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!