Today we will tell you how to make a laundry organizer with your own hands. In this article you will find step-by-step master class with photos and several useful tips. This storage system can be adjusted to fit any size drawer. You can also select the number of cells by at will and taste.
This homemade organizer with cells is perfect for storing underwear or socks. You can also place scarves, ties, small tops and T-shirts in such storage systems. The size of the cells is determined depending on what you will put in them. This master class discusses an organizer for women's underwear for a standard drawer of a narrow chest of drawers.
First you need to measure the box and decide on the desired dimensions. This example examines the process of manufacturing a laundry organizer measuring 50x30x10 centimeters.
Cut the cardboard into strips. We need to cut two long edges (50 cm in length and 10 cm in height) and two shorter edges (30 cm in length). It is also necessary to make blanks for the cells (in in this case– 14 pieces, 15 cm each). The last details are jumpers, the size of which corresponds to the desired width of the cells.
An organizer for underwear looks more aesthetically pleasing and becomes more convenient if it is covered with fabric rather than simply left in cardboard. That is why we need to take the fabric and cut it into strips of 50 and 30 cm (in addition, we need to add 1 cm on each side for hems).
We glue our cardboard strips onto the fabric as shown in the photo - i.e. leave small gaps for the slots. It is better to sew the edges of each strip on a machine for reliability.
The external part of the storage system is done separately. We then simply sew the previously prepared dividers onto the fabric left around the edges to secure it in place.
On at this stage The bottom of the laundry organizer can be sewn on. It is made of cardboard, and then covered with fabric and hemmed with outside. However, if your box is fairly level, you can leave the storage system without a bottom - it will be no less convenient.
Every housewife is familiar with the situation when, when opening a drawer with laundry, they find not neatly aligned piles of things, but complete chaos. This happens because of the delicate material from which underwear, socks and tights are made. The finest lace and the most delicate nylon do not hold their shape and flow not only over the body, but also over the chest of drawers, creating a mess there. Again and again you have to rearrange things, restoring order. A DIY laundry organizer can solve this problem.
This practical and elegant storage unit is like a genie that will keep all your things strictly in their places and not get mixed up.
You can buy a ready-made laundry organizer in a store, but it’s much nicer and more creative to make one on our own. In addition, this is a less expensive way to obtain a case.
Boxes for storing linen can be textile or cardboard. This is an individual preference of each individual person.
A simple master class on making an organizer for underwear from cardboard will inspire you to create this storage unit.
To create the product we will need any boxes. It could be shoe packaging, household appliances or toys.
The size of the future linen chest depends on the place where it will be located. Based on this, we choose a suitable box or glue it ourselves.
Also for work you will need:
Let's start tinkering. First, let's think about how many things will be stored in this box. The number of cells into which we will divide the organizer depends on this.
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Based on the size of the cabinet where the linen chest will be stored, we determine the height of the box. Measure out what you need and trim off the excess with scissors.
Don't throw away the rest of the box. They are useful for making partitions. The lid will also serve this purpose. Optimal size cells - 7x7 cm or 8x8 cm. Guided by these data, we mark the box and cut out blanks for the walls.
We decorate the details at our discretion. A box covered with old newspaper clippings or sheets of music will look impressive. For a classic, simple design, you can choose plain wallpaper.
The inside of the box itself is glued to match the partitions. It is better to choose wear-resistant paper for decoration. A bright and contrasting design with several colors and paper textures will look interesting and unusual. It is better to start work from the sides and finish with the bottom.
We decorate the outer side of the organizer with scrap paper, fabric or thick packaging material. Small allowances and folds made from paper of a different quality and color look beautiful.
We assemble a grid from blanks for cells. To do this, we make cuts on the parts to the middle of the height and connect them as shown in the photo.
We insert the grille into the box and secure it with a stapler or glue. The product is ready!
The video will help answer the questions that arise when making a linen organizer with your own hands.
If for some reason the storage for stockings and tights made from boxes turns out to be short-lived, you can make a more practical design– an organizer made of fabric.
The advantages of this product are that it is durable, takes up minimal space in the closet, is mobile and fits on any shelf.
