I love baskets and today I am revealing my favorite ways to use baskets with lots of photos. This is part of the French Country Friday series so scroll to the bottom to see the other blogs that are joining me.
I love using baskets in my home, and I think they are great for adding texture, interest and extra storage. Do you need any more reasons to use them?
Here are a few places and ways I’ve used baskets in my home.
1. An antique French laundry basket on top of a piece of furniture to hold linens,
2. An antique wicker traveling basket with leather straps to hold towels in the bathroom,
3. An antique open basket, on the floor to hold fabric and grain sacks,
4. An antique wire oyster basket on the floor holding books,
5. A vintage wire gym locker basket on a shelf holding vintage fabric and trims,
6. A large reproduction lidded basket at the foot of a bed to hold pillows and linens, (Can you tell this is an old photo? No curtains or rug!)
7. A vintage sewing basket used to hold dried flowers,,
8. New open baskets at the end of a bed to hold linens.
I hope that gave you some ideas on how you can use baskets in your home. I think they add a nice touch of Farmhouse French to any home. How do you use baskets in your home?
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I love baskets too. I have one on top of my armoire in my bedroom and one in my laundry.
Anita, all of your vintage baskets are SO gorgeous! You know you’re speaking my language with this post:) I’m especially loving the French laundry basket! I passed one up last week at a vintage flea market, and now I’m wishing I hadn’t!
Happy Friday!
Sheila
xo
I recently acquired a large white wicker bassinet, with handles like a giant picnic basket. I would love to line it with plastic and use it for a planter, but I don’t have a covered porch. Any other ideas? I guess I could try to weather proof it with exterior clear coat…. I don’t think it is strong enough to survive being a laundry basket (if I took it off of it’s attached stand).
I have always had a love for baskets!!My paternal Grandpa hand made large, sturdy “cotton baskets” with white oak tree slats that he cut and stripped himself. What memories of going with him and my Dad on the tractor to get the trees he would need for baskets,and watching him as he made them. I have (too) many baskets whether I use them or not! My favorite is what many call an “egg basket”, but I use it to pick huckleberries, so I have renamed it a berry basket.I just love the unusual shape of it! I find various uses for them in my shop and studio. I also have a large, round, handled basket that currently holds paperbacks,while my vintage bicycle basket holds some of the many floral stems I use in in my shop.I am always on the lookout for larger baskets like you use.
The wire (locker) baskets are wonderful for organization,as you have shown above,and very lightweight to move if necessary.
A frugal tip: wire refrigerator/freezer baskets are handy, and very similar to old gym baskets! I have two different sizes and both with handles.
Thanks so much for your great posts Anita!!You are such an inspiration!!
If I may respond a thought to Liberty B’s post: You could still use the bassinet as a planter indoors. There are many plants and vines that grow indoors without much light,or,you could put it by or close to a window for even more light! A clear coat should protect it well for a while unless it is getting direct sun.
However, I am frustrated by clear coats that say they won’t yellow, but end up yellowing anyway! Can anyone give me names of clear coat (sprays) that REALLY WON’T yellow? I have tried many name brands too! thanks so much in advance and so sorry for the long-winded reply!! 🙂
We use baskets extensively here. Two uses are for holding dirty wash, and an open, flatter one with a handle, for gathering fruit and flowers from the garden.
Thanks, Peggy. I may be able to rearrange some things and use it for….shoe storage?! We’ll see.
No ideas on the spray clear coat (I’ve not tried them yet)…. I don’t think the brush on water based polycrylic that I used has yellowed.