Organizing with Storage Baskets: 10 Styles You Can Make Own

How to use baskets when organizing your home?

Organizing with Baskets & Bins Howto

My first tip is that baskets are best used in sets, I believe, grouped rather than stand alone. This gives them that orderly, organizing effect that we’re after, to create a comfortable, yet functional, clutter-free home style.

My second tip is to ‘right-size’ your baskets. Things can remain messy if the baskets are too small or too big. There will either be piles around the basket if it’s too small, or it’s a mess in the basket if it’s the wrong size.

My third tip is to give the basket a clearly defined purpose. This basket is for ‘all the things in my pocket when I first get home’, that basket is for ‘white laundry’, that basket is for ‘firewood’.

My last tip is to choose the right strength of the basket for its purpose. That basket for firewood has to be strong.

Design Your Style: 10 Ideas To Organize Your Life with Baskets

1. Bathroom Towel Hamper and Matching Laundry & Toiletries Baskets

For the bathroom, this one wins on functionality…..

Household Essentials ML-6445 Woven-Sea grass Triple Laundry Sorter with Casters and 3 Removable Bags

But, for the bathroom, this basket set wins on style…..

JJ Cole Hamper	JJ Cole Storage Box 1
JJ Cole Storage Box 2	JJ Cole Storage Units and Hamper – the set

Pssst….If you want to use this set to organize a baby room, consider that this set comes also in pale pink, powder blue or pastel mint… Lovely.

Or, If you want to use them for your office instead, you can. I would. However, for a more basketry-look for your office, have a look at #2.

2. Matching Home or Home Office Supplies Basket

Matching Baskets all around.

Household Essentials ML-7021 Utility Baskets

Utility Basket Set of 3

Paper Rope

Dark Stained

Equally ideal for home office, (as well as for laundry or other furnishing storage needs: pillows, blankets, but also consider paper rolls, and other messy/hard to store items: all will fit.)

3. Car to Kitchen Grocery Basket

Jumbo Folding Cart with Double Basket (BLACK)-can carry 150 lbs-Cart Size: 41.75"h x 24"w x 21"d

You might not be conscious of it, but the most you’ll carry your groceries will probably be from the car to the kitchen, as well as from the shop to your car. Make it easy for yourself with this FOLDABLE basket. It holds loads of groceries (or other stuff) and it spares your back kindly while you are transporting it.

The big, big plus of this basket is that you get to fold it when not in use. I’m not a fan of the look of metal baskets, so it can be nicely put out of sight.

Look at this basket for example, it looks like really good one: see that bottle rack and sense its stability. Of course there is a limit to how much these baskets can actually carry, so don’t go too bezerk on overloading it. Just take the weight of your bag. If you never have owned a basket like this, try one. You’ll see it not just for granny’s!!

4. Fire Log Basket with Matching Newspaper Basket

Great quality, good sized baskets such as this basket (17 x 11 x 7 inches) are wonderful to store stuff.

Fire Log Basket (Lambs & Ivy)

Newspaper & Everything Else Basket

The classic log fire basket is always handy. Why not get too of them and put them side by side? They tend to fit better into cabinets when the sides are straight, so this set is to stay next to the fire place. The basket on the left has no handles while the other one has handles.

5. Outdoor Furniture & Furnishing Baskets

Beautiful your patio or garden with these two baskets: one for trash and one for easy storage in the garden. And when you need it, it becomes a seat too. Actually, there even are lounge chairs and an outdoor coffee table in this series. So elegant and classy, yet utterly practical.

Strathwood Camano All-Weather Wicker Storage Box

Matching outdoor trash can:

Strathwood Camano All-Weather Wicker Trash Can

6. Toy Bins & Baskets

Winsome Wood Leo Storage Baskets
Set of 3, Espresso

Matching Basket Shelving Unit
Winsome Wood Shelf, Espresso

This set of 3 storage baskets is ideal. Why???

1. The set comes with different size baskets: It has a 23 x 10 x 9-1/4-inch basket and two 11-by-10-by-9-1/4-inch baskets.

2. All three fit snug into this wonderful foldable shelving unit below, for a neat and tidy look.

3. These wicker baskets are made on a metal frame with makes them extra strong.

4. Last but not least, see those handles?? Perfect. You & your offspring get to pick up the toys within minutes from the living room floor and carry the basket simply into the toy room or bedroom and voila. Tidy house and tidy toy room in no time.

7. Foot Stool Basket

Seville Classics PAT70160 Rush Cube Storage Ottoman, Mocha

It’s called a food stool, it’s called an ottoman, it’s called a sturdy basket with a lid. Whatever you do, be broadminded as to where you place it. It could be that necessary extra seat in the bathroom. It could be a storage tool in the bedroom. Of course, it indeed IS also that extra seat in the living room for that extra large group of guests.

Personally, I Imagine 4 on the deck, and 3 in the hall. In short, the most versatile, stylish cube around. Neat and tidy storage, where and when you want it.

8. Garden Hose Basket

Once you have your garden totally neat & tidy, and elegantly dressed with the baskets at #5, all of a sudden that garden hose that’s always laying around becomes an eye sore.

Not to worry, here is the solution: a resin wicker garden hose pot. It looks like wicker, but it can handle water like resin. Is this beautiful or what?? Tidy up those hoses, baby…. With this gadget, there are no more excuses.

Suncast WHP80 Resin Wicker Garden Hose Pot with 80-Foot Hose Capacity (Hose Not Included)

9. Give-Aways / Goodwill Collection Basket

If you are, like us, constantly looking for ways to ‘clear the clutter’, you will also constantly look for ways to reduce your collection of objects you own. Do it in an organizing way! And what better way than to create a (large) give-away bin? It makes it easy to give things away on the spot. As well, you can easily pop the entire bin into your car and drive it over to Goodwill and make someone else happy with your excess.

You’ll enjoy this storage opportunity.

10. Upstairs/Downstairs Slepper Basket

For those of us with kids, a couple of these are mandatory. At least 2: one for the top of the stairs, one for at the bottom. Particularly young children with upstairs bedrooms make these baskets a God sent item to your household belongings!

Stair Basket

There you go: top 10 organizing ideas with baskets.

BONUS BASKET IDEA

11. Moses Basket

Organize your babe!

Honey Hooded Baby Moses Basket with Sage Gingham basket_moses

This has to be the most ideal way to move your new baby with you from room to room, to the balcony to the kitchen and back: a little Moses basket to keep that little one sleep safe and sound.

I have seen many of these around, but this one with the sun roof is adorable and most functional.