To work, you need a strong, bright fabric for the base; fabric of lower density of a different color for partitions; padding polyester; decorative edging.
Let's move on to step-by-step instructions. Cut out two rectangles. One is made of padding polyester, and the second is made of fabric for the base. Their dimensions should be smaller than the area of the box so that future box didn't hesitate. We sew on the long storage partitions. To do this, rectangles of contrasting fabric are sewn onto the base. They are the same in length as the base, and twice as wide as the walls of the box. We sew the blanks in the middle, folding them so that the seam is on the inside. You will get a double partition.
My next boast is an underwear organizer!
If you have an Ikea nearby or have the patience to wait package with the order - don’t waste your nerves, energy and time on this “nonsense”.
I spent all my evenings on it for two weeks. Well, how I spent it - quietly sewing, pricking my fingers with a needle, learning to work with a thimble, watching all sorts of films with one eye, drinking tea, petting cats...
In general, sometimes I like the process itself more than the achieved result. It’s also easier and faster for me to make something myself than to go out and buy it. I remember once I tore my favorite brown-chocolate tights at the ankle, so while I was getting a new pair of exactly the same ones, I already managed to do embroidery on the old ones. And I love them more and wear them more often than the new ones)))
This is all to say that my perfectionism does not sleep and constantly spoils my mood - I love order in everything! I love it when every thing has its own place, when you close your eyes and without hesitation you can say in which drawer of the chest of drawers lies the piece of paper / colored pencils / charger from an old phone / swimming pool cap that you need right here and now. Ooooh, how I freak out when I don’t find a thing in its place, or I find it, but where, by definition, it shouldn’t be there. Well, for example, a TV remote buried among kitchen spatulas, bottle openers and knives. And as luck would have it, the “burrower” under mine hot hand it doesn’t turn out to be, and damned perfectionism doesn’t give me the patience to leave everything as it is and poke the intruder’s nose with my nose, I’m going to put everything in its place...
Needless to say, every morning, opening the box with your underwear, I saw a bunch of women’s things that were absolutely not systematized. And it pissed me off again!
And then I saw HIM - an organizer!
And if such a miracle was sold in our town, I would buy it without hesitation! Well, or at least turn it over in your hands and understand the principle of assembly. Patamushta, when I, inspired by the idea, cut it out and started sewing, I didn’t “invent” the bicycle the first time.
But if your hands are golden, it doesn’t matter where they come from! If I haven’t fought off the desire yet, I’ll tell you how this “miracle” happened to me.
First you need to take the dimensions of the box: length, width and depth (height).
My standard dresser drawer was 76 cm long, 43 wide, 13 high.
From single-layer padding polyester and the main fabric, I cut out one rectangle measuring 75*42
The dimensions of the rectangles must be specially reduced by one or two centimeters from the dimensions of the box so that the organizer fits freely into the box and does not shrink or bulge.
The blue rectangle can be put aside for now - we will need it at the very end.
And on the white one (this is the base of the organizer) we sew long rectangles (these will be the walls of the cells). The blue organizer just seemed boring to me, so I also took orange-white fabric.
The length of the rectangles is equal to the length of the base, and the width is equal to twice the height of the box (minus a couple of centimeters - again, so that nothing gets in the way when closing/opening). We sew the rectangles in the middle, fold the sides together, the seam is inside, and our partition turns out to be double - for additional rigidity and hiding all the seams and edges.
I sewed the outer walls of the organizer the other way around - with the fold up.
I found the distance between the partitions empirically, folding bras in different ways in an optimized and ergonomic way and measuring the width.
The number and length of the cells also directly depends on the size of the hostess’s bust)) (here I have already drawn the boundaries).
No need to sew all the way to the edge! Leave a centimeter and a half - then you will understand why.
Now it's a matter of small partitions. Have you determined the width? We add half a centimeter on each side for seam allowances, but on the contrary, we reduce the height by a centimeter. We also make double partitions - we sew such “bags” - as many as we have partitions. (I got 24 pieces). You shouldn’t cut everything to the same size at once - you need to periodically check the width between the long partitions (or, initially, sew them perfectly and precisely down to the millimeter).
