, the pantry...and about every room in the house :-)
Great finds and great laundry room!
Those baskets are amazing, great giveaway!
I so need to organize our laundry room, it is on the top of the list for 1015, thanks for the chance!
I love the wood paneling on the wall!
i think I would,have to upgrade my laundry room with those hampers as well. So cute.
I would so enjoy organizing my kitchen.
I need to organize the new baby's room (and closet)! He'll be here in less than 2 months and his room is still the office!
Your room looks great! I'm in the planning stages for a laundry room redo.
Love all of this...and the idea of separate naskers for each room is so so smart!!!
My bathroom!
I would love my bedroom to be organized.
I'd love to get a handle on all my crafting "stuff". It's here, it's there, it's everywhere! And of course, never where it needs to be! Thanks for the opportunity - my fingers are crossed!
I love what you've done to the laundry room! I wouldn't mind doing laundry in a space so bright and functional. I'm working to organize toys right now.
My laundry room definitely needs some organizing. Great giveaway!
Shelley
i would like to organize my bathroom or laundry room. Thanks for the opportunity to win a Walmart gift card! I would definitely buy those laundry baskets!
Love your laundry room - inspires me to do something with my sad room.
Our bedroom! Sadly it is one of the most neglected of the house and could really use some organization and work!
Love it! The baskets are fabulous. And I'm adding them to my list. Thanks!
Oh! Keep that concrete floor and stain it.
You could add a few cute rugs.
I love stained concrete floors.
Looks great, Stacy! I'd probably organize my laundry room (more like a walk-in closet), too. It's hard to do laundry when there is no real system in place.
I would organize our pantry or the playroom.
Love this. And just in time for me to restyle my laundry room.
I need to organize everything! Love the inexpensive options!!
Your laundry room looks great! I need to work on mine!
Ooh, I could definitely take some of these tips to organize our laundry, and living room while I'm at it! :)
I'd like to organize my kitchen and pantry!
I'd use it to help me organized my office. Thanks for the chance!
I want to get my home office organized. It's a disaster. :(
Wow, I am so impressed with your super organized and pretty laundry room! I could definitely used more organization in my kitchen and laundry room. Seems like both areas are dumping grounds for incoming mail, coupons, purse, phones, etc. Thanks for the chance to win this give-away and get more organized in 2015 :)
I would definitely organize my laundry room!! I love yours! It's soo pretty, and I'm quite jealous!!
The play room!
I would love to organize my home office, it has been so long such I gotten to organize is all over again, it needs some major reinventing.
Your laundry room looks so nice. I love the wood walls.
I need to organize our toy room or our bedroom closet.
Definitely my office......it's horrible!!!!
I need to organize the kitchen pantry!
My closet and my home office for sure.
Really love what you have done - seriously need to re-vamp my laundry area too!
Thanks for the give-a-way!
Barbara in TN
Is it wrong to love a laundry room?
I would choose to organize my basement.
I love your ideas for organizing. I miss having the extra storage of a basement as well. I Need to organize my craft supplies. Currently they are spread over 3 areas and it would be nice to get them all in one.
I'd organize my pantry or the playroom!
I too would organize my laundry room. It is in DIRE need!! Yours looks great!!
I would love to organize my laundry room. Love, love, love those galvanized bins.
I would organize my laundry room, too! It needs help! (And could use a makeover!)
My office/crafty sewing area is a tremendous mess right now!
I would also organize my laundry room. If I have to do a job that I so vehemently despise, I'd rather do it in a room that is cute and organized (like yours).
I would love to have a more organized kitchen
Thanks
My little kitchen needs to function better!!
Our office it needs some serious help
Love your laundry room!! I have been wanting those metal looking bins from Walmart for awhile too!!
Love it I need to organize mycloset1
My closet needs it!!!
I would organize my home office/craft room!
Our mudroom!!
Those baskets would sooooo be the solution to our laundry room chaos!
Love the metal bins!!
definitely my new crafting room i am working on - the organization of all the stuff is what is killing me right now!
Love the BHG items. Your laundry area looks great.
I am really digging the hangers in the laundry area! How many things do we take out of the dryer and NEED to hang to keep wrinkle free? AND, I always need to keep my delicates safe from the dryer! Best idea for my laundry room yet! Thanks for the opportunity to make a difference!
Kids' bedroom
The metal bins are brilliant! I totally need them for my laundry!
I would like to organize our laundry room/pantry as well. It needs some extra care in there! Thanks for the opportunity. Your laundry room looks great!
