I Trust This Container Store Pick When Buying Multiple Woven Baskets
Photo by Liz Calka
When it comes to organization, baskets are a bedrock. Even the most minimalist person still has stuff — which tends to move here and there throughout a room, seemingly on its own accord — and a basket makes it possible to collect and conceal it all. Maybe you’re not doing as well as you could be on the “donate, sell, trash” front, but if you have a basket, then you’re likely doing just fine.
My home is short on storage and surprisingly heavy on nostalgia. I still display books I fell in love with as a teenager, and souvenirs from trips I took in my 20s. There are toys and blankets, magazines and board games, and they all have no other place to go besides my living room. There’s only one closet in my entire home, and so baskets became an obvious solution for keeping some sense of order over everything. And after installing open shelving in my living room, I knew these baskets would have to be stylish and functional, given that they were on display. I wanted them to be rectangular and woven, with sturdy handles on either side.