So, we sew the “bags” together and turn them inside out. To ensure that the corners turn out well, you can cut them off a little. And then all the parts need to be steamed with an iron - this will turn out more evenly and accurately, and it will be easier to work.
We close the cut of the “bag” with bias tape or ribbon folded in half.
Well, now we have, perhaps, the longest process of our creativity: sew small partitions to large ones (along pre-marked lines) from the beginning on one side, then on the other. This is what 90% of the time will be spent on)))
Remember, we didn’t stitch long partitions all the way to the edge? Now we sew both halves together along the short side (along the height), turn them inside out, and steam them with an iron.
Cover the top edges with bias tape or tape. And from the sides along the edges we sew rectangular walls, folded upward (as we did before on the long side).
We sew the dangling long partitions to the short side wall.
We combine the sections of the side walls in height, stitch them, cover the sections with bias tape or tape - this is the corner you will get.
Well, now is the time to remember about the large rectangle that was set aside at the very beginning. We place it at the bottom of our structure and sew it along the perimeter (I stitched it in a zig-zag pattern so that during further work the threads from the cuts would not interfere).
Aaaand, the final stage - we close the edges around the perimeter with bias tape or tape. Special attention you need to pay attention to the corners - so that nothing bulges, so that there are no folds!
Let’s take it to the “trying on” soon!
And now the most pleasant part - we put everything in its place and admire it in perfect order and praise ourselves twice a day)))
But if you really want such a useful thing, but laziness or your pens are directed in the other direction, then you can find ready-made organizers for laundry, as well as drawers for shoes, boxes for hats, vacuum bags and a million other things needed for organizing order!
You can also read about some ready-made organizers.
A cluttered closet negatively affects everyone. Necessary things get lost, searching for them takes time and makes you nervous. It’s impossible to find the right item, your mood deteriorates, and this affects your work and relationships with people. In such a situation, an organizer will help. For storing any small items, an organizer is the best solution.
Previously, women's underwear was of a respectable size, it was easy to store it in the closet and it was difficult not to notice it there. Now the underwear is miniature, in the chest of drawers, no matter how you fold it, it gets mixed up, the hooks cling to each other, the straps intertwine. That's why we came up with laundry organizers. Don't buy them from the store; they are expensive and may not be the right size for your cabinets. We recommend making an organizer for underwear with your own hands.
How to make an organizer? Classic version DIY organizer made from cardboard box.
Step-by-step instruction.
For this you will need:
First you need measure your dresser drawers. Then choose the appropriate box a little smaller internal dimensions drawer so that the box fits easily and does not break. If the right box If you can’t find one, then it’s easy to make it from large pieces of cardboard. You can ask for a box at any nearby store. Pay attention to the quality of the cardboard so that it is dense but cuts well.
When the box is selected and easily fits in the box, you need to cover it with cloth or paper. The fabric is more durable and the organizer will last a long time. We glue the box on all sides. It is advisable to choose fabric or paper of light colors, but not easily stained.
Next step: think about what things you will store here, what size cells you need to make for them and how many of them you will get in this box.
Mark the box. Try on what size partitions you need; their height should be 1 cm below the box. Cover them with the same cloth or paper. Make slits in the transverse partitions, leaving 1-1.5 cm to the end of the strip. Assemble the inside of the organizer. First, install the longitudinal partitions and glue them to the base of the box, put the transverse partitions on them.
Insert the organizer into place, lay out your underwear. Place one item in each cell. Place the cups of the bras one inside the other, place the straps inside, place the bra on the edge. Roll panties and socks into neat rolls and insert them into the cell.
Now in a matter of seconds you will find your item. To store bodysuits and T-shirts, you need to make another organizer with large cells.
Anyone who knows how and loves to sew can make an organizer out of fabric.
You will need:
Cut two rectangles from thick fabric slightly smaller than the bottom of the box and one rectangle of padding polyester. This will be the bottom. Now, in accordance with its dimensions, cut out the side panels from fabric and padding polyester. Cut the fabric to such a height that you can fold it in half, insert the filling inside and you will get double sides. We also sew long longitudinal partitions. First, fold the cut out rectangles front side inside, stitch along the sides, insert the filler, turn it inside out, stitch around the perimeter.
