5 Hacks to Transform Your Laundry at Home into an Organized Closet Dream

Laundry rooms tend to occupy really tiny spaces in the home, and yet somehow it feels like half your belongings end up crammed in there. From pet food to toolboxes to random bottles of cleaning solution you don’t remember buying, the laundry area can quietly become the house’s catch-all zone. But if there’s one space that needs a little regular rearrangement, it’s this one. So let’s talk about how to truly transform your laundry room—not into a dumping ground, but into a calm, efficient spot for doing your laundry at home.

After picking the brains of a few organization pros and doing some hands-on testing ourselves, we’ve gathered a handful of ideas that might just make laundry at home feel less like a chore and more like a tiny act of self-care. Spoiler: you may even start to enjoy it. (Okay, maybe not—but you’ll hate it a little less.)

Remove all items not related to laundry from the room

Here’s a question worth asking: why is your toilet cleaning brush sitting next to your dryer? Or that half-empty bottle of glass cleaner, which has nothing to do with your laundry area in the kitchen? Listen, we’ve all been there. But if you want a truly organized laundry closet, it starts with removing the clutter that doesn’t belong.

Toilet cleaning supplies should live in the bathroom—or better yet, tucked neatly in a bathroom cabinet. Kitchen cleaningsprays, sponges, and soaps? Those go under the sink or in your pantry. The goal is to get ruthless. If it doesn’t directly support cleaning your bathroom or cleaning your kitchen, it shouldn’t be camping out in your laundry space. Once you’ve decluttered the room, you’ll be amazed at how much calmer it feels—and how much more space you actually have.