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20 Ways To Organize Your Home With Organizing Baskets

January 21, 2021 Filed Under: Organize

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As someone who was born to organize, I get more than a little excited over storage solutions. One of my favorite ways to corral clutter is with baskets. Wicker baskets, metal baskets, fabric baskets. I can always find something to put inside. Here are 20 ingenious ways to organize with organizing baskets.

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20+ Ways to Organize with Organizing Baskets

1. In the pantry

Baskets are the perfect tool to organize your pantry. You can use larger wicker baskets to organize cookbooks, cereal boxes, bags of chips, and even small appliances. Smaller baskets work well for tea bags, seasonings, snack bars, etc.

Once you’ve categorized your pantry staples, you can attach a cute chalkboard label to the outside to help you remember what’s inside each basket.

Organize with baskets
Source: The Litter Guide

2. Kitchen counters

You can organize your kitchen counters by grouping similar items together and placing them inside a round basket like this one. There are many options available to you in different shapes.

Organizing with Baskets
Found at French Country Home

3. Organize the linen closet

I am in love with this well-organized linen closet. Here, the designer uses multiple types of storage baskets; woven, wire, as well as canvas. She ties them all together with neutral colored towels and bedding. If you look closely, you can see the added touch of artful wallpaper behind each shelf.

Check out this adorable Rae Dunn Farmhouse Style Laundry Basket

Ways to Organize with Baskets
Source: Dear Lillie

4. Increase storage in a small bathroom

You can also use smaller baskets on narrow shelves to greatly increase the storage space in a small bathroom. Note the wire basket (or bin) on the lid of the toilet filled with toilet paper. Pretty and functional!

Ways to Organize with Baskets
Source: Hometalk

5. Organize large kitchen items

This idea to use a large basket to store cumbersome pans, racks, and cutting boards is absolutely genius!

Ways to Organize with Baskets
Source: House Beautiful

6. Create an organized entryway with baskets

You can easily create cubbies in an entryway and fit them with baskets. You can then fill the baskets with shoes, keys, library books, hats, gloves, and more. A simple solution to entryway clutter.

Ways to Organize with Baskets
Found at Decorating Your Small Space

7. Hang baskets on walls

I love, love, LOVE the idea of hanging baskets on the walls! This way, you can keep things off of the floor, and out of reach of children and pets.

Ways to Organize with Baskets
Source: Our Fifth House

8. Organize paperwork

Here’s an easy and attractive way to store file folders.

Ways to Organize with Baskets
Photo credit: Charming Imperfections

9. Organize with baskets in the living room

The photo below is actually for a DIY coffee table, but I adore the way she stashed the round wicker baskets underneath. She uses her baskets to store throws and pillows. However, you could also store toys (for kids and dogs), electronics, magazines, and board games.

Ways to Organize With Baskets
Source: Cherished Bliss

10. Corral kids clutter

An awesome way to keep toys picked up in your child’s room. She hung the baskets low enough so that her daughter can easily clean up her own room.

Ways to Organize With Baskets
Source: Project Nursery

11. Use baskets in cubbies

Another clever way to store toys is to buy one of these 9-cube cubby systems and use baskets in some of the shelves. This is the method I use most in my own home.

Ways to Organize with Baskets
Found at: The Decor Fix

12. Entryway storage

I love this entryway set up by The Blissful Bee. Those baskets under the table are adorable. I love them so much, I scoured the internet to find them. You can get them HERE.

Ways to Organize with Baskets
Found at: The Blissful Bee

13. Organize pet toys

If you have a dog that loves toys (like mine does), you most likely find yourself tripping over them constantly! Here’s a great idea to store your dog’s toys. He can still reach them when he wants to play, and you won’t have to keep kicking them out of the way. Maybe you can even train Fido to put them away when he’s finished with them!

Ways to Organize with Baskets
Source: Hometalk

14. Keep closets organized with cloth baskets

Check out this well-organized closet from Max and Me. All of her son’s clothes are stored inside the closet, so there’s no need for a dresser. Looks like she even had room to fit a few toys inside.

Ways to Organize with Baskets
See more at Max and Me

15. Label plastic baskets

If you drool over perfectly organized playrooms, this one is a must-see. To create this functional yet attractive storage system for toys, you simply need to turn a tall, narrow bookshelf on its side, add some cushion to the top, and fill the cubbies with baskets. I love how the designer framed pictures of the contents to use as labels.

Ways to Organize with Baskets
Found at: I Heart Organizing

16. Use wire baskets for books

Why should wicker baskets have all the fun? Mount wire baskets to the wall by their bottoms and use them to store books, spices, towels, and more.

Ways to Organize with Baskets
Source: The Kitchn

17. Farmhouse basket storage

Speaking of wire baskets. OMG! The organizer in me is so inspired by this linen closet. It’s the perfect example of sophisticated simplicity.

Ways to Organize with Baskets
See more at Simply Organized

18. Organize the laundry room

Here’s one of the most resourceful ways to organize with baskets. I’m thinking you could also duplicate this idea for a child’s bedroom. Click below for the tutorial.

Ways to Organize with Baskets
Credit: Make It Love It

19. Clutter control with baskets

If you live in a home with stairs, you know how difficult it can be to remember to put stuff away at the end of the day. Why not give each family member a basket with his/her name on it. Drop stray items in it during the day and carry it upstairs each night. Problem solved!

Ways to Organize with Baskets
Source: Sew many Ways

20. DIY dollar store baskets

Melanie at Simple Made Pretty has a tutorial showing how she turned ugly dollar store baskets into these cool burlap storage baskets. If you are into DIY, be sure to check it out!

How to Organize with Baskets
Photo Credit: Simple Made Pretty

By now, you should have some idea of the multitude of things you can store in baskets. My favorite places to find inexpensive baskets are yard sales, craft stores, and Amazon. 

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Cheryl is a mother of three (already big) boys and in 2016, she founded the Uncluttered Simplicity blog. Since the start of her blog, she has travelled a personal (and sometimes very challenging) journey to become a minimalist and even went tiny for six months. She has paid off large amounts of debt and experienced the joy and simplicity of decluttering and organizing her small home and entire life.


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