Few days are as groan-worthy as laundry day, especially for those of us who daydream about washer-dryer hookups, lovely steam washers and laundry rooms to call our own. Unfortunately, dates with my dirty clothes typically involve a handful of quarters (scrounged from the depths of my purse and every hidden car nook), a bottle of rock-heavy detergent and my unsightly laundry bag.
Alas, a solution for the latter issue: gorgeous laundry bags from India Rose. These 100 percent cotton bags are the dirty clothes solution I never knew I needed. Now, after stumbling upon these lovelies at BurkeDecor.com, I can’t imagine my laundry life without them.
The Need: A Sturdy Laundry Bag
These India Rose bags are roomy enough to hold all of the lights, darks and delicates you can stuff in them. And they’re sturdy enough to withstand the unruliest loads of laundry. But unlike hard-to-carry baskets and the utilitarian bags I’ve typically resigned myself to schlepping to the laundromat, these laundry bags are actually cute.
As any New Yorker can attest, there is a certain amount of awkwardness involved in parading a bulging bag of dirty laundry down the block for every stranger to see. And with other bags and baskets, it’s quite clear to all who cross your path that you are, indeed, smuggling unmentionables across town. Enter the India Rose creations.
The Want: Something Pretty
Once on your shoulder, these India Rose bags look a bit like fun and frilly summer dresses. The line’s quintessential White Devil Bags (shown in white, grasshopper and neapolitan in the top two photos above) are as sweet as sherbet.
And the Calypso Ruffle Bag at the bottom right—very carefree can-can dancer, don’t you think? To top it off, with its lime-hued tuxedo ruffles, the Canggu Laundry Bag hearkens back to girlhood days when fancy, ruffled socks were all the rage.
The best part? All of these bags are appealing enough to detract from your laundry day fashion don’ts. (Mismatched socks, anyone?) Plus, you won’t feel the need to hide them away in the depths of your closet between washes. And, if you really fall for these expertly designed laundry bags, you may be finding reasons to carry them long after the spin cycle is complete.
