![]() But I was short on time, and drilling the pocket holes can be a pain, so I decided to wing this build with just wood glue and brad nails. Normally, I’d build something like this tilt-out laundry hamper using my KREG Jig system. My plans are for the full-sized version that will fit unmodified IKEA baskets. This required a smaller design, and we had to shorten the IKEA laundry baskets to fit in the smaller hamper. My babes originally wanted this DIY laundry hamper to go against one of the walls that is only 29 inches tall before it starts sloping towards the ceiling. Since it was an addition and built over the garage, it has sloping walls on three sides. I modified the design I’m sharing with you to fit into the cramped space of Barish’s bedroom. It will be a hard-fought war, but after all the work we’ve put into his two rooms, defeat is not an option for us. The second prong will be a long and ruthless psychological battle pitting our wits as parents against the slovenly teenage brain. ![]() The first prong would be to provide him with the means to be neat, and that is the DIY laundry hamper I will show you today. One of the main stated goals of his bedroom makeover was to get a handle on the laundry situation once and for all. This resulted in two rooms that at any given time housed an eclectic-smelling mix of clean, dirty and mystery laundry. That left him with an equally grotesque amount of clean laundry that needed to be folded (HA!) and then properly put away (double HA!). ![]() What happens with the clean laundry is still a work in progress, but it’s important to take baby steps when mucking around with a teenage brain.īefore this makeover, Barish had at his disposal 4 collapsible cylinder-shaped laundry baskets and an assortment of small plastic tubs, all of which he would fill with clothing, bath towels and bed sheets.įilling them all might take weeks, and then he’d have to lug all of it downstairs for a 2-day laundry extravaganza I like to call Washapalooza. Thus, as the ultimate project in Barish’s two-room makeover, we have confronted the Laundry Issue and devised a solution that should keep dirty laundry off of his floors. The teen brain is a stubborn and infuriating thing, but like all brains, it can be trained with sufficient time and effort. It’ll be knocked onto the floor at bedtime where it will mingle and breed with the dirty laundry already in residence down there. Neat stack on the bed waiting to be loaded in a dresser? It simply doesn’t register the sight of dirty laundry covering 90% of the available floor surface. The teen brain is wired differently than the adult brain. You’re more likely to see a report card with full marks or a 1600 SAT score. It’s such a simple concept, but try asking it of a teenager.
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