Step 8 (Bottom Right): The wire grid makes it impossible to screw in from the sides so you’ll need to place the basket on the ground and screw in all of the clamps from the top. Four in each corner would’ve done the trick, but we added two more in the middle for extra measure. Do not insert any screws until you’ve added all of your clamps because it will be more difficult to put them on once you tighten it down to the wood. Step 7 (Bottom Left): Place all of your 1/4″ cable clamps where you want them. Step 6 (Top Right): Stain your color of choice. The wheels cost $10 for the 4 of them – they’re about 1.5″, you can find various designs and styles depending on the look you want to achieve – which will also vary in cost. This was a scrap piece of wood from a sign hence the white paint on the bottom. Step 5 (Top Left): My husband attached the caster wheels first, but you may want to stain first. Step 4 (Bottom Right): Sand the sharp corners down Step 3 (Bottom Left): Cut your board down to size Step 2 (Top Right): Make your cut lines and ensure that they’re straight I wanted the wood to be flush with the bastket. 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.
Gold laundry basket with wheels full#
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.
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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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