The 15 Best Laundry Room Storage Solutions You Need to Try
Your laundry room should be a place of order. Indeed, if you can’t keep it tidy, how are you going to keep your laundry in check. If you’re struggling to maintain order among chaos, we can help. In the following slides, you’ll find some of the best laundry room storage projects. Covering everything from baskets and shelves to ingenious worktops, these ideas should help you create a practical and attractive laundry room with ease.
1. Wheelie Great Laundry Room Storage Ideas
Laundry room storage ideas don’t come more ingenious than this. Wanting an easy way to store laundry essentials in a flexible way, Hometalker Barb Garrett simply added casters to an upright cupboard. By attaching wheels, she was able to move it into place whenever necessary and, in turn, reposition it as required. Genius! Get tutorial here
2. Mobile Laundry Room Storage Cabinets
Some casters, a strip of plywood, and some matting will get you this mobile laundry cabinet. By removing the drawers from a standard bedside cabinet and replacing them with storage baskets, Hoosier Homemade was halfway there. After adding casters to the base and adding some plywood covered in matting to the top, this wonderful piece was complete. Get tutorial here
3. Laundry Room Table with Storage
Take a cabinet, remove the doors, and paint in a style that suits - and you’ll have a laundry room table with storage just like Eliesa. This project works because the original unit is large enough to be used as a workstation. Indeed, the key to creating your own laundry room table with storage is to think as much about the worktop as its internal space. Get tutorial here
4. Genius Laundry Room Storage Shelves
There are laundry room shelves and there’s this great idea from CoastalBohemian. To turn your old ironing board into a shelving unit, remove the cover and place hooks in its natural holes. Hang baskets to the hooks and decorate as required for a fantastic storage solution that will impress your friends. Get tutorial here
5. Wonderfully Wheeled Laundry Room Basket
Don’t struggle with your laundry basket any longer. To replicate this neat idea, take a piece of plywood and trace around the base of your basket. Cut out the shape using a jigsaw and staple on some fabric. To finish, take a premade barrel mover and nail into the base for a laundry room basket you can wheel around with ease. Get tutorial here
6. Artistic Laundry Room Storage Ideas
Dual-use is ideal when it comes to DIY in confined spaces and this laundry room makeover is a perfect example of why that’s the case. In revamping her laundry space, Sara used artwork to cover up foldaway shelves. When you’re ready to fold linen, you can unclip hooks at the top and pull it down for this neat tabletop solution. Get tutorial here
7. High and Dry Laundry Room Rack
Chic Geek House has shown us the way with this fantastic drying rack. To make your own, build the cabinet by piecing together four wooden batons and fixing a backboard in place. From there, build a second frame a few inches smaller than the first and fill the center with dowels. Finally, secure the two frames using hinges to create a pull-out dryer. Get tutorial here
8. Geometric Laundry Room Storage Shelves
Everyone thinks shelves need to be linear and uniform. Ashley Meyer has proved otherwise. For this makeover project, she combined herringbone patterns with three shelves of varying sizes. The contrast in shapes, angles, and lengths makes for a neat feature wall that’s as practical as it is aesthetically pleasing. Get tutorial here
9. Decorative Laundry Room Storage Ideas
Revamping your laundry room isn’t all about practicality. If you want to make your space the best it can be, don’t be afraid to color match. To create a vintage look, Christina matched fabrics and paint to her appliances. Using items such as your washing machine as a base, you can find accessories to create a decorative laundry room as well. Get tutorial here
10. Swap Laundry Room Storage Shelves for Pockets
We love this laundry storage room makeover from Haeley for many reasons, but focus your attention on the storage pockets. In keeping with the playful theme, she decided to hang material pockets above her shoe rack. Although these are ideal for toys, they’re also the perfect storage vessel for linen, towels, and washing materials. Get tutorial here
11. Wicker-Full Laundry Room Revamp
How do you increase the capacity of your laundry storage room shelves in minutes? Well, if you follow the lead of Hometalker Tricia, you use wicker baskets. As you can see here, all you need to do is take baskets of different styles, line them up, and add labels. Do that and you’ve got more storage than before and a stylish new look. Get tutorial here
12. Ladder Up Your Laundry Room
Ever think you could turn a stepladder into a laundry room basket? Hometalker Cindy did, which is why she created this wonderful piece. To make your own stepladder laundry basket, paint it in a color that suits and hang a cloth bag over the top. Push the bag to the back of the steps and secure the material with clips. Perfect! Get tutorial here
13. Wonderfully Woven Laundry Basket
Don’t let your laundry basket ruin your DIY efforts. If you’ve spent time making your laundry room storage space the best it can be, make sure the baskets are up to scratch. Using nothing more than some spray paint, ribbon, and burlap, Hometalker Bre was able to upcycle her laundry basket with a few simple weaving techniques! Get tutorial here
14. Fun and Simple Sock Holder
Even with the best laundry room storage in the world, there’s always going to be a missing sock or two. Where they go, we don’t know. What we do know, however, is that you can make a home for the remaining socks and create a nice feature using a wooden board, some paint, a length of wire, and a few pegs. Genius! Get tutorial here
15. Floating Washing Machine Storage Solution
You can find space in unexpected places if you think about it logically. That’s what The Rozy Home did when she upgraded her laundry room. Seeing an opportunity where others wouldn’t, she built platforms for her washing machines. By standing the machines on the tripods, she was able to create some simple-but-effective storage space underneath. Get tutorial here
