I should have revealed my laundry room by know, I know. Things in there kind of came to a halt for a little while with all the painting outside so I’m afraid all I can share right now are my new laundry hampers. Exciting, I know.
Anyway they’re on wheels. You know how I love castors but this time they’re not there for aesthetic reasons, but purely for practical.
The washing machine is on that plinth to the right so the practical reason isn’t to wheel the dirty laundry to the machine but instead to keep the dirty laundry dry in the hamper until it’s ready to be washed. Dry you say, why would it get wet?
See that little spout there on the wall? I have no idea where it comes from but I noticed that on two occasions there have been water stains on the floor underneath and even though the stains have been minute so far, maybe as the season changes there will be more drips so I come prepared.
My little laundry skateboard is so easy to make should you need one. I use an off cut from the shelves in Wille’s room, predrilled holes for the castors and simply screwed them on and gave the board a lick of paint.
To prevent the hampers from sliding off I screwed them into the board using wide washers in between the plastic strap weave and the screws to make it more secure.
Now I can move the whole thing easily if I want to and my laundry will stay dry until I make it wet. If that makes sense.
Oh, as I’m writing this I’m kind of expecting questions on why I switched the old hampers out and why I now only have two instead of three so I might as well answer them right away. The reason for switching is that I wanted something new after having had the same for over ten years, as simple as that. The reason I have two now instead of three is that with it just being Wille and I we don’t have as much dirty laundry as before so it’s enough to have one for whites and one for darks.
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skateboard, brilliant. they do look like they’re having a good time. i shall bear in mind your wide washers trick, very smart, more to learn. hopefully you won’t have any flooding! x
Just BRILLIANT Benita, you always inspire!!
You do love a castor, don’t you Benita… and there’s nothing wrong with that.;o)
Jo xx
What a weird pipe! Do you know if the neighbours have them too?
Laundry-board is a great idea though.
I haven’t asked yet, but I will!
Wise move with raising the hampers up. I spent all last week mopping up water from our basement, and sorting out water damaged things. It has never flooded in 4 years and decided to last week! Always better to be prepared.
Stylish and practical – Benita’s signature :-).
Nicely done!
Our laundry hamper came into our marriage via DH … he had it in college in the early 1990’s. He won’t get rid of it b/c his gma bought it for him. Perhaps I can give it a face lift by spray painting it and giving it castors. =)
spouts with unknown origin that empty into the basement..what a great idea to prepare for that. Seems inevitable that more will come out of it!
A lot of basements in my area are wet part of the year. So, my washing machine is also on a plinth and I’ve put leg extenders on the folding table and 4 centimeter thick rubber mats in between them.
Why don’t you put a little square pail against the wall under the spout, to catch the water? Is there too much of it for a bucket to contain?
Snygga! Är de från Åhléns? Vad heter dom? 😀
Just like Caro, I am wondering if you will put a bucket under the spout to catch the drips. Marks on that clean floor will surely make you unhappy!
Is it the run off from an Air conditioner (if you have AC, that is) or from the washing machine?
If you don’t mind a nosy question, what is your laundry system? Do you bring your clothes down to the basement hampers every night? Do you do a load every day or wash it all at once 1x a week?
This is well done, but now I’m curious about your laundry routine. We keep our hampers in our bedrooms, then transfer the clothes to a basket to carry down to the laundry room (also in our basement) when we want to do a load. On occasion I’ll carry the whole hamper down if I have a lot of laundry to do (and the time to do it). So fixing two hampers together on a platform seems strange to me. Would you mind sharing your routine? Do you take your clothes down to the basement each night?
That is an odd pipe. Do you have a boiler? Could it be the overflow valve pipe from that. Or perhaps it’s related to some pressure relief valve in the piping. Just ideas, no clue what it really is 🙂
Baskets on wheels look amazing, and handy!
Oh I love this idea! And I love that everything is so white and bright.
I agree with Foo… One of our homes had a secondary drain pipe for the condensate piping from the air con. It was in an obvious place so if the original became plugged by algae, you would find the water rather than it overflowing into the hall onto the hardwood like it does in my new house! A little vinegar or bleach in the pump reservoir is a good preventative.
There’s so little coming out now but if more comes I will!
No AC 🙂
I think I’ll do a post on this as I got the same question twice. Not sure when but it’s on my to-do list now :).
I think I’ll do a post on this as I got the same question twice. Not sure when but it’s on my to-do list now :).
I don’t or I would assume what you just wrote because I had that in the old house.
Benita, surely you are the 21st century’s Wonder Woman!
Tror att röret kommer från expantionskärlet som kanska finns på vinden? Så hade vi det iallafall och vi bor i ett liknande radhus som ditt.
Helena
Whites and darks. Are there no clothes in between?
I have whites that get HOT water, darks that get cold, and good permanent press ones that are the third option. Yes, I can wait for The Laundry Post!
Add me to the list of people who are looking forward to hearing about your laundry system!
~ Ali
Where did you get that white bucket on the right?
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Benita, can you kindly share with us how you deal with receipts? Where do you store them? How do you purge them? How long do you keep them? Thanks!
Ja, de är från Ålle men jag vet inte om de heter något.
Vi har fjärrvärme och expansionskärlet är bortplockat så det är ett litet mysterium 🙂
I got it at a store called Granit, here in Stockholm.
Will make a note of that!
Thanks. I always enjoy your posts on your organizing routine. But I do feel bad for contributing to your already enormous to-do list. 🙂
tack! 🙂
You make me want to try this one.. DIY!
I love the new hampers, and the platform! For some reason, that pipe makes me think of a sap spout. Maybe there is a sugar maple behind the wall? (snicker) You could hang a sap bucket off of it. 🙂
I love this idea – it’s so simple and practical. It would be utterly perfect if the bathroom was on the same floor as the laundry – no lugging around. You’d probably love a laundry chute. Do they have them in Sweden?
🙂
Some houses do. One of my friends growing up had one in here house and I loved it already at the age of ten :).
The pipe could be for condensation from one of the bathrooms
I love the hampers…if I may ask; where are they from?
They’re from a local department store, Åhléns.