![]() Measure & Trace the bottom of the wire basket. Step 1 (Top Left): Remove the laundry basket liner and set aside. Stain in your choice of color (we used Special Walnut) 10″ x 15″ and since a 1″ x 10″ is really a bit less than 10″, we used a piece of scrap 1″ x 12″.) Wood for the base (since we screwed in the cable clamps to the wood, I opted for 1 x 12″ common board). ![]() This laundry basket pictured above from Wal-Mart. Here’s how we did it & what we used: Sources are affiliate linked for your convenience. I wanted the wheels on my basket because it’s so easy to just slide it down the hallway instead of schlepping baskets or arms full of laundry… I’ll take any & all life hacks, please, and I now want to add wheels to all the things. Last I checked, the basket couldn’t be shipped online, but it could be ordered online and then picked up at your local store. The entire project cost us about $28 (we had scrap wood and the stain already) which is significantly less than the others. I loved everything about it: the metal wire, the fabric liner & the copper handles, but it didn’t have wheels, so I decided to DIY a wood base with casters. So when I was at Wal-Mart one day looking for storage baskets and found this large metal wire laundry basket for only $15, I knew exactly what I wanted to do. This one I loved, but the price tag was way over budget at $150!Īnd then there’s this one from World Market which costs $100… I liked it best, but it’s still more than I wanted to spend on a receptacle that holds stinky clothes. This industrial canvas one with wheels for $62 ![]() When browsing some online, I came across a few that I loved, but the price tag was a bit higher than I wanted to spend… They have a hamper in their bedroom, but I realized one was needed in the bathroom, too, since that’s where they strip down for bath time. With 3 girls in one bathroom, the clothes tend to pile in a corner on the bathroom floor.
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