Choosing a built-in laundry basket

Laundry baskets are needed so that in a certain place they put dirty things that need not be washed immediately after their change. Nowadays, designers can offer housewives to use baskets for dirty laundry, which are successfully hidden inside the cabinet furniture. Thanks to this, it is possible to significantly free up the bathroom space, as well as to remove this piece of furniture from the visible space.

The practicality of the built-in laundry baskets can be fully appreciated by the owners of those bathrooms in which there is a good ventilation system, since it does not allow excess moisture to fill the air in the room.Due to an excess of moisture, dirty things collected in a basket closed in a cupboard or in a closet can be a source of an unpleasant odor, which then will be quite difficult to get rid of.

Built-in laundry baskets have the following advantages:

• You can clearly see what is stored in the basket, and if necessary, get a specific piece of clothing for the implementation of washing;
• the access of air to stored things, which will stop the formation of an unpleasant smell of mustiness;
• small weight of the basket;
• lightening the weight of the cupboard itself, if you choose exactly the metal laundry baskets;
• cabinets made of natural wood with built-in metal lattice baskets are much cheaper than those options in which all parts are made of wood, moreover, such baskets are not deformed due to moisture.

But the embedded design has its drawbacks:

• breakage of the guide part can make minimal placement of linen, and its repair can be quite expensive;
• it is better not to store the laundry basket in the same closet with clean laundry, so that already washed things do not lose the smell of freshness;
• small objects can fall out through large cells, which may not be a very pleasant surprise;
• baskets with a bag of fabric for dirty laundry easily absorb unpleasant odors, for this reason they will also need to be washed frequently, which is why they can quickly become unusable.

To buy built-in laundry baskets or not is up to the consumers themselves, the main thing is to remember to familiarize yourself with all the design features and the intricacies of the installation.

Built-in laundry baskets are divided into different types.

By type of fastening baskets are:

• built-in (threshold for the extension of the basket from the cabinet indicates the size of the rails with or without a closer);
• independent (the design can be taken out of the cabinet and used as an ordinary basket without handles, the advantage is that it can be installed in other compartments of the cabinet);
• mounted on the wall of the door from the inside (most often these baskets are installed in canisters or cabinets for the bathroom);
• removable on the frame (most often it is a bag of fabric in the opened state,where the opening in a constant mode is guaranteed by a special frame that is inserted into the grooves of the guides mounted on the wall of the cabinet or cabinet).

According to the type of material from which they are released, laundry baskets are divided into:

• metal with grill
• plastic,
• plastic lattice,
• fabric with metal frame.

Built-in laundry baskets vary in size and can be:

• deep and quite roomy (most often used to collect dirty laundry, but many equip these products with canisters in the kitchen and store there even vegetables);
• wide, but small (with their help equip compartments for storing linen, clothes, towels, bedding sets).

In addition, quite often laundry baskets are not embedded in a narrow pencil case or half-pen heel, but in an entire section of a closet or occupies part of a linen chest.

The most popular are floor models. Most often they are called columns, since due to their substantial height they are in fact very similar to architectural structures. However, the column in this case is the usual single-section canister. Drawers for storing linen here sliding or folding.This kind of pencil case can be easily moved from place to place, and you can place your laundry basket where you like most.

Console or mounted (suspended) models are mounted on the walls. In this case, the height can vary within fairly wide limits. The advantage of this option is that it does not take up extra space and can be located anywhere in the bathroom, even above the washing machine.

The most accurate way out from the aesthetic and practical side is considered to be mesh laundry baskets for dirty linen, built into the existing bathroom furniture. Mesh products can be in a small cabinet (like a pen-shaped case), in a vertical case, or in a cabinet with a sink.

If we talk about the forms of embedded baskets, then there are no boundaries for imagination. On sale you can find rectangular, square and round models. The latter are not very convenient to use and therefore are less common.

According to the installation method, there are two types of embedded products:

• wall mounts (this kind of case with a basket for a bathroom will have a flat back wall, it is with it that it adjoins the wall and can be put in any place);
• corner (canisters with a basket with a section in the form of a triangle or a trapezium, the design of which includes a right angle, most often these are floor products, in terms of capacity they are not inferior to other options, but occupy those areas in the bathroom that are usually not used) .

Sizes of built-in baskets are different.

A built-in removable product for collecting stale linen can be equipped with any closet, cabinet, chest of drawers, pencil case. It is best to do this by purchasing plastic boxes without a lid or large boxes. At the same time, it is necessary to remember the parameters of the niche for which the basket is bought. Basket dimensions should be 2 cm smaller than the shelf in which you want to embed the product.

When choosing a laundry basket made of metal for installation using guides, you need to know:

• the rods of the product are made of good material and will not crush and contaminate clothes;
• the basket will quietly be located in the niche chosen for it (the dimensions of the product should be slightly smaller than the size of the shelf);
• on sale there are guides of the necessary size.

To equip a pencil case or cabinet, it is better to choose a laundry basket with plastic or metal grilles. This will help to reduce the rate of appearance of musty odor among the dirty things collected (this is necessary if things are washed once a week or even less often).

The use of the basket in the bathroom limits the ways of decorating it, since not all of them can be used to decorate the canisters, but still there are a number of interesting ideas.

• Mirror in the storage box for dirty laundry - a classic solution. But if it plays the role of a mirror surface in a wall cabinet of the right dimensions, here it is only a reflective surface.
• Fans of traditional design should pay attention to the retractable bathroom case with frosted glass.

• It looks very advantageous in the overall design of the bathroom corner canisters, which usually take up little space, but are roomy enough to store linen.

• A cupboard with a faience sink and a laundry basket can have two compartments: an accessory for linen and shelves for various cosmetics and hygiene items.

You will learn more about how to choose a built-in laundry basket in the following video.