I have #10 in white. I put a small IKEA pop up hamper inside of it to give it structure and BLAMMO, beautiful exposed laundry hamper that actually gets compliments.

I just use my plastic laundry basket sitting in my closet. If your closet has the floor space, it's a useful solution.

This might be a great place to ask this: I've got a very nice hardwood blanket chest that is currently holding very little. I've also got a closet that I'm reorganizing soon that will have no room for hampers. I need good ideas on how to turn my blanket chest into a beautiful, hidden hamper with 2 sections.

I know I could just buy 2 big bins that would fit in there, but any other ideas? Anyone done this themselves?

An easier way would be to just store two separate cloth hamper bags in the chest, one for colors, one for whites. That way, you could put the cloth bags in the wash when you do the laundry, so they're clean again and use them to sort your laundry before you put it away.

Jess13, is it cedar? If it's very nice & moreso, if the cedar still smells (you can bring it back by sanding) I'd try to use it for something better than laundry. Lid propped open against a wall, you could set pictures, store xtra decorative pillows in it or put a shelf riser in on one side & use to hold a few books or mags etc.

The only thought that I would add would be to make sure that your hamper can breathe. A week's worth of dirty socks, underwear, gym clothes, etc., left in a covered plastic-lined hamper will knock you over when you bring it to the washing machine. (And putting a dryer sheet in the bottom will NOT really help. Been there, tried that... We've got mesh hampers now. There are dozens available — just Google "mesh laundry hamper.)

I have #8 - it only has one compartment. But they do fit into closets well (I have three).

I looked for a reasonably priced hamper, forever! I finally found one that was just the right size. I am happy with my purchase too. It happens to be $10 cheaper today, at just $19.99!! DEAL! I'd buy more if I needed em. However, it is not super durable, if your hamper needs to move around alot. I just take the bag out, instead of dragging the whole thing to the washer.

http://www.containerstore.com/shop?productId=10028237&N=&Ns=p_sort_default%7C0&Ntt=hamper

I have #8 and it has two compartments/optional as a one compartment with a simple zip. It does the job and, as Ikea products always do, and it's SUPER cheap! I've had wicker ones and various others but this one is simple, practical, and dependable. I've had it for some time now. I have it in black.

Long gone are the days when I could use just a laundry bag on the floor of my closet or hanging on the door on the inside.

After trying different cheap options for storage inside the closest over the years (two differnt types of garbage cans, purchased in duplicate, for darks and whites, one with the rounded dome top with a swinging flap for an opening; square wicker hampers with wicker flip-up tops that the mice liked to take pieces from to take to wherever to build their nests), I've learned a few things. (1) I need to stay away from wicker, as mice destroy it, in my urban environments, no matter how nice or fancy the buildings I live in are, and I don't like the scratchier wickers, as they scratch my skin; (2) I really don't have room for these things in the closets anymore, so I need to get pieces that work as furniture. I find that I am more likely to actually put my dirty clothes in hampers if they are right near where I take off my clothes, and I don't have to open a closet.

So, I got 3 (I don't do laundry frequently, no having facilities in my apartment) of these bamboo ones from the crate and barrel and lined them up in my bedroom.

http://www.crateandbarrel.com/bamboo-hamper-with-liner/s160884

Container store has them too, and also another bamboo one in a similar style without the divided insides).

http://www.containerstore.com/shop/laundry/hampers?productId=10007356

They are pretty and sturdy enough to work as furniture. Of course, they work for me because my bedroom furniture is light maple. (But there are darker furniture hamper options out there, I think, for those with darker wood tones in their bedrooms.) Mine each have a liner that is divided into two sections, and so I can sort into various loads. My biggest challenge is not to pile stuff on top of the hard tops, so that I will us them to actually hid my dirty clothes. I still need a bag or bin or something else to hold towels and bulky stuff like jeans in a closet elsewhere (maybe I'll find a larger good-looking bin that I can leave out in my bedroom for these, now that I have more room in my bedroom since I've moved), but this helps a lot for the various clothing loads.