I love those hampers! A gift card would help me get my kitchen organized... thanks for the chance to win!
it's not so much a room but an area and that is our closet, its such an awful mess. i need some of those closet maid kits and hangers.
I would love to organize all my closets. Thanks for the giveaway!
My office needs to be organized because it is a mess! I would get some of the Better Homes and Garden Items at Walmart to help me get organized in the New Year!!
I would organize and declutter my master bedroom and master closet.
This room is so cute and functional. I especially like the laundry baskets that you highlighted. Thanks for the information!
I am in love with those baskets. I need to have them. lol
My craft room needs organizing the most.
I would organize my laundry area and work space. Even the kids room
our bonus room ..thank you for the idea for this laundry room and the giveaway.
Def my laundry room! I am halfway there..
My kitchen desperately needs organized!
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I just love your laundry room! I always have and always will, those gray planked walls are to die for. The laundry bins and baskets look so perfect in there. Great job!
my office needs the most help!
Where to begin??? I think I would have to start in my kitchen.
My kitchen/laundry area! Thank you!
I would love to organize my bedroom! :)
I too would organize and clean up our laundry room. Now it is just the catch all place in the basement. Thank you for a chance to win.
I'd love to organize the kitchen cabinets!
I LOVE your laundry room! This is the perfect laundry room, I want it! My laundry room is a big ole nasty mess from what I hear. I have been pretty much bed ridden for the last two years so I have not seen it.BUT! The reports that have come in are not very good at all. My husband, oldest son and my Mom wash the clothes and dry them then they bring them to me in the bedroom and I sort and fold them. I think if my hubby had a nice organized area to work in he might fold the clothes, but then again he can't tell the difference in the kids clothing! I am holding out hope for him!
The hall closet that is near my front door really needs to be organized. We all tend to put things in there in a hurry and it has gotten way out of hand that I cannot find things :)
Lovely!
Love the laundry basket! I would organize my office.
Love those laundry baskets!
Oh I just love it all & the concrete floors add to the vintage industrial feel. I would probably stain them & leave it as good.
I too love the baskets & I'm thrilled that I can pick them up for less. I need to beautify & personalize my laundry space but my priority is my walk in coat closet that stretches beneath the stairs. It's become a catch all & I would love to make it more user friendly.
My craft room. It looks like a Micheal's Store exploded in there!
I would definitely re-organize my pantry!!
I would organize my bedroom.
Great Ideas and love that Walmart was used since I live in a small town and that's about the best I have. I can't wait to get started on the reno of my laundry room.
I could always use some organizing stuff, esp for the laundry room!
My laundry room!
I would organize my bedroom!
I am going to be making a laundry area in my basement.
Would Love to have it organized for my family of 5.
Thank You for the chance to win!
I love how the right organizing supplies make all the difference! Looks great!
Oh, yeah, I'd organize my closet.
I love all your ideas and will be looking for the laundry baskets and metal bins. Thanks for the opportunity to enter.
I would love to organize my craft/guest room.
I'm IN LOVE with those baskets. I totally would redecorate/organize my closet. I have a lot of unused space and I've been just waiting to get it organized into something that I love that is all mine! (and shout out to BHG; I'm a Des Moines native!)
My laundry room.
I need to organize everything! But I would start with the living room and bathroom.
My home office
I would organize my family room.
I have similar issues with organization in my laundry room...love what you did!
I'm longing for the day that I have a laundry ROOM instead of a laundry closet.
I need to organize the bathroom and the laundry room. No useful storage in either room.
I would love to organize my master bedroom.
Love your ideas. I need some organization.
Love this idea. I need some organization in my life.
I want those hampers! They would be perfect in my laundry room!
I want those hampers! They would be perfect in my laundry room,
My laundry needs what yours just got! It is also the room where my family dumps coats, shoes, etc., etc. etc.!!!! thanks for the giveaway!
We are currently remodeling the house we just purchased so every room is getting organized!
I'd probably organize the garage. There are lots of weird built-in storage places but none are terribly effective. Although that wire laundry hamper would be awfully cute in my laundry room.
I would definitely organize the garage
I would organize MY laundry room! It needs a major overhaul!!
All of my rooms need organized!
I would organize the nursery, and my son's closet!
Love this one!
Love vintage ideas - simple but classic.
I need to organize my kitchen and laundry room/pantry :)
I would start organizing the mess that is the kitchen!
ive been eyeing those metal baskets for a couple months! Love!
LOVE those laundry baskets!!!!
I would definitely organize my laundry room--yours is gorgeous and so inspirational!
I'll organize my laundry room and living room.
My bedroom closet.
