5 Laundry Room Organization Tips

Follow these laundry room organization tips to utilize space and decrease clutter.

The laundry room can be one of the most overwhelming spaces in your home to keep organized. This can especially be the case when you’re doing laundry for the whole family.

With the help of Blain’s Farm & Fleet, you can make your laundry room an organized space that everyone can enjoy. Follow these five helpful tips on organizing your laundry room.

1. Use Your Space Wisely

If you have a small laundry room or area, use the space’s design to your advantage. If you have a lot of vertical space, consider putting in a stackable washer and dryer.

If you have front-loading washing machines, put in a counter above them. You can use that space for folding clothes, stain removal, or storage. You can also use a countertop ironing board in this space.

2. Sort Your Colors

Before your laundry piles up, use multiple hampers or laundry baskets to organize your dirty clothes. You can sort your clothes into whites, darks, brights, and delicates. Each can go in their own baskets.

This way, when laundry day comes, simply toss in each load without having to separate a week’s worth of laundry. You can get a hamper cart, which comes with multiple hampers on one convenient cart.

If you want to save floor space, find wall-mounted hampers or laundry bags. You can hang these from a tension rod.

3. Get Rid of the Wrinkles

If you’re washing clothes that will need to be air-dried or ironed, hang them up right away. Install a tension rod in your laundry room. Keep clothes hangers on the rod for those wrinkle-prone clothes.

If you have a smaller space, install a towel rack underneath a laundry room shelf. You can use this as a clothes drying rack. For maximum mobility, invest in a garment rack. You can hang up clothes right away, and wheel them to your closet.

4. Decrease the Clutter

Cleaning supplies, including laundry detergent, can all take up a lot of space. This can give your laundry room a cluttered feeling.

One of the easiest storage solutions is to use storage organizers. Keep all of the laundry supplies together in a decorative basket or tote.

If you have more supplies, use a few of the same storage baskets. Uniform baskets will give your laundry room a nice, clean look and actually keep it organized!

You can also store your cleaning supplies in glass jars. This will help get rid of bulky packaging. Put things like dryer sheets and detergent in them for a nice, lean look.

5. Get Stuff Off the Floor

You can also put in wall racks or floating shelves. Using vertical space is a great way to get your laundry room organized.

If you don’t want to mount racks on your wall, consider mounting them on your door. You can also use over-the-door racks and organizers.

Another clutter hazard is the dreaded ironing board. You can buy a wall-mounted fold-out ironing board. If you want to keep your regular ironing board, there are over-the-door caddies available. They even come with a storage space on top for your iron.

For more tips and ideas, visit our Storage & Organization Blog.