Once you decide you don't have room in the closet, and that you don't like something ugly sitting out in your room, so that you are essentially buying furniture to store dirty clothes (like you buy dressers to store clean ones), it becomes easier to figure out what works for you (though not cheap.) This works for now - my someday dream is to have a laundry room in a house or apartment, where I can store the dirty laundry. Or perhaps just a bathroom large enough to have a closet for dirty laundry storage.

Of course, I still have to transfer the loads to laundry bags to transport to my building's laundry room, which is a step I would prefer not to have, but then, I don't have the problem of trying to take a very full bag of laundry out of its container, which can be difficult, as I just remove the clothes and put them in sturdy nylon laundry bags and never lift out the liner except when it is empty.

I bought an amazing hamper at 10,000 Villages for $50. The women who made are in Bangladesh and get a fair wage for their work. The hamper is awesome, with handles and a good fitting lid. It's easy to carry from the bathroom to the laundry room. When it comes to woven baskets, I like to buy fair trade to support artisans. The craftsmanship can not be beat.

I use the Whitmor Aluminum Frame Laundry Hamper (7205-2465-JAVA). It's diminutive, looks good and collapses for storage. I keep it out next to my desk in an office niche between the bathroom & hallway. It stands in front of my paper shredder. I added the Progressive Collapsable Tub (CTD-1), normally for washing dishes, as a cover for the hamper. Fits perfect and holds papers to be shred.

I have #9, the ombre crunch can from Container Store, and while it's cute and functional for my daughter's nursery, a few words of advice: don't expect it to look smooth like it does in the photo. It comes collapsed, and by the time you get it opened up, it's all wrinkly and wonky. Also, it is hard to collapse-- can't really imagine anyone doing it very often. In general it's much messier looking than I had planned , but it gets the job done and holds a weeks worth of my daughter's laundry.

I updated my laundry situation a few months ago and am so happy with it, that I thought I'd share:

I have the ubiquitous IKEA expedit shelves in my bedroom. I bought the wicker inserts for the bottom row and use those as my laundry basketS: one for darks, one for lights, one for whites and one for delicates/handwash. If you have the unit with the 5 cubbies, you can use one basket for dryclean clothes.

Yes, they are smallish, but I have automatically separated laundry and when one basket is full, I take it to the washer. If you really stuff the basket, it makes one full load.

Being a senior citizen, I soooooooooooo love #1, but I can't justify that kind of money for a laundry basket.

after years of hating my cheap & ugly hampers I finally splurged this summer on a couple of West Elm hampers similar to #4 - I am so happy I did. I love how they look and they're part of our bedroom & bathroom decor :-)

Everyone in our family has their own big white rectangular rubbermaid laundry basket with reinforced handles. They live at the bottom of each closet and have lasted without a crack for 20 years. I think I paid $15 bucks at a target way back when. I don't understand how you transfer your neatly folded laundry when you have a bag with no structure.

Not as pretty as other options, but I'm disabled and for this reason I recommend using a grocery cart for the wheels. The dirty laundry can breathe until it gets rolled to the wash. Big win for me. Example: http://amzn.com/B003ES5TM4

I use mesh "pop-up" baskets from the local dollar store - they are white, so they are unobtrusive in my white bathroom. I can afford so many that I could sort my laundry into infinite gradations of color and weight; I currently have four in heavy rotation. So, my laundry is pre-sorted; I'm not afraid of throwing in wet things because the baskets are mesh on all four sides; if for some reason they became funky, I could discard them (they only cost a dollar); and I actually like seeing how full they are - I do laundry based on which one is about to overflow first. They are also narrow, tall, have a small footprint, and shockingly swanky.

I use the large versions of these stacking bins. A full bin is a full load in my washer, and everything is pre-sorted.

do you use this one? http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/10191259/

We have this one:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00A35ZEJ4/?ref=cm_sw_r_pi_dp_Cl1Mqb163262F

It collapses and you really can push it like pictured (the wheels look weird in the picture, but they were just normal in person). I got so sick having to replace the pop-up cheap kind. This should last forever! Yay!