Would love to get more organization with my mountains.
Your laundry room looks amazing! Great deal on the baskets. Love it!
I love those laundry baskets!!! Too bad my laundry room is just a closet for the machines to fit into in the hallway. But, I can use those cute laundry baskets in my walk in closet. Maybe I can convince the husband to stop piling his dirty clothes in the corner of it. Or at least have someplace to put them when I go in and find a pile.
Love what you did to your laundry room. It is perfect. Would love the gift card to help organize every room of my house.
I would organize my craft supplies! I don't have a specific area for them, so it'd be nice to have attractive storage!
I want to move my laundry from the base,event upstairs!
I would totally makeover my laundry as well. Been working in it for awhile this would be awesome!!!1
Laundry!!! No doubt!
Didn't mean to post twice sorry
New to the blog, found on Pinterest, but LOVE that laundry room!!
I love the shelf in your idea board. I want to put pipe shelving in my living room. I did the metal piping when we did our laundry room. It's so sturdy!
ohhh love your set up, I need to organize my laundry room as well!
I would organize my laundry room as well!
My room!
I would love to have room to organize my laundry room like that. It's just a 5' x 6' box, but I made it pretty with paint and artwork.
i would also start with the laundry room! I need more space.
My home office. It needs some decorative items that function well for storage. I have to admit that I have shoved all the clutter in a laundry basket and hidden it in the master bathroom when I have had to meet with clients!
I would organize my master bedroom closet. It needs help! Thanks for the tips and giveaway!
I love all of your organizing picks. So pretty! I'd organize my entry way!
I need to get working on this office/craft/catch-all room. It's getting a little out of hand.
I have SO many clothes, I always end up with piles and piles - both clean AND dirty. I desperately need a way to organize it all!
Our laundry/mudroom is on our to-do list for this year & I have been searching for the perfect storage. Those laundry baskets are exactly what I have been looking for! Your laundry room looks great!
LOVE!
My laundry "closet" needs help!!
I want to organize my closet :)
LOVE the laundry room organization ideas! I gotta have those laundry baskets!
would love to get more organized
I'm working my laundry room & a craft corner right now - I could use this in either place!
Thanks for all the great ideas!
What a fantastic use of your space Stacy, I love it! I would organize my home office. I'm looking for some great pieces that are functional but go with the rest of my space!
I can't wait to get my laundry set up done this summer. Would love to win to finish it off with storage bins etc!!!
I need those laundry baskets in my life.
BEAUTIFUL!!!!
I would organize my bedroom.
I would definitely reorganize my laundry room, it is in dire need of beautification and organization. :)
Forget a room. I would organize my shed. Which one? It doesn't matter. Just getting through one of them would be the accomplishment of the year. I think though, I would start with the one my motorcycles are in so I can better enjoy my summer. It has to get warm again sometime! ;-)
Love what you did. I am working on my pantry and laundry room this week. Organizing and cleaning. Small budgets sometimes require patience I've learned. A little at a time
I REALLY need to organize my bedroom!!!
Love it! You are a talented lady, please come to Alaska and share your talents!
Just saw the laundry hamper today at wal-mart....love your laundry area!
Just saw the hamper at Wal-Mart today....love your laundry area!
I love your style and the bins look so good in there!
I think that I would love some bins like this to organize my laundry!
Family room homework\art area...
Love your laundry room, especially the wall.
I would organize my bedroom closet! My clothes are always dumped on my bedroom floor, like yours, because dealing with my closet to put them away is just too much work!
I need to tackle my laundry room and garage, both... What a great re-do that you've done!
Looks great. My laundry room is on my hit list this year,too!
It's a cross between the laundry room and the master bath. You're laundry room is beautiful!! I absolutely love the rolling laundry bins!! Thanks for the chance to win Stacy!!
Love your basket idea.
Genius! I want it all!
my son's closet
I love this look! And the BHG line! Thanks for sharing your ideas!
I NEED some of those laundry hampers also!
I think this is one of my favorite laundry rooms ever!! Love the gray planks and the vintage/industrial touches!! I'd love to know where you got the three tiered metal cart with wheels from. I went back to your post with the mood board and the cart was item #3, when I clicked on it it goes to a site with porn. Yikes!
Oh my word! So sorry. The company was called create-ology. I am not sure if they are still in business. Their FB page hasn't been updated in over a year. I went back and took out those links since the baskets were from there as well. THANK YOU for letting me know!
You're welcome :)
I love, love, love the hampers! The metal bins are amazing too! Your laundry is amazing! Way to Go!
