Readers Respond: Creative Ways to Use Laundry Baskets

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Tell us the ways you use your laundry baskets outside the laundry room! Share Your Idea

This is not my idea, but my dad's. When a basket got old and started to break, he would recycle it into the garden. Potatoes need to be hilled, but he would plant them, put a basket, minus the bottom over the small plant when they were about 6-9 inches high. Then each week he would add a bit of soil/mulch compost building the mound up around the potato plant. Harvest time he would remove the basket, and all the nice potatoes would be easy to harvest. very little digging! And not a spot of green on them (which contains toxins)
—StarrpointHost01

A handy way to hold a book open is to fold a wire coat hanger. Bend the hook back and sqeeze the aides together, Then fold the arms to the table, making a tripod with the hook as the back and the 2 wings as the front legs. the book fits into the opening of the hanger.
—StarrpointHost01

I stand my (full-sized) cello in a square laundry basket when I'm not playing it, if I don't feel like putting it back in its case. It fits perfectly, and keeps it from getting knocked over or damaged.
—Guest cello

I would like a photo or directions for the book holder. I can not visualize it. My son and I always made ghosts to hang in our trees and on our door. You bend the sides up to make arms. Then use a shopping or trash bag for the ghost. Crumple a couple of shopping bags into a ball and place them in the middle of the bottom of the bag for the head. Secure with a rubber band. Draw a face. Make a small hole in the bag just below the back of the head. Drape the bag over the hanger and put the hook through the hole. You may want to use another rubber band over the head and hook. Crimp the hook, otherwise the first good breeze will knock your ghosts off their limbs. Making ghost is a fun craft project for a group of children ages four to eight.
—mzrosemary

My late puppy had his favorite basket. I once found him sleeping in it when he was a real pup, in with the dirty unddies. He loved the smell of his fammily, As he grew and aquired toys, it was keep behind a chair to coral all of his things. We enjoyed seeing him root around in it, finding the purfect toy before laying down to chew or simply to sleep. He knew it was his, and even put his toys in it a few times, to hide them from other, visiting dogs!
—StarrpointHost01

Somehow I ended up with 2 Laundry Baskets which never seemed empty of clothes. I decided one day we only needed one for laundry and the other 2 became storage for my child's toys and fit nicely under the coffee table in the family room.
—Guest Susan