I was doing laundry the other day and managed to knock one of the many random things that have found their way onto the top of my washer behind it. Our laundry room is the walkway into the garage, so the washer has become home to everything and anything that would go from garage to house and back. After spending 5 minutes reaching behind the washer to retrieve it and being terrified of what kind of pest was going to jump out at me (unfortunately we have more than just dust bunnies lurking in dark places), I decided that this scenario didn't need to be repeated. Luckily, I had a shoe box and a fat quarter of fabric hanging around to make a fabric bin to wrangle all of the random stuff that finds its way onto the washer. This literally took me five minutes to make and is a great organizational tool!
DIY Fabric Bin
Materials:
- shoe box
- hot glue
- fabric (I used a fat quarter because it was the right size for my box)
- scissors, if you need to cut the fabric
Directions:
1. Remove the lid from the shoe box. If lid is attached like mine was, cut the lid and any other flaps off.
2. Lay the fabric out, printed side facing down. Set the box in the middle of it and test folding the fabric up the sides to make sure there will be enough and that the box is positioned correctly.
3. Spread hot glue on the bottom of the box and carefully smooth the fabric over it. Spread glue on one side of the box, then pull the fabric up over it, smoothing out any wrinkles. Repeat for all four sides. There should be some overlap to go into the box, glue that down inside of the box, one side at a time.
Ta-da!
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