I am in dire need of organizing my office. It's just a messy room where we've tossed everything since the day we moved in (2 years ago!) and it's a catastrophe. Thanks for the giveaway!
Master bedroom!
My laundry room could use some help!!
My laundry room is in need of a makeover too! Haven't figured out how best to use the space and walls yet.
Your laundry room looks great! I have been wanting to update ours, but we are renting right now while we are stationed in MO and can't do much (change paint color, rearrange shelving, etc) without having to undo it all soon.
I would organize my closet. I love the wood on the walls in your laundry room.
My kids' bathroom is the first on my to do list right now. I've just finished repairing nail pops in there and I am about to paint and plan on adding some shelves and things and getting it organized for the two of them to share.
I need to organize so many rooms... laundry room is a good start and then our pantry and bathroom. Someday... :)
I would love to organize my laundry room like these images! It is so adorable!
Hi, I would organize my kids room.
wow! those laundry baskets are awesome!! Thanks for the giveaway!
Funny how changing the "feel" of a space can totally effect how we feel about the job to be done. Heck, with a space that cute, you are going to have a bit of joy just looking at the job at hand without even lifting a finger.
Love the feel of your laundry room. I would add a folding wall drying rack. Pretty sure LLBean has wooden ones but there are less expensive version out there.
I am in the process of building an art and pottery studio in my basement. With all my art supplies on the storage and laundry side I have been thinking of how I will organize that side as well. Lots of great ideas here! The one thing I'm hoping for is a place to iron and a clothesline to dry large things.
LOVE your laundry room! So happy to see cute laundry baskets for so cheap. Thanks so much for sharing your awesome space with us!
Beautiful space! You have created just what I was dreaming about.
I definitely need to organize my kitchen. It is a mess.
your blog is one of the most gorgeous blog to look at when I need inspiration
I am like that I need something pretty to look at when I am doing chores around the house
thanks I would like to win too
Amazing job! I need to reorganize my basement laundry room and the rest of the basement, too.
Love those baskets!! We move into our house next month and will need organization system in the laundry room so this gift card would be fabulous!
My garage!!
I love the laundry room, and I think I might have some motivation to do mine now!
I would organize my craft room most likely. BUT, we might be moving in a few months and then everything will end up being redone to fit the new house. A gift card would be perfect!
Awesome space!
I like the concrete and it can be stained or painted in many ways.
My laundry room is of the "unfinished basement room" variety - I would love to be able to finish and organize it!
I would love to organize my closet!
I can't wait to start on my laundry room
Laundry room just got done painting now I need the clothes off the floor
i love this system. Maybe I can pull it off!
Love all of these great ideas! The galvanized bins are my favorite!! That salvaged wood wall would be so easy to do in my "unfinished" laundry room in the basement!
Would love to win this to get organized!
I love your new washroom and the way you're decorating it! So cute and fun!
I need these hampers!! I love them! I would use the GC to organize my bedroom aka laundry room :-((
I love it. I wish I had more space to work with in my laundry. I love the baskets!
Your 'folding' routine is exactly like mine, sadly!
I would love to upgrade my laundry room. Yours has given me several ideas to pursue. Thanks,
I would love to re organize my open space of living room play room! It needs an over haul!
There are so many spaces I need to organize, but my kitchen is probably my #1 offender.
Love how your laundry room looks now!
I just saw these tonight at my Walmart. Really liked them.
Hands down my laundry room!
I would fix up my bedroom, it needs it something fierce :)
My laundry room! It's not at all what it needs to be or could be.
I love those laundry baskets. Clean and industrial all rolled into one!
oh how I could use some organizing.
Oh I would love to organize my Kitchen!
Love the laundry room!! I wish mine was large enough to include the cool wire laundry baskets.
I would organize my laundry area!
The new baskets look great. Do you think they'll hold up to a household full of boys using them?
Love those baskets! Your laundry room looks amazing!
Love it!
I can hardly wait till have a laundry room! Yours is gorgeous... I love the walls!
I'm working on my laundry room too! What a project... Yours looks great!
My bedroom needs help! Thanks for the chance!
Love the Space and organization of this laundry room!
Love these laundry baskets and the ledge behind the washer & dryer. We are in the middle of redoing our Laundry Room and this would all be amazing.
I need to organize my kitchen and appliances/accessories first!
I need to organize my laundry room!
I would love to organize our master closet. Lots of clothes to give to Salvation Army.
I need to organize EVERYWHERE!! I just ordered the laundry hampers though! Can't wait to pick them up!!!! :)
Dining/living room
I would use the gift card to organize my craft room! Love your laundry room, wish I had a space like yours!
