As some of you may know, I've got a laundry problem. Solution: multiple laundry baskets, each with a purpose. I set out to TJMaxx and Target looking for laundry baskets. Let me classify that statement - nice looking laundry baskets. I'm not sure if I missed some surge in basket prices, but I was not prepared to purchase two tall wicker baskets for $125 (am I becoming cheap!?). With determination and an eye for "what could be" I found two great dark wicker baskets at TJMaxx with HORRIBLE (but removable) linings, $14.95 each. This brought the total number of laundry baskets in our bedroom to three: 1) my husband's "daily" items 2) my "daily" items, 3) "things we don't need immediately washed but are dirty" items.
As some of your may know, I've (we've) also got a "too much stuff" problem. Solution: free up some room in our dressers. Basket adventure day also included a search for a storage unit with fabric bins, the thought being underwear and socks could move out of our dressers and into these bins. The storage unit could sit at the bottom of our closet, and make better use of the real estate in our closet. Found a unit on sale for $39.99 and bins for $5.99 each. Sweet deal. Easy assembly and into the closet it went, bins of underwear, socks and all.
Great solutions... or so they seemed.
Who's surprised to hear that the laundry baskets are having an identity crisis (brought on by me of course). Oh, and they're all full... all the time.
And did I mention that the storage unit is a scant 3 feet tall? My husband is 6 feet tall, meaning that the distance he needs to bend over to get his underwear and socks in the morning is nothing short of hysterical. And (since the laundry baskets are full) we have multiple empty drawers in our dressers.
I'm thinking these solutions were not quite as successful as anticipated... but hey, I'm trying.
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