Then we measure what size the small transverse partitions will be and sew them according to the same principle. The edges of all partitions must be edged with braid.
We sew the bottom on three sides, turn it inside out, insert the filler, stitch around the perimeter. We sew on the sides, then the longitudinal partitions, using your hands. We sew small transverse partitions by hand between the longitudinal partitions. We hand-edge the corners and outer edges with braid.
To unload drawers in a closet, you can make a hanging organizer from fabric. You need to take colored thick fabric of any size. Mark on it where the pockets will be. Then, along the marked lines, sew strips of 12-15 cm onto it.
Before sewing on the stripes, edge the top edge with braid or contrasting fabric. We sew the strips onto the fabric on three sides, leaving the top edged edge free. Sew the strips crosswise to create pockets. Cover the entire product with braid, throw the top edge over a regular clothes hanger and stitch.
Now you can hang it inside the closet next to your clothes. This organizer can be used in the hallway to store small items: mittens, ribbons, comb. Can be hung on the bathroom wall to store tubes of creams, pastes, and body care products.
Advice. If you plan to use it in the bathroom, then it is better to make it from transparent waterproof materials.
A hanging organizer is also needed in the kitchen. You can only change the size of the pockets according to the size of your kitchen utensils.
The organizer for underwear looks impressive in the form of hexagons - honeycombs. To do this, you need to cut out as many hexagons from thick cardboard as will fit on the bottom of the chest of drawers. Then cut strips of cardboard twice as high as the sides of the box. Fold the strips in half. If the double strip is higher than the sides, then the excess must be cut off. Place hexagons on the bottom of the box. Lay the strips around them, fixing them with glue to form hexagonal cells similar to honeycombs.
There are other options for organizers in the chest of drawers. As cells, you can use identical empty plastic jars, which can be glued to a cardboard base so that the jars do not move, and place the entire structure in a box.
How to make an organizer for absent-minded people. People often leave the house in a hurry and then remember that they forgot to take important and necessary little things. We have to go back. In such a situation, an organizer that can be hung on a handle will help. front door. Keys, glasses, business cards are placed in his pockets. Walking past the front door and holding its handle, no one will forget these little things when they see them in their pocket.
Instructions:
When preparing to leave, we put all the little things in our pockets in advance; when we leave, we will no longer be able to forget them when we take hold of the door handle.
To maintain a good, friendly mood in the family, it is of great importance order in the house, in the closet, in all rooms. A little ingenuity, imagination, time and order will be restored, thanks to such a little thing as a DIY organizer out of the box.
Let's not leave chaos a chance!
Watch a tutorial on making an underwear organizer from a cardboard shoe box.
Achieving perfect order in your closet can be difficult. Small things often cause clutter. An organizer will help eliminate this problem - socks cannot get lost in it. You can purchase a special device in a store or make the product yourself. The manufacturing process does not require special skills or knowledge.
You don't need a lot of materials to make a sock organizer out of a box. This is a budget product for which you can use improvised means.
Necessary materials for the organizer:
Additionally may be required masking tape, cardboard or decorative elements(fabric, openwork and satin ribbons). You can ask the seller for the box or look for it yourself in the backyards of stores. This recyclable material is not of great value. If the drawer is in the closet big size, then you can place several organizers in it at once. You can also reserve part of the drawer for personal hygiene items.
You can make a convenient sock organizer from an ordinary cardboard box. Several are used for production different ways. This useful device does not require expensive materials; most of them can be found at home. Anyone can cope with the work, because the process does not require special skills and knowledge. Homemade device In no way inferior to the purchased Chinese counterpart.
First you need to determine the dimensions of the box, which will later serve as a place to store the sock organizer. Based on the obtained parameters, a box is selected. Ideally, the width and length of the cardboard product should be 1 cm less than the box. In the future, the cardboard frame will be covered with wallpaper, which will increase its thickness by several millimeters.