I need to organize the garage!
My childrens rooms!
Oh! I love the hampers! Mine are sad, mismatched, and broken. My tragic laundry story resembles yours, except that any folding I manage to get around to gets undone while the boys are "deciding what to wear" so I can't wait to get create a system to get a handle on it! Off to WalMart....
I love what you have done! would love to organize my laundry room! could use some of your ideas..:)
Our laundry/storage room!
I need to reorganize my office :o) LOVE the look of your laundry room!
LOVE it! Am gathering ideas on how to make my rental laundry room more appealing! Thank you!
30+ steps makes my laundry duty miserable. With no affordable way to move our laundry to an upper floor, I'm trying to make it more pleasant with a more organized system! Yours looks great!
Love love love your laundry room!! I have been dreaming of redoing mine. A gift card sure would get me started :) great job!
We just moved can't wait to decorate our laundry room! Love the ideas
Love the laundry baskets and bins! Also, what a great way to use a pipe for a place to hang clothes. May be adding laundry room to my 2015 home project list.
Hmm...let's see I don't know which room I wouldn't organize. :-) I am always changing things to make them work better. Right now I need things for my laundry room. I changed a couple things and now need to figure out backpacks/coats better...especially for winter!
Cute laundry room!
I am currently working on organizing my master bedroom; those laundry baskets would be perfect!!
Your laundry room looks so good ...lovin the industrial look. My daughter's room could use some organization. Because she's a teenager, it's been neglected a bit. It would be great to upgrade and tidy her space with some new storage containers.
Loving these hampers!!!
....Dying that they came from Wally!!!
That's the exact laundry hamper I have been dreaming of! My house has a laundry closet and I have been looking for a couple mobile wire hampers- they have always been out of my price range until now... Thanks for the info!
I would love an extra $100 to buy lovely storage things for my bedroom!
I would organize my bedroom.
Love this! I was just searching for the rolling laundry carts, but did not want to pay great than 50$. Love the look of your laundry room!
I WISH I had a basement! My laundry room is on my list of "eventual" makeovers. Pinterest board started :)
Our home office is seriously a mess...time to organize! Thanks for this chance to win! :)
Beautiful laundry room. I would certainly use the gift card to organize my laundry room. I am obsessed with pretty laundry rooms! It makes you feel good about doing laundry :-)
My laundry room needs so much help..I don't even have a laundry basket
I would use it to organize my sewing/craft room.
I need to organize my laundry room, so this post is perfect! Thanks for an awesome giveaway!
Love this. We just refinished our laundry but it still needs some finishing touches. I may steal some ideas.
My laundry room is in desperate need of a makeover!
Hopefully I am commenting correctly, the app thingy won't let me leave a comment to enter the giveaway. I would love to win to better organize my at home art studio. :) Fingers crossed!
my laundry room needs all the help it can get!!! it's a disaster
Hard to decide as we rent, but the bedroom. We've not done our bedroom since we were first married...in 81.
I LOVE it! This is MY new inspiration room. Can you reveal who makes the rolling plant cart? I love it! I love it all! -Leslie
Really cute. My laundry room is boring. I sure need to look at how to fun it up.
Your laundry room looks gorgeous! I don't have one yet but this summer it will be ready I guess! I can't wait! Thanks for the post! Greets, Storage Longlands Ltd.
Do you have a tutorial of your beautiful wall in your laundry room, what type of wood, how its attached to wall, how its stained etc!? Thanks!
I used pine tongue and grove boards from Home Depot and then stained them with a Classic Gray stain by Minwax. I do have a post about it too you can read it here: http://www.notjustahousewife.net/2013/08/home-depot-giveaway.html
Do you mind me asking where the garden cart is from?
Oh my heck! it's as if you stole my laundry system idea... i also throw all the laundry on the bed, then am too tired to put it away before bed so i set it all on the floor. then it sits there till morning then when i sweep i put it back on the bed again and at night i put it back on the floor again and do this back and forth and back and forth until i finally put it away after half the pile has been picked through and worn, then what our kids take out of the pile they fold and bring to their rooms where they throw in their drawers and the clothes have all become magically unfolded and are thrown in their drawers all wrinkled and a mess...... !
Um, jealousy hit BIG time! I have a huge mess and 2 teenagers!!
YAY! Just bought the laundry basket from Walmart I couldn't bring myself to spend so much at Crate and Barrel and kept searching so glad I found your blog here's a new fan!!! I was also wondering where your wire baskets are from?
Thanks!