DIY | Make Your Own Hanging Laundry Hamper
Were you wondering where we hid the hamper in our little girl’s nursery? Well, wonder no more! (Or perhaps I’m being presumptuous, and you weren’t wondering at all… in which case, feel free to read on anyways!) I sort of ran out of floor space in the nursery, so when I found this idea for a hanging hamper on Martha Stewart’s website, and when I realized I had all of the supplies I needed on hand, it took me about five minutes (or less?) to whip up this handy hamper to hang inside baby girl’s closet.
The laundry bag on Martha Stewart’s website was an actual laundry bag, held open by a large embroidery hoop. I didn’t have a laundry bag, and figured a standard pillow case would do the trick (and mighty prettily, I might add!) along with a smaller embroidery hoop (just because that’s what I had on hand).
First I assembled the hanging hamper by sandwiching the ends of the pillowcase in between the embroidery hoop parts. Then I looped some twine around the hoop’s screw mount, and knotted it securely. I decided to hang the hook on the lower half of the door, instead of in the middle of the door, so that I can still use a hook above it to hang clean garments, and so that our little girl can easily access the hamper when she’s old enough to put away her own dirty clothes. The last step was simply to hang the hamper by the twine, and then fill it with dirty clothes! Easy, cheap, and useful. Now that’s a DIY I can really enjoy.
Very cute idea. My girls would love this.
The tissue is really beautiful and I love the idea of ??letting it go beyond on top, it’s perfect.
I wait to see the tutorial on the pom pom garland !
this is fantastic!
I love the peek into her closet- She is going to be one well dressed little lady!
I do this in my daughter’s room, and I’ll do it for my son once he’s potty trained (this hamper idea doesn’t work so well with cloth diapers, for obvious reasons). Your version is super cute!
OH MY GOODNESS!!! My mom and I are just about to start making one of these for my sweet little boy’s room, Paysen!
I think its just the greatest thing in the world for dirty baby cloths!
SO cute! What a great idea!
this is such a great idea even for a person without kids. our laundry bag is such an eye sore, but a pretty one hanging on the inside of the closet door. that works.
Absolutely ADORABLE idea. Now anytime I see one of those rings I will thinks of this.
Ah! I was just lamenting today over super lame & cheesy laundry hampers for kiddos. So stoked on this!
I LOVE this idea. I just did it yesterday. It’s perfect for hanging up in my little dorm room. And I was proud to have spent only $4.02 on this creation! Thank you :)
Blessings,
Lindsey
Congrats on your new baby girl! All that hair….so so sweet! So happy for you mamma!
LOVE THIS!! way better than the hideous hamper I have in my room now that I try to hide.
I was just wondering if a larger hoop could be used.
As long as the hoop you are using isn’t wider than the diameter of your pillow case or laundry bag opening, I don’t see why not! Just make sure your hook is sturdy enough to hold the weight of the laundry if you use a larger bag.
What a great idea. I love that you opted to use the pillow case for the laundry bag. You can really customize it and/or change it to match the decor of the room.
I’ve been mulling over how to make a peg bag – this will be brilliant on a smaller scale! Thankyou!
My husband and my apartment is so small that we don’t have room for an actual hamper. This is the perfect solution! Thank you!
Maybe it’s just me, but it seems the weight of the clothes will pull apart the hoop? I have two boys and they’re always soaking wet or dirty so maybe that’s it, but it seems it may not be strong enough to hold the weight of the clothing.
It works great when we have two hanging in our baby girl’s closet. We never put wet clothes in the laundry because of mildewing, so it holds the weight just fine. pillowcases aren’t big enough to hold a large load, so when each pillowcase becomes full, we do a small load in the washing machine. Weight is more of a concern for the hook you hang and how that hook is anchored than a concern for the hoop.
Oh, also just thought I should mention I have two of these hanging up- one for lights, and one for darks.
Rip out the bottom seam and tie a pretty bow on the bottom. Place a basket underneath and untie the bow and let the dirty clothes fall into the basket.
I use a laundry bag right now which i like to wash with the dirty clothes…..if i were to do this is it possible to wash with the clothing?
Definitely! Just take the clothes out of the pillow case first.
Nifty idea!! I just tossed sons pop-up hamper in the trash because it got so holey, added an embroidery hoop to shopping list!
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Adorable! Could also be used to house all those plastic grocery bags! Put one on the inside of every door!
hello, Iwould to buy one of this beautiful embroidery hoop hamper… could I buy it somewhere?
thank you!
Hi, if you read the post you will see that this is actually not featuring a product, but simply an outline for making your own using basic supplies you can buy at the store.
Curious to know where you got the pillow cases. So pretty. Thanks.
They’re actually really old pillowcases that I found at the thrift store. Sorry!
Love this idea!! This is such a great idea for saving valuable floor space. …and super cute I might add! I think yours looks better than the MS version ;)
Wonderful idea. I’m a first time mom and I was needing hampers so I decided to try a little DIY project. I was lucky to have come across this. I did modify it slightly. I used screwless hooks instead and it saved time and holes in my door :) Thanks for posting this!
We live in a small apartment, and our bathroom is horribly tiny, so any clothes on the floor make it hard to even open the door. This is a great dea to hand on the inside of the bathroom door!
oh my goodness! This is absolutely perfect! I have been looking for many years for and inexpensive way to solve the, ‘clothes all over my floor’ issue. Traditional hampers have always been, too big, too ugly, and too expensive, but this is perfect! Thank you!
Kim, I LOVE your suggested ribbon adjustment! Due to my back, I don’t lift laundry, bags, bins OR baskets (I even use a “grabber/reaching tool if I drop a piece o/laundry on the floor). So we currently use a 3-in-1 pre-sorting/hanging hamper set (it’s in a nice hanging frame mounted onto wheels) so I can get the laundry to the washer from our room (opposite side o/the house, o/course). The dog’s laundry is kept & washed separate from ours (we wear enough o/their hair as it is), but there’s not been a good way to hamper their stuff. We’ve been using a pop-up hamper but unless we keep it on top o/their kennel, then I put a board/rack over our wheeled hamper set & try not to hurt myself by tugging it onto the top, my hubby has to deal w/it it for me. But w/this hanging hamper & using your quick-release ribbon idea, we could hang it on the wall by the dogs’ kennel, then I could roll our hamper “thing” (w/a shallow basket on top) underneath, open the bottom o/the bag & viola! No tugging or lifting! Woo hoo!!
Im going to make a smaller version with a smaller hoop and altered pillowcase to use for plastic grocery bags. The ones in the stores are way too small for our family.