Make your laundry time easier by making these easy and inexpensive laundry room improvements. You'll be thankful for all the time you'll be able to save!

Tips for the Perfect Laundry Room

The laundry room is filled with innovative tips you can implement within your own laundry space. In a room, you can put laundry baskets on shelves to keep them away from the floor. Also, make racks for your baskets for them to glide onto by altering wood tracks. Additionally, make fun of cabinet door pulls using clothespins that are attached to the o-in lengths of dowels made from wood.

Instant Drying Rack

Do you have a large amount of clothing that isn't able to go into the dryer? Even those drying racks that fold up with a variety of bars for draping wet clothing aren't sufficient for large laundry days. If you hang damp clothes over wet ones, this can extend the drying time considerably and may make your clothes smell slightly musty.

To address your air-drying insufficiency:

• Find a 1x2 piece of scrap wood from the pile in the garage.
• Reduce it so that it fits over some joists that hang overhead within your laundry area in the basement.
• Secure it by nailing it down with nails of high quality in every joint.
• You can then air dry a few other pieces of clothing by using hangers.

Skinny Laundry Room Cart

The majority of laundry rooms have a small empty space, either near or between the washer or dryer, and it's typically a place to store socks and lint. To maximize the space's potential for organization, make a simple wooden laundry room cart that is fixed on rolling casters that can hold detergents as well as other laundry items.

Write Notes on the Washer

Stop shrinking your sweaters. If you are putting the clothes in your washer, make use of dry-erase markers to write on the lid what items are not suitable for the dryer. This way, the person who transfers your load of clothes from the washer into the dryer can be aware of what items to keep to dry on the line.

The finish of enamel on many lids for washing machines is similar to a whiteboard, and dry-erase markers are easy to remove using a paper towel that is dry.

Up and Out of the Way

Ironing boards can be hung on coat hooks that double from hardware stores. This will keep it out of the way of your tool and out of sight. Just hang the double coat hooks where there is room in the laundry space.

Cardboard Box Bag Dispenser

Are you looking for a method to organize the plastic bags that you purchase at the grocery store? Here's a suggestion: Straighten the bags out and pile them in an organized pile. Place the pile in a cardboard box. Create holes into the box so that you can access each bag one at a moment depending on the amount you need. This is perfect for garage sales, where you'll need to pack things for your customers.

The plastic bag dispenser could be useful in the basement or anywhere you keep the cat's litter box or close to your dog's leash. It will also have a supply of bags on hand whenever it's time to take care of your pet's mess.

Pretty and Practical Box Shelves

Simple box shelves can be used in both a formal setting and in a utilitarian space, such as the garage or laundry. They are able to accommodate a wide range of possibilities for use and arrangement. You can hang them over the dryer and washer to store laundry detergent sheets for drying, as well as other laundry-room essentials, without taking up precious floor space.

Paint Stick to Clean Lint Buildup

Even if you clean the lint trap of your dryer prior to every load, there's still lint accumulation around the trap which could lead to the possibility of a fire. It is, therefore, essential to cleanse the area every once in a while. This simple tip can help you accomplish the task.

Cover a clean rag with the end of a stick. Get rid of the lint trap, and wash the area using the rag-covered stick. To help the lint stick adhere to the rag, wet it first with water.