TikTok Proves The IKEA TROFAST Is The Perfect Product For A Tidy Laundry Room

Laundry rooms are notorious for being messy spaces in the home, especially if you have multiple members in your household that generate dirty clothes every week. Although standard hampers can collect your dirty clothes, they aren't always helpful when it comes to sorting your laundry according to type or stage in the laundering process. If you're in search of a product that will help you keep your laundry room tidy, the IKEA TROFAST can do just that, helping you avoid mistakes everyone makes when sorting laundry.

The TROFAST is a basic storage solution from IKEA that comes in many configurations and is often utilized within playrooms or living areas. It has nearly limitless potential in other areas, though, including your laundry room. Thanks to its intuitive multi-bin setup, the TROFAST can be utilized to sort laundry before washing, providing individual bins for lights, darks, delicates, and special care laundry items. Additionally, it can be used to sort laundry after it has been washed and before you fold it. This can especially come in handy in households with young children or babies whose clothing may often get mixed up with adult clothing items. You can also use the TROFAST to sort socks — simply match the pairs up after they have all been collected in a single bin. For households with older kids, label an individual bin with their name and simply toss their clean and unfolded laundry into their bin. Once full, encourage your child to take the bin to their room, fold the laundry, and return the empty bin to the TROFAST for the next cycle of laundry.

While using the TROFAST is one of the simplest hacks that will make sorting clean laundry a breeze, you'll want to guarantee it will work for your space. Bins for the TROFAST come in a number of sizes, so purchase ones with sufficient capacity for your laundry needs. If you choose bins that are too small, you run the risk of the entire system being useless. Another consideration is how you will ensure the laundry is ending up in the correct bin. A great way to keep your types of laundry organized is by creating labels for the outside of each bin. You can do this either by using a specialty label maker or simply printing off labels and taping them to each bin. IKEA has recently released the TROFAST bins in novel colors, which could allow for a color-coded system that helps you sort laundry.

The TROFAST system comes in a number of finishes, with the natural pine arguably being the most versatile-looking option. If you desire an accent piece in your laundry room, you can always paint the TROFAST a unique shade, stick contact paper to the sides, or purchase cute bins or baskets to put on the flat top of the TROFAST. If you choose the latter, you can use said containers to further organize your laundry room, using them for sorting bedding or linens that are too large to fit within the TROFAST bins. There are many ways to organize your laundry room, and implementing a TROFAST into the mix can prove revolutionary to your washing day process.