10 handy laundry organisation ideas

Hands up who has a laundry that needs organising?

Check out these 10 helpful ways to organise your laundry space today:

1. Easy sorting with washing baskets – or bags.

2. Hang your ironing board.

3. No cupboard space? Use the walls! It doesn’t have to be fancy, use hooks.

4. Make a fold down drying rack or put a retractable one in the cupboard.

Or use an old ladder!

5. Use a shoe organiser to hold all your cleaning products.

6. Use closet storage to store toilet paper and paper towel.

7. Install a rack for air drying shirts.

8. Store your folded sheets inside the matching pillowcase for neat storage.

9. Attach an ironing board on top of storage.

10. Bin bags rolls in the cupboard.

Do you have any laundry organising tips to share? Please add yours in the comments below.

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28 Comments

- - meedee said
  - 30 Jul 2021
    12:18 pm
I love the indoor clothes line

- - ella12 said
  - 24 Aug 2016
    2:27 pm
Great storage tips, very well done (-:

- - Melissa89 said
  - 27 Jul 2016
    4:35 pm
Lots of fantastic ideas. Our laundry is tiny which is fine as so is our little family

- - june11 said
  - 02 Jul 2016
    6:19 pm
I love the ladder idea. You can rig them up and use them as overhead storage in a garage too. I have a neighbour who did a DIY large ladder and actually rigged it up in such a way it could be lowered and raised using a pulley. They stored all sorts of things on it, including folding outdoor chairs they wanted to protect from our harsh weather conditions. They were only used occasionally so best stored out of the way.

- - microwave24 said
  - 16 May 2016
    5:44 am
These ideas are great, my laundry looks like someone has just threw everything in there and not taken a second glance.

- - mom113991 said
  - 15 May 2016
    12:39 am
it would be great to use some of these tips

- - mom172959 said
  - 02 May 2016
    10:57 am
Thankyou for this article!! Our laundry is in desperate need of organisation, and I now have some great ideas for it! Off to give our laundry a makeover now.

- - Tinarh said
  - 30 Apr 2016
    9:37 pm
Love these hacks!! I airdry a number of items and the ladder idea looks awesome and retro!

- - mom103920 said
  - 26 Apr 2016
    9:36 am
I love idea 8 and 9! I already have extra rails and hooks in my laundry – great for wet weather days when I don’t want to run the dryer for hours.

- - deb_gs said
  - 25 Apr 2016
    10:22 pm
I have a Euro laundry. I find that I had too many old rags, cleaning toothbrushes, gloves, scourers etc that were in a big mess. I divided them into groups and popped them into shoe boxes. It is so much easier to find my way around the cupboard now!

- - shineyvee said
  - 21 Apr 2016
    1:38 pm
Brilliant ideas! My laundry is small and so is my storage space within the rest of the house so I might try to implement a couple of these ideas. Thanks!

- - rovermum said
  - 20 Apr 2016
    11:04 am
My laundry is rather small so we’ve had to maximise the space. Our tumble dryer is attached to the wall to give me more floor room. I have a basket for dirty washing, and a separate basket for linen/towels. We hang the ironing board from the door with a spot to hang the iron too. I had an overhead cupboard installed to include the things I regularly use. I have hooks to hang my linen wash bags. I have hooks to hang wet towels that won’t be washed immediately, to allow them to dry naturally and not go mouldy and smelly. I have hooks to hang smaller damp items eg. footy shorts and jocks after swimming again, that won’t be washed immediately but don’t want mixed with dry dirty washing! I love the tips provided and am always looking for something to make my time in the laundry easier.

- - mom134803 said
  - 20 Apr 2016
    5:54 am
Great and practical tips, thanx !

- - mom101628 said
  - 19 Apr 2016
    10:12 pm
Great ideas for busy mums – I’m just pleased that all the washing [and ironing] is done for another week.

- - mom19782016 said
  - 16 Apr 2016
    3:09 pm
Some brilliant ideas in here. I particularly love the idea of storing your folded sheets inside the matching pillowcase for neat storage!

- - june11 said
  - 10 Apr 2016
    8:58 pm
I love the indoor washing line / airer. We put a solid wooden shelf above our toilet door frame and stored our toilet paper (2 or 3 rows high)…. and laundry detergent on it (out of reach of little fingers)
Fantastic Ironing board, storage shelves. I would love to know who manufactures them and whether they are available in stores in SA.

- - Nas01 said
  - 10 Apr 2016
    2:10 pm
What fantastic tips!! I love them all.

- - sharna_booth_weinrowski said
  - 10 Apr 2016
    12:02 pm
You make my laundry look terrible!

- - mom74640 said
  - 10 Apr 2016
    11:50 am
Like it

- - shelley shelley said
  - 10 Apr 2016
    9:09 am
Yep that’s me!!
There are some great ideas in there, and a few I have used in my laundry already. But that display laundry looks so much cleaner than mine lol