Laundry Baskets

Doing the laundry may not be your favorite task, but that doesn't mean it has to be dreary. Put a positive spin on your laundry day with an attractive laundry basket! You'd be surprised at how this little accessory can brighten this usually boring task. Whether you have laundry facilities at home or must trek down to the laundromat, jazzy laundry baskets can make you a tad cheerier with your finished batch of nicely folded clean laundry. No kidding.

At home, your bathroom or laundry room won't feature an embarassing black plastic bag full of dirty laundry. Nor will you get weird looks as you enter the laundromat. After all, you never know who you might meet! Once you start shopping around for this mundane item, you'll see that laundry baskets can almost be a fashion statement.

If you go to the mall, visit the bath and bedding section of the department store. You'll find laundry baskets that are the dirty clothes equivalent of the Gucci bag. No matter what your style, there is a clothes basket just for you.

For you guys, there are sturdy, utilitarian canvas tie-top bags. Manly, hinting at the mariner, just off his yacht to do a little laundry. For women, there are laundry basket styles to suit every home decor and taste.

If you've got a large family and more laundry than you'd care to think about, your choices are cheery and many. There are baskets on rollers, with separate bags for sorting whites, colors, delicates and those sports items with grass stains all over them. Some bags are made of canvas for heavy loads, while others are made of netting and color-coded, so everyone knows what to put where as they toss in their contributions to laundry day. Most of the rolling models are made of gleaming chrome or painted plastic. Although your laundry may be dirty, it sits there in high style until you get around to the task.

If you favor an old-fashioned feel, reminiscent of the days when Grandma took the laundry out to the clothesline in the back yard, take a look at some of the super-sturdy rattan or heavy wicker laundry baskets. This style lends that House Beautiful( magazine feel, where real people don't even have dirty laundry.

The discount store type of plastic clothes baskets are very practical and come in a variety of colors. Again, the busy Mom can post a color code sheet in the laundry room so Dad and kids just toss their items in and you're saved the task of sorting.

For those who wish to have a bit more discretion when airing their dirty laundry in public places, such as the laundromat, look for the heavy wicker picnic-style laundry baskets. These have lids which close much like a picnic basket, keeping smelly socks inside until you load up the washer.

There's a world of laundry basket styles from which to choose. Don't you think it's about time your laundry got a face lift?

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